The Buena Vista Orchestra, featuring Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos, is in St. Pete on Monday

It goes down at the Mahaffey.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 6:56 pm

Photo by Cory Ingram

The Buena Vista Orchestra, which plays Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 30, 2024.

Fans of Latin music will spend some time in Pinellas County this week since Friday’s Clearwater Latin Jazz Festival is just days ahead of this visit from Jesús “Aguaje” Ramos.

The 73-year-old founding leader, composer and trombonist for The Buena Vista Social Club is technically on the road with a new ensemble (The Buena Vista Orchestra), but the lineup includes percussionist “Betun” Luis Mariano Valiente Marin, pianist Emilio Senon Morales Ruiz, and vocalist Rogelio Ricardo Oliva Orelly—all members of the OG BVSC.

Folks say Tampa Bay is closer to Cuba than Key West, and it’ll feel like it at this show as Ramos—who’s also served with Estrellas de Areito and Afro-Cuban Allstars—works through BVSC classics like “El Cuarto de Tula” and “Candela.” Cody Jasper, the orchestra’s driver and a singer-songwriter himself, opens the show.

Tickets to see the Buena Vista Orchestra play St. Pete's Mahaffey Theater on Sunday, Sept. 29 are still available and start at $43.
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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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