The Venezuelan Music Project (VMP)
The Venezuelan Music Project on stage at Yoshi's S. F. California April 17, 2011: Photo courtesy of Carolina Abolio. Venezuelan music thoroughly embodies and expresses the diverse cultures of the country. This diversity of music genres is woven into the musical fabric through African, Folkloric indigenous, Spanish and Caribbean influences. As a result, Venezuelan music is energetic, vibrant, emotional and deeply rhythmic. This kaleidoscopic array of musical colors was sumptuously ' set down' at Yoshi's San Francisco Jazz Club on the evening of April 17, 2011 by Jackeline Rago leading the Venezuelan Music Project. The Venezuelan Music Project: Photo courtesy of Debra Zeller. The band is centered in the San Francisco Bay Area, and for this concert the players came from several different places: Caracas and Maracaibo Venezuela; Puerto Rico; Oakland and San Francisco. But th...