Tito y su son de Cuba: A Night in Old Havana Cuba

Tito Gonzalez leads his ensemble for a vibrant night of Cuban tunes as he serenades the audience through the streets of Old Havana. Singer/composer Tito Gonzalez is a master showman with a voice that has been compared to that of classic son singer Daniel Santos. Gonzalez delivers songs that are deceptively simple – between their fluid melodies and retrograde rhythms, they evoke a focus and introspection that Tito attributes, in part, to his life in America.

The Cuban rhythm son, which has been made popular by the Buena Vista Social Club, is an essential element of both Tito’s music and his own being. Along with son, his music demonstrates a broad range of Cuban genres such as rumba, guaracha and the most romantic boleros.

The night’s lineup includes:

Tito Gonzalez – lead vocals, guitar, tres guitar
Sandy Poindexter – violin
David Frazier – congas
Rubin Hurtado – piano
Carlos Ramirez-Ortiz – bass
More about Tito Gonzalez:

Tito, who first appeared on the Cuban music scene pushing forty and fully-formed, still possesses the creative impulse that drove him more quickly than most up a long and slippery ladder as a professional musician. Tito first experienced the tres guitar through his father, who had played when Tito was a boy. Since then, Tito has had an on-again-off-again relationship with the tres. Music had been in and out of his life: he flirted with the guitar when he was into Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Frank Sinatra. He later rekindled the romance with the guitar while on a long tour with the Cuban national fishing fleet, and traded the instrument in for a tres when his ship docked in Spain. However, he later dropped the tres altogether for a steady job as an auto mechanic. Now however, Tito and the son had found each other, never to part.

Continue reading about Tito’s life here.

Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Join the conversation at the Poppy – volunteer with us! Click here.