DUENDE LIBRE celebrates the connections between jazz and music from Cuba, Brazil, and the Mediterranean. Their stewardship is a natural continuation of decades of dedicated apprenticeship with master musicians from around the world. DUENDE LIBRE's empathic on-stage chemistry, formed through years of performing, touring, and recording together, sets the band apart along with their eclectic sonic palette.

The trio will celebrate the release of a new album featuring original compositions by pianist and bandleader Alex Chadsey on June 7 at The Triple Door in Seattle along with special guests. The new album (their fourth) finds the trio further expanding their sonic palette while exploring universal human themes of vulnerability, loss, and hope.

“Each member’s experiences are vital as they filter traditional rhythms through their own hands, voices, minds, bodies, each song as much choreography as a composition,” PopMatters wrote. “Hopeful in sound as well as in ideological foundation [the band creates music] full of heart and historical multitudes.”

"Globally inspired jazz with dimension”  - Pop Matters

“Powerfully alluring" - Wisconsin Public Radio