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Francisco Mela

Jazz band · formed 1968

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Francisco Mela photo
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Shows on record
41
Rooms played
26
Cities
17
Releases
20
Last show
Sep 26, 2026Regattabar

About

Francisco Mela is a band, formed in 1968, tagged cuba, cuban, free jazz by its sources. Shows on record run from 2007 to 2026, across 26 rooms in 17 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

41 on record · event platform:ticketweb city, Songkick
No upcoming shows on record.Know of one? Tell us

Shows per year

  1. 20072 shows
  2. 20092 shows
  3. 20104 shows
  4. 20124 shows
  5. 20134 shows
  6. 20143 shows
  7. 20151 show
  8. 20163 shows
  9. 20181 show
  10. 20196 shows
  11. 20232 shows
  12. 20241 show
  13. 20253 shows
  14. 20265 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Sep 26, 2026Regattabar · GeorgeHeadlinerwith McCoy Tyner Legacy Band, Benito Gonzalez, Santi Debriano, +1
Sep 26, 2026Regattabar, The Charles Hotel · CambridgeHeadlinerwith Benito Gonzalez
Aug 21, 2026Michiko Studios · New York (NYC)Headlinerwith Will Calhoun
Jun 26, 2026Regattabar, The Charles Hotel · CambridgeSupportwith Becoming
Apr 9, 2026Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club · PortsmouthHeadlinerwith Benito Gonzalez
Oct 11, 2025Ornithology Jazz Club · BrooklynSupportwith Daniel Sky, Stefano Battaglia, Benito Gonzalez
Sep 12, 2025Regattabar, The Charles Hotel · CambridgeHeadlinerwith Gerald Cannon, Benito Gonzalez, George Garzone
Jan 30, 2025Regattabar, The Charles Hotel · CambridgeSupportwith Tony Scherr
Oct 25, 2024Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall · ManhattanSupportwith Nduduzo Makhathini, Zwelakhe-Duma Bell
May 25, 2023Stadtgarten · CologneSupportwith Nduduzo Makhathini, Zwelakhe-Duma Bell
May 14, 2023The Lilypad · Boston / CambridgeSupportwith Chase Allan
Sep 2, 2019Detroit International Jazz Festival · DetroitSupportwith Marialy Pacheco, Yunior Terry
Aug 30, 2019Dakota · MinneapolisSupportwith Marialy Pacheco, Yunior Terry
Jun 2, 2019The Falcon · MarlboroSupportwith David Stern, Marc Copland, Dominic Duval
Apr 19, 2019Pangea · New York (NYC)Supportwith David Stern, Mike King, Dominic Duval
Mar 15, 2019Pangea · New York (NYC)Supportwith David Stern, Chris McCarthy, Dominic Duval
Feb 9, 2019Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 · New York (NYC)Supportwith David Stern, Chris McCarthy, Dominic Duval
Sep 14, 2018Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Uri Gurvich, Leo Genovese, Edward Perez
Sep 11, 2016Philharmonie de Paris · ParisSupportwith McCoy Tyner, Geri Allen, Craig Taborn, +1
Jun 19, 2016Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 · New York (NYC)Supportwith Uri Gurvich, Manuel Valera, Peter Slavov
Feb 27, 2016Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 · New York (NYC)Supportwith Uri Gurvich, Leo Genovese, Peter Slavov
Dec 5, 2015Metropolitan Room · New York (NYC)Supportwith Marvalous, Frank Lacy, Darwin Noguera, +3
Dec 26, 2014Subrosa · New York (NYC)Headliner
Dec 12, 2014Subrosa · New York (NYC)Headliner
Feb 27, 2014Ginny's Supper Club · New York (NYC)Headliner
Apr 25, 2013SPACE · EvanstonSupportwith Steve Poltz, Joe Lovano Us Five, Peter Slavov, +1
Jan 26, 2013Yoshi's · OaklandSupportwith Joe Lovano Us Five, James Weidman, Esperanza Spalding, +1
Jan 25, 2013Yoshi's · OaklandSupportwith Joe Lovano Us Five, James Weidman, Esperanza Spalding, +1
Jan 24, 2013Yoshi's · OaklandSupportwith Joe Lovano Us Five, James Weidman, Esperanza Spalding, +1
Oct 31, 2012Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Headliner
Oct 30, 2012Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Headliner
Sep 14, 2012Scullers Jazz Club · BostonSupportwith Joe Lovano Us Five, Esperanza Spalding, Francis, +3
Sep 13, 2012Scullers Jazz Club · BostonSupportwith Joe Lovano Us Five, Esperanza Spalding, Francis, +3
Dec 23, 2010Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Vijay Iyer, Larry Grenadier
Dec 22, 2010Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Vijay Iyer, Larry Grenadier
Oct 12, 2010L'Astral · MontrealSupportwith Rafael Zaldivar Trio
Jan 8, 2010Highline Ballroom · New York (NYC)Supportwith McCoy Tyner Trio, Gary Bartz, The Jon Batiste Band, +10
Oct 17, 2009Bimhuis · AmsterdamSupportwith Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding, Otis Brown
Jan 27, 2009The Village Vanguard · New York (NYC)Headliner
Nov 28, 2007Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Sam Yahel Organ Trio, Lionel Loueke
Nov 27, 2007Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Sam Yahel Organ Trio, Lionel Loueke

