Daymé Arocena joins Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in a tribute to Dizzy, Chano and Chico at City Hall

Daymé Arocena is a Cuban singer, songwriter and bandleader who creates the smoothest Latin jazz from her rumba roots and classical music training.

Robin Denselow of "The Guardian" (an international English-language newspaper) called her "the best young singer in Cuba". Arocena is really that. She's one of the first female voices you think of in Cuban jazz today and she's still very young, in her twenties.

Daymé has a stronger connection to his audience than any of the artists we've covered over the years. We have never seen such an outpouring of affection.

We met her in Puerto Rico at an El Laberinto del Coco concert. Daymé is a small woman with a great stage presence. There is something very spiritual about her.

Daymé Arocena joins the Dizzy, Chano and Chico concert by Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; at City Hall in Midtown; Saturday January 14, 2023 at 8 p.m. Starting at $43. thetownhall.org