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JazzTimes And Insight Cuba Team Up To Legally Bring Americans To Havana, Cuba For Series Of Highly Acclaimed Five-Day Jazz Tours

We’ve been bringing Americans to Cuba since 2000, but the doors to the jazz and music community in Havana fly open each time JazzTimes’ publisher, Lee Mergner travels to Havana with us

(PRWEB) September 10, 2013

Thanks to a special license issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, music aficionados can soak up the live sounds of Cuba’s jazz scene through people-to-people contact with artists and experts on location in Havana. JazzTimes, in partnership with Insight Cuba, the leading provider of U.S. licensed people-to-people travel to Cuba, is offering 11 Jazz in Havana departures from October 2013 through June 2014. The exclusive 5- day/4-night tour provides music fans a rare look at the thriving Cuban jazz scene through direct interaction with some of the most engaging musicians in Havana.

“We’ve been bringing Americans to Cuba since 2000, but the doors to the jazz and music community in Havana fly open each time JazzTimes’ publisher, Lee Mergner travels to Havana with us,” says Tom Popper, president of Insight Cuba. “We offer five other tours to Cuba, but Jazz in Havana continues to be a fan favorite.”

A look at the itinerary helps to explain why Jazz in Havana has been a favorite of jazz and music lovers. A typical program starts in Old Havana, a UNESCO heritage neighborhood studded with noteworthy architecture—from Neo-Gothic plazas to classic Moorish courts. Participants drop by an engraving studio where artists regale visitors with stories about their inspiration and current exhibitions, before heading to like La Zorra y El Cuervo, a famous jazz club, for a meeting with Cuban jazz musicians and maybe even a private concert where all are encouraged to join in.

The rest of the tour balances art encounters with musical interludes and provide opportunities to engage with Cuban jazz musicians who open their hearts about how music is helping to shape the island’s cultural identity. Participants also journey to Matanzas, a nearby northern city, known as the Venice of Cuba with its waterway canals, to visit a publishing house specializing in the creation of handmade books.

Guests continue on to meet the members of a local folkloric music group, where young musicians share how Afro-Cuban culture has influenced the island’s sounds. It’s a tour that goes well beyond what you’ll find in any guidebook.

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