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# Joe McCarthy Music

Drummer, Producer, Educator

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- [Blog](https://joemccarthymusic.com/blog/)
- [Education Alert: Los Vegas Academy of the Arts](https://joemccarthymusic.com/education-alert-los-vegas-academy-of-the-arts/) - The 2026 Los Vegas Academy of the Artis Jazz Camp will feature Joe McCarthy of the Grammy® Award-winning Afro Bop Alliance Big Band, on July 31 – August 1.
- [Beyond Symphonic Jazz on The Pan American Nutcracker - Part 2](https://joemccarthymusic.com/beyond-symphonic-jazz-on-the-pan-american-nutcracker-part-2/) - Joe McCarthy and Mitch Glickman discuss the origins and composition of the Afro Bob Alliance's Pan American Nut Cracker Suite on Beyond Symphonic Jazz, originally broadcasted on KJAZZ 88.1 in Los Angeles, California.
- [BASIC Training: The Rhythmic Scale](https://joemccarthymusic.com/basic-training-the-rhythmic-scale/) - In this lesson, we will focus on the rhythmic scale, moving from the rate of 8th notes through 32nd notes.
- [BASIC Training: Getting Started](https://joemccarthymusic.com/basic-training-getting-started/) - BASIC Training is: Balance, Alignment, Substitution, Interdependence and Control, the five foundational pillars essential to achieving total drum control.
- [New Music USA 2026 Creator Fund Awardees](https://joemccarthymusic.com/new-music-usa-2026-creator-fund-awardees/) - Joe McCarthy has been selected as on of the 2026 New Music USA Creator Fund awardees.
- [2025 Pathways To Jazz Grant](https://joemccarthymusic.com/2025-pathways-to-jazz-grant/) - Joe McCarthy is proud recipient of at 2025 Pathyways To Jazz grant. 
- [GIG Alert: UTA Jazz Festival & More](https://joemccarthymusic.com/gig-alert-uta-jazz-festival-more/) - The Afro Bop Alliance will be kicking off the Spring season with the University of Texas at Arlington Jazz Festival & Combo Competition, on April 3 - 4, featuring Joe McCarthy, Nick Marchione, and Boris Koslov.
- [ONE: For Harmony, For Humanity](https://joemccarthymusic.com/one-for-harmony-for-humanity/) - We invite you to support ONE: For Harmony, For Humanity — a multidisciplinary album and performance project that explores the spiritual and human dimensions of unity through music, movement, and word.
- [Gig Alert: Afro Bop Alliance at Clinton Town Hall](https://joemccarthymusic.com/gig-alert-afro-bop-alliance-at-clinton-town-hall-20241013/) - Celebrating their return home Joe McCarthy’s Latin Grammy® award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band present Una Noche de Jazz Latino, in Clinton CT.
- [Beyond Symphonic Jazz on The Pan American Nutcracker - Part 1](https://joemccarthymusic.com/beyond-symphonic-jazz-on-the-pan-american-nutcracker-part-1/) - Joe McCarthy and Mitch Glickman discuss the origins and composition of the Afro Bob Alliance's Pan American Nut Cracker Suite on Beyond Symphonic Jazz, originally broadcasted on KJAZZ 88.1 in Los Angeles, California.
