Gustavo Cortiñas Trio - Samosa Sunday

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TICKET LINK | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gustavo-cortinas-trio-samosa-sunday-tickets-1999713066613?aff=oddtdtcreator BlueStem Jazz "Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz: In 2025, Gustavo Cortiñas’s drums sang". CHICAGO TRIBUNE Embracing a multicultural language, while investing in a variety of disciplines within the music itself, Mexican born, and Chicago based drummer, composer, & producer Gustavo Cortiñas, has distinguished himself as a dynamic and melodic artist, committed to building empathy and understanding through music, in times of border walls and reductive narratives. Described as “One of Chicago’s most imaginative and exciting composers” (AllAboutJazz), “ Cortiñas’ music is bluesy and deeply felt..sometimes it is raucus, sometimes solemn, but the music is always drenched in emotion.” (Modern Drummer). Through his seven productions as a leader, "Snapshot" (2013), "ESSE" (2017) “Desafío Candente” (2021), “Kind Regards ” (2022), “Live in Chicago” (2024), " The Crisis Knows No Borders" (2025) , and “The Drum Also Sings” (2026), Cortiñas proves time and again his ability for “great storytelling without saying a word” (Downbeat) . “Gustavo Cortiñas is a musician with a message, one of social justice. He delivers it in a style that fuses the melodic sensibilities of his ancestral Mexico with the complex syncopation of jazz.” (ALLABOUTJAZZ). Along with fellow master drummers Dave King & Isaiah Spencer, Cortiñas’s latest album " The Drum Also Sings" , explores the emotional and spiritual resonance of rhythm through music that speaks to joy, grief, resilience, and renewal. Emerging from moments of introspection and uncertainty, the project approaches the drum not only as an instrument, but as a voice — one capable of carrying memory, prayer, ancestry, and transformation. “This ambitious work stands among the most compelling and thought-provoking releases of 2026…This is not simply a jazz album. It is art in its purest form” (ParisMove). “ Cortiñas doesn’t just write music—he builds bold, urgent conversations into his compositions” (jazzviews.net). Through these critically acclaimed productions and his participation in more than 50 other discographic productions, “Cortiñas’s deft touch reaffirms his status as one of the great drummers in the City’s new guard.” (ChicagoReader) .

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North Street Cabaret

Madison, WI

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