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Pedrito Martínez

Jazz band from Havana, NY · formed 1973

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Pedrito Martínez photo
Photo from the public record
Shows on record
60+
Rooms played
39
Cities
33
Releases
15
Last show
Sep 26, 2026Hyde Park Jazz Festival

About

Pedrito Martínez is a band from Havana, NY, formed in 1973, tagged Afro-Beat, Afro-Cuban, cuban by its sources. Shows on record run from 2024 to 2026, across 39 rooms in 33 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

60+ on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20244 shows
  2. 202519 shows
  3. 202637 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Sep 26, 2026Hyde Park Jazz Festival · ChicagoSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Sep 19, 2026Central Avenue Jazz Festival · Los Angeles (LA)Supportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Aug 22, 2026Dockweiler Beach · Los Angeles (LA)Headliner
Aug 17, 2026LA Jazz Festival 2026 · Los Angeles (LA)Headliner
Jul 31, 2026Jazz A Toulon · ToulonSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Jul 30, 2026La Baule Jazz Festival · La BauleSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band, Richard Bona
Jul 18, 2026Parc Culturel Aimé Césaire · Fort-de-FranceSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Jun 12, 2026Bryant Park · New York (NYC)Supportwith Sunny Jain, Cyro Baptista, Kaoru Watanabe, +4
Apr 28, 2026Blue Note / ブルーノート · TokyoSupportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 27, 2026Blue Note / ブルーノート · TokyoSupportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 26, 2026Blue Note / ブルーノート · TokyoSupportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 25, 2026Blue Note / ブルーノート · TokyoSupportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 24, 2026Blue Note / ブルーノート · TokyoSupportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 12, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 11, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 10, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 9, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 8, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Apr 7, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez
Feb 18, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Headliner
Feb 17, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Headliner
Feb 13, 2026The Nimoy · Los Angeles (LA)Supportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Feb 11, 2026Yoshi's · OaklandSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Feb 10, 2026Yoshi's · OaklandSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Feb 9, 2026Kuumbwa Jazz · Santa CruzSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Feb 7, 2026Center for the Arts at Kayenta · IvinsSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Feb 6, 2026Kingsbury Hall · Salt Lake CitySupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Feb 4, 2026Vilar Performing Arts Center · Beaver CreekSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Feb 3, 2026Dazzle, Denver Arts Complex · DenverSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Feb 1, 2026La Jolla Music Society · San DiegoSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Jan 31, 2026Kölner Philharmonie · CologneSupportwith WDR Big Band, carlitos del puerto, Marcus Gilmore, +3
Jan 31, 2026Missouri Theatre · ColumbiaSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Jan 26, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Jan 25, 2026Keystone Korner · BaltimoreSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Jan 24, 2026Berklee Performance Center · BostonSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Jan 23, 2026South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) · South OrangeSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Jan 22, 2026Perelman Theater, Kimmel Cultural Campus · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Oct 19, 2025Blues Alley · WashingtonSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Oct 18, 2025Blues Alley · WashingtonSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Oct 10, 2025Salle Gaveau · ParisSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Aug 14, 2025Utah Film Commission Hub · Park CityHeadliner
Aug 1, 2025Parc Des Dryades · La BauleSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Jul 30, 2025Place de l'Église · MouchampsSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Jul 29, 2025Festival Les Nuits Musicales - Uzès · UzèsSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Jul 25, 2025Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club · LondonSupportwith Michael League, Antonio Sanchez, Glenda Del E
Jul 12, 2025North Sea Jazz Festival · RotterdamSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Jul 10, 2025Lodz · LodzSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez, Alfredo Rodriguez Band
Jun 25, 2025SPACE · EvanstonHeadliner
Jun 24, 2025Dakota · MinneapolisHeadliner
Jun 14, 2025Hollywood Bowl · HollywoodSupportwith The Isley Brothers, De La Soul, Bill Charlap, +7
Jun 13, 2025Yoshi's · OaklandHeadliner
Apr 10, 2025Savannah Music Festival · SavannahSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Feb 28, 2025The Hangar at Regatta Harbour · MiamiSupportwith Jon Batiste, Chaka Khan, Janelle Monáe, +8
Jan 12, 2025Keystone Korner · BaltimoreSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Jan 11, 2025Keystone Korner · BaltimoreSupportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Jan 10, 2025Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York (NYC)Supportwith Alfredo Rodriguez
Nov 20, 2024Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Weedie Braimah & the Hands of Time
Nov 19, 2024Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Weedie Braimah & the Hands of Time
Nov 18, 2024Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Weedie Braimah & the Hands of Time
Nov 4, 2024Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Headliner

Showing the latest 60 shows; the record holds more.