- [Enjoy Cyber Monday All Week Long](https://joemccarthymusic.com/enjoy-cyber-monday-all-week-long/) - Enjoy Cyber Monday all week long! Get 15% off purchases $25 or more at the Joe McCarthy Afro Bop Alliance online store from Cyber Monday thru December 1
- [For Your Consideration: 24th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards®](https://joemccarthymusic.com/for-your-consideration-24th-annual-latin-grammy-awards/) - We are excited to announce The Pan American Nutcracker Suite is eligible for first-round voting for the Latin Recording Academy's category, "Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album"
- [Tanglewood Drum Set Clinic](https://joemccarthymusic.com/tanglewood-drum-set-clinic/) - Latin-Grammy Award-winning drummer, Joe McCarthy leads a drum set clinic at the Tangle Wood Music Center in Lenox Massachusetts. The clinic is part of a series of events hosted by Daniel Bauch, timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- [Modern Drummer on 2008 Releases](https://joemccarthymusic.com/modern-drummer-on-2008-releases/) - A pool of impressive talent from the Washington, DC area is tapped on two vibrant releases: "Words Cannot Express" and "Camino Nuevo"
- [Jazz In the Garden Ends the Summer On A High Note](https://joemccarthymusic.com/jazz-in-the-garden-ends-the-summer-on-a-high-note/) - On Friday, the National Gallery of Art held its final summer jazz performance in the Sculpture Garden. The Jazz in the Garden Series concluded with the Afro Bop Alliance (ABA), a Latin Grammy award-winning group known for their Afro-Cuban jazz.
- [Shaping Your Journey with Joe McCarthy](https://joemccarthymusic.com/shaping-your-journey-with-joe-mccarthy/) - In this episode of Shaping Your Journey, my special guest Joe McCarthy recounts his musical journey from being the Chief Petty Officer of the United States Naval Academy Band, to becoming a Latin Grammy Award winning musician, producer, drummer, educator and band leader.
- [LatinJazznet on Angel Eyes](https://joemccarthymusic.com/latinjazznet-on-angel-eyes/) - The joi de vivre is palpable, though not unexpected, from the opening notes of Afro Bop Alliance’s Angel Eyes.
- [Big Band Drumming](https://joemccarthymusic.com/big-band-drumming/) - Joe McCarthy explains what to play, and what not top play, in a big band setting, based on groove, figures, time/solo—meaning, whether to interpret these figures within the groove or in a soloistic fashion—and vocabulary.
- [The Avid Listener](https://joemccarthymusic.com/the-avid-listener/) - Vic Firth spotlights artist Joe McCarthy presenting, “The Avid Listener” from the Afro Bop Alliance Big Band album Una Mas!
- [Jazz in Europe on The Nutcracker Suite Reimagined](https://joemccarthymusic.com/jazz-in-europe-on-the-nutcracker-suite-reimagined/) - Drummer Joe McCarthy and his New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band have once again taken Tchaikovsky’s iconic music, framing it in an Afro Cuban setting under the title “The Pan American Nutcracker Suite”.
- [JazzTimes on the Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/jazztimes-on-the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite/) - While most jazz aficionados consider Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s 1960 interpretation of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1892 ballet The Nutcracker to be the final jazz word on the famous orchestral work, journeyman drummer Joe McCarthy upends that notion with his version of the endearing classic.
- [LatinJazznet on The Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/latinjazznet-on-the-nutcracker-suite/) - The Nutcracker Suite has become the mainstay of Christmastime entertainment and this makes it the ideal time for this wonderful version – The Pan American Nutcracker Suite – by Joe McCarthy’s New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band.
- [WBGO on The Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/wbgo-on-the-opan-american-nutcracker-suite/) - Inspired by the Latin jazz rhythms that both Joe McCarthy and Vince Norman had explored, the two decided to take their turn at adapting Tchaikovsky’s seminal work for a piece they dubbed The Pan American Nutcracker Suite.
- [The Nutcracker Gets A New Groove](https://joemccarthymusic.com/the-nutcracker-gets-a-new-groove/) - The Afro Bop Alliance's latest album is The Pan American Nutcracker Suite, an ambitious reworking of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, which fuses the original ballet music with elements of jazz, classical, Afro-Latin and other dance music.
- [The Drum Shuffle](https://joemccarthymusic.com/the-drum-shuffle/) - The Drum Shuffle's Jamie Eads and Joe discuss Joe's career from the very beginning, including his time as principal percussionist of the US Naval Academy Band.
- [All About Jazz Interview](https://joemccarthymusic.com/all-about-jazz-interview/) - Eu mea audiam equidem, has ad dolore officiis. No zril solet minimum sit. Sensibus mei omittantur. Nulla suas maloru impetus in voluptaria est in, et suas mollis est propriae eu. Doming vidiss no malorum. Eripuit legimus harum corpora per vis in intellegam, ut esse.
