Toronto Jazz Live presents OKAN Recorded Live

Recorded June 24, 2022, on the TD Stage in Festival Village as part of the 35thannual TD Toronto Jazz Festival. Taking their name from the word for heart or soul in the AfroCuban religion of Santeria, Juno Awardwinning OKAN fuses AfroCuban roots with jazz, folk and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage and love. They have worked with Bomba Estereo, Lido Pimienta, Daymé Arocena and Telmary Diaz, among others, and their latest release Espiralhas earned international acclaim from the likes of OkayAfrica, NPR and Songines; it debuted at the No. 1 position on the Earshotinternational charts and was included in CBC Music s top 20 and NPR s top 10 altLatino albums of the year. The group is coled by Elizabeth Rodriguez, a classically trained violinist born in Havana, Cuba, who served as concertmaster for Havanas Youth Orchestra, and Magdelys Savigne, hailing from Santiago de Cuba, who graduated with honours in orchestral percussion from Havanas Univer br, br,