One Way Beat
Keisel Jiménez is a true contemporary Cuban master percussionist on timbales, congas, drums and auxiliary percussion. Jiménez is one of the most in-demand percussionists of Cuba. Born in 1983 in Camagüey, Jiménez worked as a session musician as well as live performer and is especially known for his work with Alexander Abreu y su Havana d'Primera. Currently, he lives in New York and is a fix member of Arturo O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, with whose most recent album they won the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. He further regularly performs with renowned artists such as Pedrito Martinze, Osmany Paredes or Jorge Luis Pacheco.
We have been creating this piece over a very long time within a group that, as Beyond Music intends, is spread all across the world. All of us deeply believe in the power of music as a catalyst for intercultural communication and empathy as well as understanding towards one another. Born in Switzerland, I did not have to go through many of the things that my co-creators have: being cold at night, not having food, having to leave my home to seek a better future. I don't believe this is honored enough and that is what this song is about.
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