RECORDING: Multi-Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim Fellow Elio Villafranca ‘Standing By The Crossroads’ Featuring Cécile Mclorin Salvant! ArtistShare Project

Two time Grammy nominated Cuban jazz pianist and composer, and 2021 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship Elio Villafranca, has created a new work for ArtistShare entitled Standing by the Crossroads. This piece, different than his previous work CINQUE, speaks about his own life experiences as an artist, growing up in the small town of San Luis, Pinar del Rio, surrounded by Congolese drums, educated in Russian classical music, while falling in love with jazz…