# Fran Vielma and the Venezuelan Jazz Collective shine in Performance: Videos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2019/06/05/fran-vielma-and-the-venezuelan-jazz-collective-shine-in-performance-videos/
- Published: 2019-06-05T16:19:41+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Percussionist and composer Fran Vielma recently brought his Venezuelan Jazz Collective
to Afternoon Jazz and the WBGO Performance Studio.**

_Tendencias_, their recent album on Papelón Records, was among the top-rated releases
of 2018 by _DownBeat_ and the Latin Jazz Network.

At WBGO, Vielma and his bandmates — including alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, trumpeter
Mike Rodriguez and pianist Luis Perdomo — delivered a performance true to the rhythmic
elements of his native Venezuela, while displaying the freedom of jazz.

Watch the band play “Cereal de Bobures” in our studio:

And here is “Hubbardengue,” with a title that nods to trumpeter Freddie Hubbard:

**Fran Vielma and the Venezuelan Jazz Collective:**

Fran Vielma, percussion and vocals; Mike Rodríguez, trumpet; Miguel Zenón, alto 
saxophone; Ángel Subero, trombone and vocals; Luis Perdomo, acoustic and Fender 
Rhodes piano; Peter Slavov, bass; Pablo Bencid, drums and vocals.

![](https://i0.wp.com/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wbgo/files/styles/large/public/
201906/IMG_0051.JPG?w=640)

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