EDGARDO CINTRON & MAMBO MAGIC / HARRY'S AT THE MONTREAL BEACH RESORT, SATURDAY, 1:00PM & 3:30PM / CARNEY'S, SUNDAY, 12:00PM & 2:00PM
The Story
Led by percussionist Edgardo Cintron, a second-generation Puerto Rican, this Latin jazz band from Moorestown has been a favorite of Jerseyites and Exit Zero Jazz Festival fans for years. Born on Aug. 28, 1958 in Fort Riley, Kansas, Cintron attributes his musical influences to his father Pablo, who played guitar in the U.S.
military band, and also to such icon players as Charlie Parker, Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana and Tito Puente. By the age of five, Edgardo was studying French horn, guitar and later percussion, all under his father’s direction.
The Sound
Expect to hear renditions of classics like “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White,” Mario Bauza’s “Mambo Inn,” Duke Ellington’s “Caravan” and “Take the A Train,” Dizzy’s Gillespie’s Afro-Cuban classic “Manteca,” Celia Cruz’s signature “Quimbara” and Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature” during their exhilarating, clave fueled set at the Exit Zero Jazz Festival.