- [Percussive Arts Society](https://joemccarthymusic.com/percussive-arts-society/) - Joe McCarthy percussion presentation at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, in Austin, TX
- [LatinJazznet on Una Más](https://joemccarthymusic.com/latinjazznet-on-una-mas/) - There is a sensuous, almost bordering on lustful, quality to the music on Una Más by the big band, Afro Bop Alliance.
- [Iowa Percussion](https://joemccarthymusic.com/iowa-percussion/) - One for Joe by Peter Coutsouridis featuring Joe McCarthy with Iowa Percussion
- [All About Jazz on The Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/all-about-jazz-on-the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite/) - Yes, many people have a Christmas album, but the Afro Bop Alliance's Pan American Nutcracker Suite one is distinctive, different, and delightful. And a worthy successor to Ellington and Strayhorn.
- [Modern Drummer on The Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/modern-drummer-on-the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite/) - Joe McCarthy The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band The Pan American Nutcracker SuiteBob GirouardWhat’s a Connecticut Yankee doing residing in Little Havana (Miami, Florida)? Most likely teaching, winning Grammy’s and leading an innovative ground-breaking ensemble called the New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band.The Pan American Nutcracker Suite is a winner on several

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- [About](https://joemccarthymusic.com/about/) - About Joe McCarthy Latin Grammy® Award-Winning Musician. Drummer. Producer. Educator. Bandleader. click to download high res photoJoe McCarthy biographyJoe McCarthy one-sheet Joe McCarthy has led a diverse career as a drummer/percussionist, bandleader, producer, and educator in a myriad of settings from symphony orchestra to bebop, big band, Afro-Cuban, studio, theater and beyond.Joe is the founder,
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## Releases

- [United States Naval Academy Band](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/united-states-naval-academy-band/) - Treacherous Voyage, by Jim McNeely by Next Wave Jazz Ensemble Spontaneous Combustion, by Vince Norman by Next Wave Jazz Ensemble Lady Bird, by Tadd Dameron (arr. MU1 Shawn Purcell) by Next Wave Jazz Ensemble
- [Bright Future](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/bright-future/) - Jazz ChicagoLed by veteran multi-reedist, primary composer and arranger Vince Norman and drummer Joe McCarthy, who both have military band ties - who knew the stars and stripes could swing like this? Brad WalsethStudio LegendI think Bright Future is one of the finest big band CDs I've heard, spectacular on every level.Wayne BergeronJazz Society of
- [Revelation](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/revelation/) - All About JazzSupersizing is a winning approach for this group’s brand of high-energy Afro-Caribbean jazz.Jack BowersModern Drummer... the various components merge impressively to produce a rich and handsome portrait of African-influenced Latin jazz with North American trimmingsJeff Potter
- [Upwards](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/upwards/) - DownbeatJoe McCarthy’s ascent as one of today’s strongest practitioners of Nuyorican Afro-Latin jazz continues with the irrepressible Upwards.John MurphJazziz...exciting and highly complex...Hats off to McCarthy and his Afro Bop Alliance Big Band for further proving that jazz will never be stymied as it encompasses numerous cultures in democratic fashion.James RozziLatin Jazz NetworkIt’s no wonder that
- [Words Cannot Express](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/words-cannot-express/) - Jack Bowers...persuasive original compositions and, most importantly, swing unsparingly regardless of framework or tempo.Modern DrummerMcCarthy's voracious drive fuels the thrilling, surprising arrangements of multi-instrumentalist Vince Norman.Jeff Potter
