Premiere tomorrow: Virtuoso saxophonist Cesar Lopez opens the doors of his jazz club!!

With a worthy and exemplary musical career, Cesar Lopez, alto and soprano saxophonist, flautist, composer, arranger, and band leader, is realizing a dream: opening his jazz club.

This coming Saturday, July 26, 2025, is a day of celebration, joy, and celebration for all lovers of good music, and especially for the millions of Latin Jazz enthusiasts, when CESAR JAZZ CLUB opens its doors at Avenida del Puerto No. 52, between Justiz and Obispo Streets, in Old Havana, in front of the boardwalk (malecon).

At twenty years old, in 1988, Cesar López was invited by Maestro Chucho Valdes to join the colossal super band Irakere. In 1985, he had studied at the National School of Arts and began his professional musical career with the distinguished musician Bobby Carcasses.
With Irakere, he developed a fruitful musical career for nine years, taking him to festivals, theaters, and stages around the world, sharing the stage with his colleagues, including Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, German Velazco (whom he replaced), Mayra Caridad Valdes, Orlando "Maraca" Valle, Roman Filiu, Julito Padrón, and Miguel "Anga" Diaz, among others.

Throughout his career, Cesar Lopez has shared the stage with important artists such as Michel Camilo, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tito Puente, Chick Corea, the Marsalis brothers, and more.

In 1997, he decided to form La Habana Ensemble, a select group of musicians who, together, achieved national and international success with their creative Latin jazz.
With his Habana Ensemble, he has recorded nine CDs that have received positive reviews.

Traveling around the world, Cesar Lopez conceived the idea of eventually creating his own Jazz Club, and his continued work and persistence in his dream are becoming a reality, with the obtaining of permits, after three years of intense reconstruction of a building just the way he wanted.

Cesar Jazz Club will be a welcoming venue with various areas for the enjoyment of its visitors and will feature a schedule of performances by top-tier artists.
Cesar has relied on the good taste of his main ally, his wife, Seiko Ishii, for the ideas and decor.

In 2016, as part of The Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival (on the beautiful island of Aruba), I presented Cesar Lopez and Habana Ensemble, discussing his musical career and music, resulting in an exciting presentation with an explosion of revelry from the large audience, many of whom came from neighboring islands and the Netherlands.

Cesar Jazz Club's opening this Saturday, the 26th, will feature a renowned pianist: Aldo Lopez Gavilan, a young Cuban pianist and composer who has won numerous awards and public acclaim. Later, Cesar Lopez himself and the Habana Ensemble will perform. While the show continues, enjoy the following video:

Viva The Latin Jazz!!

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Note: The bestselling book of musical literature, "The Bible of Latin Jazz," by renowned writer, musicologist, and educator Luis Raul Montell, is available on Amazon.