Where they play

39 rooms in 33 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • New York (NYC)15 shows
  • Tokyo5 shows
  • Los Angeles (LA)4 shows
  • Baltimore3 shows
  • Oakland3 shows

and 28 other cities

Live history

296 shows on record
Shows counted
296
First on record
Aug 2009
Latest on record
Sep 2026

Shows per year

  1. 20128
  2. 20137
  3. 20146
  4. 20153
  5. 20164
  6. 201718
  7. 201832
  8. 201961
  9. 202035
  10. 20217
  11. 202228
  12. 202312
  13. 202419
  14. 202519
  15. 202636

Top rooms

  • Ginny's Supper Club, New York (NYC) · 34
  • Blue Note Jazz Club, New York (NYC) · 24
  • B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, Manhattan · 12
  • Jazz Standard, New York (NYC) · 8
  • Yoshi's, Oakland · 6

Top cities

  • New York (NYC), NY · 91
  • Manhattan, KS · 17
  • St Louis, MO · 9
  • Chicago, IL · 7
  • Oakland, CA · 6

Often on the bill with: Alfredo Rodríguez, Richard Bona, Michel Camilo, Ricky Rodriguez, Joey Alexander, Eddie Palmieri, Herlin Riley, Yosvany Terry

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

Releases

15 releases, 2006–2026

  • BRING THE LIGHT

    2026 · Single

  • Elipsis

    2026 · Album

  • En pijama y en chancleta

    2025 · Single

  • Acertijos

    2021 · Album

  • My Father’s Eyes

    2020 · Single

  • Yo Si Quiero

    2020

  • El Niño Del Tambor (The Little Drummer Boy)

    2020

  • Duologue

    2019 · Album

  • The Grand Concourse

    2018 · Album

  • Cuba isla bella

    2016 · Single

  • Rumba de la isla

    2013 · Album

  • Rumba De La Isla (Pedrito Canta A Camarón De La Isla)

    2013

  • The Routes Of Rumba (Rumbos de la Rumba)

    2008

  • Pasos Gigantes

    2006

  • Slave To Africa

    2006

Lineup

No current lineup on record.

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 1 plays, 2013-11-05–2013-11-05 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Wo' Pop' (John Gilbreath) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Pedrito Martínez — Photo
Photo — TheAudioDB
Pedrito Martínez — Photo
Photo — TheAudioDB
Pedrito Martínez — Hyde Park Jazz Festival, 2026-09-26
Poster · Hyde Park Jazz Festival, 2026-09-26 — Songkick
Pedrito Martínez — Blue Note / ブルーノート, 2026-04-26
Poster · Blue Note / ブルーノート, 2026-04-26 — Songkick
Pedrito Martínez — Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, 2025-07-25
Poster · Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, 2025-07-25 — Songkick
Pedrito Martínez — Toulouse Theatre, 2023-04-30
Poster · Toulouse Theatre, 2023-04-30 — Songkick
Pedrito Martínez — Rialto Theatre, 2023-01-19
Poster · Rialto Theatre, 2023-01-19 — Songkick
Pedrito Martínez — TivoliVredenburg, 2020-03-03
Poster · TivoliVredenburg, 2020-03-03 — Songkick
Pedrito Martínez — Chapiteau, 2019-08-06
Poster · Chapiteau, 2019-08-06 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
WikipediaArtist facts
Pedrito Martinez on Last.fmArtist facts
Pedrito Martinez on DiscogsArtist facts
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history, Show posters
TheAudioDBPhotos
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
GeniusCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikidataCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

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

These facts are from the English Wikipedia article Pedrito Martinez. They are shown on their own and are not merged into the record above.

Genres
Afro-Cuban, Jazz, Latin Jazz, Afro-Beat, Timba
Labels
Motéma, ABKCO, Sony Masterworks, Mack Avenue Records Immediate Family Records

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