Rhythm and Roots with Louie Cruz Beltran

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Arts & Culture, Special Event

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Join Louie Cruz Beltran for a fun, interactive percussion presentation exploring the roots of Afro Cuban and Mexican rhythms and how they made their way into today's music.

Louie Cruz Beltran blends Afro Cuban rhythms with jazz, Latin jazz, pop, and R&B influences. Louie is a skilled bandleader, conguero, timbalero, and vocalist. He has performed with great artists such as Ray Baretto, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Francisco Aquabella, and Jorge Claudio.  He has shared the stage with legends Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, and Smokey Robinson.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. The Summer Food Service Program is a program of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, administered in California by the California Department of Education. Lunch at the Library is a project of the California State Library, supported with funds from the State of California.

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Participants in this event may be photographed by Library staff. These photos may be used in promotional or educational publications, including in print, social media, and presentations. Please see staff if you do not consent to having your photo taken. Staff will obtain individual, signed photo releases of photographs that contain only an individual as opposed to a group.