Cuban conservatory students in New Orleans for jazz concert

NEW ORLEANS — Students from Cuba’s top music academy will present a free concert of big band jazz with a Cuban accent in New Orleans on Jan. 5.

The non-profit group Horns to Havana says the 14-member high-school jazz band from Havana’s Conservatorio Amadeo Roldan will be in New Orleans from Jan. 3-10 for a jazz and cultural exchange program with the Preservation Hall Foundation.

It also will play Jan. 7 at the Jazz Education Network conference.

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation says the group performs classic big band jazz by American, Cuban and international composers.