
“I wanted to create sounds that would take people to contact each other, see each other, recognize each other and hear each other.”

“I wanted to create sounds that would take people to contact each other, see each other, recognize each other and hear each other.”

Conversing with Bryan Vargas about the Fela! experience from the point of view of the band

“Ultimately, tango is a way to interpret reality”

“It has such a special rhythm and cadence, so danceable and with so much fiesta, that it just reaches everyone”.

“The body makes music, although you cannot hear it. It redraws a rhythm, and all of the universe is rhythm and needs rhythm to be organic and healthy.”

We caught up with Zenón during his recent visit to Chicago to perform in the Chicago Jazz Ensemble tribute to Charlie Parker, just before a concert that totally reinforced our awe of his musical genius.