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Francisco Mela

Tue., Aug. 25, 8 p.m., $13, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.


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Published: Aug 18, 2009

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Maybe it's time to just retire the "Latin jazz" tag once and for all. Yes, Francisco Mela was born and raised in Cuba, and the island's rhythms inflect his drumming as naturally as its accent does his speech. But in the 60 years since Dizzy met Chano, any drummer worth his gig has a few Afro-Cuban tricks up his sleeve, regardless of whether he's ever even smoked a cigar. It's one of the languages of the jazz tongue, and Mela has a vast, intriguing vocabulary that ranges far beyond it.

Tue., Aug. 25, 8 p.m., $13, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.

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