20/05/2026
Nova Concerts Series brings Nova Cuba Unbound to Musikcaféen as part of Copenhagen
Jazz Festival 2026: two nights of Cuban music in motion, contemporary, diasporic and alive
with pulse.
This is Cuban music in the present tense.
Across two evenings, Nova Cuba Unbound opens a space for music shaped by movement,
memory, rhythm and encounter. Music carried across cities, transformed by distance, and
charged by the creative energy of now.
Night One: Tuesday, July 7
A New Cuban Jazz Encounter
Four Cuban musicians. One night. A sound that belongs to no single city or scene.
On July 7, Jay Kalo, one of the most exciting young drummers to come out of Havana in
years, joins pianist Aismar Simón Carrillo, bassist Yasser Morejon Pino, and percussionist
Eliel Lazo for an evening of original Cuban jazz shaped by Afro-Cuban rhythmic language,
contemporary improvisation and diaspora energy.
This is a one-night constellation: four Cuban voices, one stage, and a sound moving freely
between memory and now.
Night Two: Saturday, July 11
Eminente All Stars
Trio Eminente was born in Copenhagen in 2023, a trio of Cuban musicians who carry the
deep roots of son cubano into everything they play. On July 11, they expand into something
bigger.
For one night at Musikcaféen, Trio Eminente becomes Eminente All Stars: an eight-piece
ensemble that takes the trio’s original compositions and pushes them into the territory of
timba, Cuba’s most rhythmically complex and physically irresistible urban sound. Two
trombones, congas, timbales, piano, guitar, bass and voices. The foundation is traditional.
The force is NOW! We’ll see you at Nova Cuba Unbound as part of Copenhagen Jazz Festival! 🎉