- [Caribbean Jazz Project](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/caribbean-jazz-project/) - Washington PostIt's the product of an inspired pairing: a big-band project featuring vibraphonist Dave Samuels's Caribbean Jazz Project and the Maryland-based Afro Bop Alliance in wonderfully compatible and often compelling form.Mike JoyceDownbeatAfro Bop Alliance recasts nine CJP signature pieces – some by Samuels and others by Coltrane, Monk and others – in a fresh light
- [Una Más](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/una-mas/) - LatinJazz.net...sensuous, almost bordering on lustful...viscosity of the music is a result of the molten mix of bronzed horns and beautifully clouded woodwinds with elementally raw drums and percussion...altogether desirable.Raul De Gama
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite/) - Buy Spotify Apple Music Youtube Amazon Michael Ambrosino...a brilliant reinvention of a timeless classic for generations to come.Radio host, writerKen MicallefExpressed in riveting arrangements, acutely brilliant solos, and McCarthy’s inventive arrangements and powerfully evocative drumming...Michael Ambrosino ...effervescence of Afro-Latin artistry and the measured brilliance of a band of seasoned, like-minded musicians...Radio host, writerKen MicallefPan American
- [Camino Nuevo](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/camino-nuevo/) - Modern DrummerAs leader, McCarthy share kit and percussion roles, mixing modern and traditional grooves with fluid ease.Jeff PotterPete EscovedoI was blown away by Camino Nuevo! Afro Bop Alliance is playing great music.PercussionistOpen Sky JazzFar from a rice and beans blowing date, Camino Nuevo is a real contender.Willard Jenkins, writer
- [Encarnación](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/encarnacion/) - The Washington PostLed by drummer Joe McCarthy, Afro Bop Alliance celebrates CuBop traditions with plenty of assurance, contrasting churning clave rhythms with bursts of vibrant colors.Mike JoyceLatin Beat MagazineAfro Bop Alliance is a delightful Latin Jazz Combo from Washington DC that swings with accomplished musicianship and seasoned passion on its debut CD, Encarnacion.Jesse VarelaRobert AmicoCrisp,
- [Angel Eyes](https://joemccarthymusic.com/release/angel-eyes/) - All About JazzMcCarthy and crew turn the heat up once again demonstrating quite well why Afro Bop Alliance continues to be a moving force in jazz and Angel Eyes, is another reason why.Edward BlancoFAMEMcCarthy's work is superlative every moment of Angel Eyes.Mark S. TuckerOwen CordleThe “Bop” in the band’s name can be best described as

## Events

- [Afro Bop Alliance Sextet at Side Door](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/afro-bop-alliance-sextet-at-side-door-20260718/) - The Afro Bop Alliance brings their boundary-crossing sound to The Side Door for an intimate evening of Afro-Latin jazz at its finest on Saturday, July 18. Joe McCarthy - Leader/Drums Alex Norris - Trumpet Alejandro Aviles - Tenor Saxophone Juanga Lakunza - Trombone Zaccai Curtis - Piano Luques Curtis - Bass The Afro Bop Alliance
- [Los Vegas Academy of the Arts Jazz Camp](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/los-vegas-academy-of-the-arts-jazz-camp-20260731/) - The 2026 Los Vegas Academy of the Artis Jazz Camp will feature Joe McCarthy of the Grammy® Award-winning Afro Bop Alliance Big Band, on July 31 - August 1.
- [Afro Bop Alliance Big Band at Dizzy's](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/afro-bop-alliance-big-band-at-dizzys-20261216/) - Jazz at Lincoln Center presents the Pan American Nutcracker Suite by Joe McCarthy's Afro Bop Alliance Big Band at Dizzy's Club in New York City.
- [Afro Bop Alliance Big Band at Dizzy's](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/afro-bop-alliance-big-band-at-dizzys-20261215/) - Jazz at Lincoln Center presents the Pan American Nutcracker Suite by Joe McCarthy's Afro Bop Alliance Big Band at Dizzy's Club in New York City.
- [Afro Bop Alliance Sextet at Vermont State University](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/afro-bop-alliance-sextet-at-vermont-state-university-20260908/) - Vermont State University in Castelon presents Joe McCarthy's Afro Bop Alliance Sextet on Tuesday, September 8.
