The Pan-American Nutcracker Suite: Joe McCarthy's NY Afro Bop Alliance Big Band
December 15, 2026 · 7 PM
Dizzy's Club - Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway at 60th Street, New York
Joe McCarthy’s New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band performs an 18-piece reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite incorporating Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and other global rhythms.
Hear Joe McCarthy’s 18-piece New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band reinterpret The Nutcracker Suite with Afro-Cuban grooves, Brazilian samba, and rhythms from across the Americas and Asia.
Joe McCarthy's Latin Grammy® award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band transforms Tchaikovsky's holiday classic into an electrifying fusion of global sound and spirit. Co-arranged by McCarthy and Vince Norman, this 18-piece ensemble weaves Afro-Cuban grooves, Brazilian samba, and rhythms from across the Americas and Asia into "The Nutcracker Suite" — turning the familiar into something bold, exhilarating, and entirely new. Praised as "an aural tour de f