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Direct from Havana, Cuba and making their USA debut is The Habana Boys. The four classically-trained tenors: Ian Sanchez, Yunior Luis, Giraldo Carmenate, and Rey Reyes; together with their band: Elio Piedra, drums and foreign tour manager; Hector Quintana, guitar and musical director; Livan Mesa, piano; and Yorgis Goiricelaya, bass, began their U.S. tour last month.

Elio Piedra

Elio Piedra began his career at the age of 10 at the Arts Conservatory Raul Sanchez in Cuba, specializing in percussion studies. From the age of 11 he got involved in the Jazz world and the fusion between Jazz, Rumba and Afro Cuban rhythms. He received musical influence from Hector Alonso, Benicio Lezcano, and Sergio M. Cardoso, whom created a strong classical base that prepared him for the future. At the age of 12 he began to participate in the most important music festivals in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, as well as in the national music festivals. When he was 15 years old he began his music studies at the National Conservatory of Music in Cuba, where he toured with the symphonic orche...

The jazz fusion group Elio’s Quartet will give a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, in the Building E Auditorium on the west side of Santa Fe College’s Northwest Campus, 3000 NW 83 Street, Gainesville. The concert is part of the quartet’s promotional tour for their new recording, “Pathway.”