Live Jazz London

Influences: Chucho Valdés, Bebo Valdés, McCoy Tyner

Roberto Carcassés plays piano and percussion, drawing on Cuban son, timba and Afro-Cuban rhythms to build modern jazz arrangements with driving grooves. He is bandleader of the Interactivo collective, which won the Cubadisco Award in 2006, and he has toured with Chucho Valdés, Wynton Marsalis and George Benson. He graduated in percussion from Havana's National School of Arts in 1991, and that rhythmic training shapes his playing.

Upcoming gigs

• Sat 24 Oct — 20:00 — Roberto Carcassés | Interactivo at Pizza Express Jazz Club (tickets)