No Comprende
Date: Sunday, August 24, 2025
Due to the possibility of rain this evening, this event has been moved to the Marv Teixeira
Pavilion in Mill Park - BRING LAWN CHAIRS - Food truck might be available.
Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. (Note: time is different than other
J&B evening performances.)
Location was originally: Bob McFadden Plaza Stage, Carson St. between 2nd and 4th Streets
No Comprende brings the Jazz & Beyond Music Festival 2025 to a spectacular
close. It is a dynamic 6-piece latin-jazz ensemble that has been performing
in the Reno-Tahoe area since 1991. No Comprende has performed at Reno's
SCAT Jazz festival in 1994 and 1995, the High Desert Jazz Festival in Carson
City, the Lake Tahoe's West Shore Jazz Festival, Ahora Newspaper's Latin Jazz and
Salsa Music Festival, and FTLOJ's Jazz At the Sands Poolside Series.
Musical director and bass player Hans Halt has had many years of experience playing
with many Bay Area salsa and latin-jazz groups, including Pete and Sheila Escovedo,
Conjunto Cespedes, and several members of the latin-rock group Santana.
No Comprende combines exciting Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz harmony to create a
high-energy sound that is fun to listen and dance to.
Flute and sax soloist Dallas Smith recently wrote,
Let me introduce No Comprende. We are six "gringos" (non-Latinos) who love Latin
jazz. Afro-Cuban and other styles of Latin jazz have had a huge influence on American
jazz in general, as exemplified by groups such as the Caribbean Jazz Project, the
Yellowjackets, and others.
No Comprende was founded by bassist Hans Halt and percussionist Eric Middleton at
least twenty years ago. We don't perform very often. But in August we are honored
to be closing the Carson City Jazz and Beyond festival on August 24.
Members of the group are Dallas Smith, flute & sax; Kris Landrum, keyboard;
Eric Middleton, vibes & percussion; Chance Utter, percussion; and Hans Halt, bass.
Hans Halt is featured on the FTLOJ website at renojazz.org/artists/halt_hans.htm.
Catch a video of No Comprende in a "RJO Monthly Music Series" from March,
2021, HERE.
Seating is limited - bring chairs.
Upper left: Photograph of No Comprende in 2018.
Lower right: A more recent photo of No Comprende.
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