Omar Puente                     Violins  

Elpidio Caicedo               Bass

Michel Castellanos         Kit

Oscar Martinez                Congas, percussion

David Muñoz                     Piano

Antonio Zapata                Vocals

Leeds College of Music tutor Omar Puente gained his musical education in Havana in the 1980s. By day he studied at Escuala Nacional des Arte and Instituto Superior des Arte but at night he and his classmates learned their musicianship from the likes of Chucho Valdes, Ruben Gonzales and Guillermo Rubalcaba.

Lessons of the School Yard – featuring some of the best UK-based Latin musicians – is Omar’s tribute to his Havana classmates, who in the intervening years have made names for themselves in classical, jazz and Cuban music in many countries around the world.