# Jane Bunnett and Maqueque Perform on Latin Jazz cruise with Bobby Sanabria: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2019/09/26/jane-bunnett-and-maqueque-perform-on-latin-jazz-cruise-with-bobby-sanabria-video/
- Published: 2019-09-26T13:26:21+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Six years ago, soprano saxophonist Jane Bunnett merged her devotion to Afro-Cuban
music with her commitment to women’s empowerment, and created Maqueque — a hard-
charging group that has since toured the world, received a Grammy nomination and
been the subject of a recent episode of Jazz Night in America.**

Maqueque has a new album, On Firm Ground / Tierra Firme, just out on Linus Entertainment.
Bunnett brought to band to WBGO, for a dynamic performance on Latin Jazz Cruise,
and an illuminating conversation with the program’s host, Bobby Sanabria.

“In Cuba, the performing opportunities are hard for everybody,” Bunnett says. “Everyone’s
struggling for that little piece of pie, so the guys aren’t really extending it 
to the women.”

The members of Maqueque, which Bunnett said she regards with maternal affection,
are pianist Dánae Olano, bassist and vocalist Tailin Marrero Zamora, drummer Yissy
García, percussionist Mary Fernández and the newest edition, Zimbabwean vocalist
Joanna Tendai Majoko. And at a certain point in the session, Sanabria makes the 
jump from interview to performer, sitting in on drums. Here is the band’s performance
of “La Linea (The Lineup),” the opening track on the album.

![Jane Bunnett with members of Maqueque: Danae Olano on piano and Joanna Tendai 
Majoko on vocals](https://i0.wp.com/www.wbgo.org/sites/wbgo/files/styles/medium/
public/201909/_DSC3329.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)

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