What if Tito Puente had joined forces with Miles Davis during the electric period of the 70’s? Or if Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters had teamed up with Maestro Eddie Palmieri? Trumpeter-composer Jonathan Powell’s new project, Tumbao Electric, lives in that electrified crossroads—where Afro-Caribbean groove meets boundary-pushing electronics.

Drawing on 25 years in Latin jazz and salsa alongside a deep devotion to electronic sound design, Powell fuses tumbao, rumba, and salsa’s rhythmic fire with synth-driven textures, live sampling, and high-velocity improvisation. It’s a kinetic, dance-floor-ready laboratory: polyrhythms meet modular grit; brass shouts ride sub-bass; descarga energy surges through glitch and groove.

Tumbao Electric is the next leap: a lifelong vision realized, igniting classic Afro-Latin rhythm with the voltage of the future. Featuring some of Denver’s finest musicians in Jazz and Latin music this is a show not to be missed!

Jonathan Powell - trumpet, bass trumpet, EVI, FX, electronics

Mike Abbot - electric guitar

Victor Mestas - piano, keys

Kirwan Brown - electric bass

Alejandro Castaño - drum set

Leo Corona - congas