Harold Lopez-Nussa Trio: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Dec. 14, 2018 | Felix Contreras — Cuba is known as much for their pianists as their percussionists — you’ll see why with this performance. Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa and his trio open their performance with some help from a recording of famed Afro-Cuban folkloric singer Lázaro Ros. Ros is both a musical and spiritual guide for this performance; the trio dug deep into the ritual music of santeria for inspiration with “Eleguá,“ a tribute to one of the Afro-Cuban deities. (Special mention should be mad