Cuban-born Yosvany Terry brings his latest jazz project, Ye-dé-gbé and the Afro-Caribbean Legacy, to UT’s Hogg Memorial Auditorium for an evening infused with influences of the Afro-Caribbean Arará culture and the American jazz form.

Now residing in New York City, Terry is known for melding the traditional sounds of his native Cuba with avant-garde innovation and fiery post-bop, sophisticated harmonies. He sits at the forefront of a group of young Cuban musicians who have recently inspired the city’s scene with a new creative energy. In his latest project, Ye-dé-gbé, Terry explores the Afro-Caribbean Arará musical tradition – a style brought to Cuba by slaves taken from West Africa – in a collection of compositions with African percussion.

Along with Terry on saxophone and chekeré, the ensemble features an all-star band with Osmany Paredes, piano; Yunior Terry, bass; Pedro Martinez, percussion/vocals; Roman Diaz, percussion; Justin Brown & Sandy Perez, drums; and Felix Pupi Insua, dancer.