Orbis Tertius - Aniversario

The group was founded in 1967 with the strange title of THNB (All black and white brothers) and found great reception among the public. Later the group changed its name to Orbis Tertius, taken by its founder of a story by Jorge Luis Borges. Since 1975, at the initiative of the then rector Roberto Bravo Garzón, he is part of the UV's artistic groups and has toured Poland, the United States, France and Spain. They have also been presented in almost the whole country and forums of great renown. Since its foundation, Orbis Tertius has been in constant transformation, because the musicians who have participated in it have been many and from many latitudes, both local and foreign, passing through numerous formats and styles, which makes it difficult to identify it by any label in particular, although it has always been characterized by its creativity and an original style in each of its stages. They have been its directors Guillermo Cuevas and Lucio Sánchez. Among his main presentations with the current format is his participation in the Jazzuv International Festival 2012 in Xalapa, International Summer Jazz Festival 2013 in Querétaro, Ceiba Cultural Festival 2014 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, where his audience has been satisfied to hear his original proposal that Interlaza traditional jazz, Latin rhythms, popular Mexican music, jazz standards or original compositions. The group has five record productions: Returning to the Sea (1996), Orbis Tertius Jazz (1997), Anniversary (1996), Changing (2008) and Orbis Tertius Jazz Quintet (2010). Orbis Tertius' current line-up: Rolando Alarcón on drums, Oscar Terán on double bass, Arodi Martínez on saxophone. , Javier Cabrera on percussion and its director José Miguel Flores on piano, talented performers and composers with a long career in the jazz scene in Mexico and music both popular and concert.

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