Jay Kalo (CU) | CPH Jazz Festival

On July 7, Jay Kalo, one of the most exciting young drummers to come out of Havana in years, joins pianist Aismar Simón Carrillo, bassist Yasser Morejon Pino, and percussionist Eliel Lazo for an evening of original Cuban jazz shaped by Afro-Cuban rhythmic language, contemporary improvisation and diaspora energy.

At the centre is Jay Kalo. Born in Havana, the 27-year-old drummer and composer plays with the force and maturity of someone far beyond his years. Trained at Cuba's Escuela Nacional de Arte and twice winner of Cuba's International Drum Festival, he was only 17 when he performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center alongside Wynton Marsalis.

Eliel Lazo brings the music into full motion. One of Copenhagen's most celebrated Cuban musicians and a Danish Music Award winner, he has a career that includes collaborations with Chucho Valdés, Herbie Hancock and the Danish Radio Big Band.

This is a one-night constellation: four Cuban voices, one stage, and a sound moving freely between memory and now.