Where they play

26 rooms in 17 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • New York (NYC)19 shows
  • Cambridge4 shows
  • Oakland3 shows
  • Boston2 shows
  • Amsterdam1 show

and 12 other cities

Live history

40 shows on record
Shows counted
40
First on record
Nov 2007
Latest on record
Sep 2026

Shows per year

  1. 20072
  2. 20092
  3. 20104
  4. 20124
  5. 20134
  6. 20143
  7. 20151
  8. 20163
  9. 20181
  10. 20196
  11. 20232
  12. 20241
  13. 20253
  14. 20264

Top rooms

  • Jazz Standard, New York (NYC) · 6
  • Regattabar, The Charles Hotel, Cambridge · 4
  • Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3, New York (NYC) · 3
  • Yoshi's, Oakland · 3
  • Pangea, New York (NYC) · 2

Top cities

  • New York (NYC), NY · 19
  • Cambridge · 4
  • Oakland, CA · 3
  • Boston, MA · 2
  • Detroit, MI · 1

Often on the bill with: Esperanza Spalding, Joe Lovano Us Five, Otis Brown III, James Weidman, Benito Gonzalez, David Stern, Dominic Duval, Peter Slavov

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

20 releases, 2006–2026

  • Arrival

    2026

  • Bright Sun Outside

    2026

  • Causa y efecto, Vol. 2

    2024 · Album

  • Processes

    2024 · Album

  • Shine Hear, Vol. 2

    2024 · Album

  • Music Frees Our Souls Vol. 3

    2024

  • Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 2

    2023 · Album

  • O Life, O Light, Vol. 2

    2023 · Album

  • Shine Hear, Vol. 1

    2023 · Album

  • Caribú

    2023

  • Jardineros

    2023

  • Causa y efecto, Vol. 1

    2022 · Album

  • Live at Scholes Street Studio

    2022 · Album

  • O Life, O Light, Vol. 1

    2022 · Album

  • MPT Trio Volume 1

    2021 · Album

  • Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 1

    2021 · Album

  • Fe

    2016

  • Forty

    2016 · Album

  • Tree of Life

    2011 · Album

  • Melao

    2006 · Album

Discography

23 releases, 2006–2026
  • 2026Bright Sun OutsideRelease

    577 Records · 5977

  • 2024Causa Y Efecto [Vol. 2]Album

    577 Records · 5878-2 · Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By: Jeremy Loucas

  • 2024Causa y efecto, Vol. 2Album

    577 Records

  • 2024Music Frees Our Souls Vol. 3Album

    577 Records · 5858/3 · Engineer: Jeremy Loucas; Engineer [Assistant]: Juanma Trujillo; Mixed By, Mastered By: Jeremy Loucas

  • 2024ProcessesAlbum

    Galileo Music Communication

  • 2024Shine Hear, Vol. 2Album

    577 Records

  • 2023JardinerosAlbum

    577 Records · Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By: Marc Urselli

  • 2023Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 2Album

    577 Records · 5858-2 · Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By: Jeremy Loucas

  • 2023O Life, O Light, Vol. 2Album

    577 Records · 5900-2

  • 2023Shine Hear (Vol. 1)Album

    577 Records · 5897-1 · Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By: Jeremy Loucas

  • 2023Shine Hear, Vol. 1Album

    577 Records

  • 2022Causa Y Efecto (Vol. 1)Album

    577 Records · 5878-1 · Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By: Jeremy Loucas

Show 11 more releases
  • 2022Causa y efecto, Vol. 1Album

    577 Records

  • 2022Live at Scholes Street StudioAlbum

    gaucimusic · no number listed

  • 2022Motions Vol. 1Album

    577 Records · 5908-1 · Recorded By: Hao Jen Lam; Recorded By [Recording Assistant]: Qi Wang; Recorded By [Recording Assistant]: Yimu Feng; Recorded By [Recording Assistant]: Ziyan Wang

  • 2022O Life, O Light (Vol. 1)Album

    577 Records · 5900-1 · Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By: Jeremy Loucas

  • 2022O Life, O Light, Vol. 1Album

    577 Records · 5900-1

  • 2021MPT Trio Volume 1Album

    577 Records

  • 2021Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 1Album

    577 Records · 5858-1

  • 2016FeRelease

    [no label]

  • 2016FortyAlbum

    Incipit Records · INC 223

  • 2011Tree of LifeAlbum

    Half Note Records · HN 4549

  • 2006MelaoAlbum

    Ayva Music · AYVA 040 · Executive-Producer: Pablo Valero

Compiled from MusicBrainz and Discogs. Releases not listed there are not shown.

Lineup

No current lineup on record.

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Photos, art and posters

Francisco Mela — Photo · live_stage
Photo · live_stage — Wikidata
Francisco Mela — Regattabar, 2026-09-26
Poster · Regattabar, 2026-09-26 — event platform:ticketweb city
Francisco Mela — Regattabar, The Charles Hotel, 2026-09-26
Poster · Regattabar, The Charles Hotel, 2026-09-26 — Songkick
Francisco Mela — Ornithology Jazz Club, 2025-10-11
Poster · Ornithology Jazz Club, 2025-10-11 — Songkick
Francisco Mela — Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, 2024-10-25
Poster · Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, 2024-10-25 — Songkick
Francisco Mela — Detroit International Jazz Festival, 2019-09-02
Poster · Detroit International Jazz Festival, 2019-09-02 — Songkick
Francisco Mela — The Falcon, 2019-06-02
Poster · The Falcon, 2019-06-02 — Songkick
Francisco Mela — SPACE, 2013-04-25
Poster · SPACE, 2013-04-25 — Songkick
Francisco Mela — Jazz Standard, 2010-12-23
Poster · Jazz Standard, 2010-12-23 — Songkick
Francisco Mela — Bimhuis, 2009-10-17
Poster · Bimhuis, 2009-10-17 — Songkick

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WikipediaArtist facts
Francisco Mela on Last.fmArtist facts
Francisco Mela on DiscogsArtist facts
event platform:ticketweb cityShow history, Show posters
SongkickShow history, Show posters
SpotifyPhotos
WikidataPhotos
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
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This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.

From Wikipedia

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Genres
Jazz

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