- [UTA Jazz Festival](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/uta-jazz-festival-20260403-04/) - The 2026 University of Texas at Arlington Jazz Festival and Jazz Combo Competition will feature Joe McCarthy, Nick Marchione, Boris Koslov, and the Afro Bop Alliance.
- [New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/new-york-afro-bop-alliance-big-band-20251214/) - Celebrating their 25th anniversary, the Latin Grammy® Award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band is an Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble featuring a global alliance of the greatest musicians on the scene today. The group was a nominee recipient at the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards in the “Best Arrangement” category for Waltz of the Flowers from the recording "The Pan
- [Afro Bop Alliance at The Side Door](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/afro-bop-alliance-at-the-side-door-20241130/) - Join us for an exhilarating evening of Afro-Cuban jazz as Joe McCarthy's Latin Grammy® Award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance sextet takes the stage at The Side Door in Old Lyme, CT, on November 30th.
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite at Yoshi's](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite-at-yoshi-s/) - "Drummer and composer Joe McCarthy invites you to a festive and fun-filled celebration as he reimagines Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite. With his Latin Grammy Award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band, McCarthy blends bebop with Afro-Caribbean rhythms to create a lively, Pan-American twist on this holiday classic. This joyful performance promises to be a
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite at the Clark Center](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite-at-the-clark-center/) - Clark Center Presents The Pan American Nutcracker Suite with Joe McCarthy’s New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band. The Pan American Nutcracker Suite is a global musical adventure that celebrates and unites the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s timeless masterpiece, “The Nutcracker Suite”, with the beautifully diverse musical traditions of the Americas and beyond. Created and co-arranged
- [Pan American Nutcracker Suite at MetWinds 2024](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/pan-american-nutcracker-suite-at-metwinds-2024/) - Latin Grammy award-winning percussionist, Joe McCarthy, is guest soloist, premiering the Wind Ensemble version of his Pan-American Nutcracker Suite; a global musical adventure that celebrates and unites Tchaikovsky’s timeless masterpiece “The Nutcracker Suite,” with the beautifully diverse musical traditions of the Americas and beyond! Joe is also the featured soloist for Jeff Tyzik’s Riffs, which turns the MetWinds into a huge jazz
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite at Dizzy's Club](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite-at-dizzys-club/) - Joe McCarthy New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band's Pan American Nutcracker Suite at Dizzy's Club in New York City at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 17 & 18
- [Pan American Nutcracker Suite with the Yale Concert Band](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/pan-american-nutcracker-suite-with-the-yale-concert-band/) - Ellington Jazz Series at Yale University’s Woosley HallIn the spirit of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s jazz setting of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, the New York Afro-Bop Alliance Big Band and the Yale Concert Band appear side by side in a performance of the Latin-jazz-steeped Pan American Nutcracker Suite.Tickets start at $26, Yale faculty/staff start at $19,
- [Afro Bop Alliance Big Band at the Cutting Room](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/afro-bop-alliance-big-band-at-the-cutting-room-20240923/) - Joe McCarthy’s Latin Grammy® award-winning and Grammy® nominated New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band present Una Noche de Jazz Latino, an evening of Latin Jazz in NYC. Hailed by Downbeat Magazine as “a torchbearer of the genre’s storied history and one of its fiercest innovators”, the NY Afro Bop Alliance Big Band has sustained a noted presence on the Afro-Latin
- [Una Noche de Jazz Latino](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/una-noche-de-jazz-latino-20241012/) - Joe McCarthy’s Latin Grammy® award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band presents Una Noche de Jazz Latino, an evening of Latin Jazz in Clinton CT.
- [2024 Total Percussion Intensive](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/2024-total-percussion-intensive/) - AREAS OF STUDYDrum Set, BASIC Training, the Clave and Afro-Cuban Percussion (Joe McCarthy)Orchestral Percussion Techniques (Dr. Tyson Voigt)Rudimental Drumming and KeyboardEssentials (Brian Blume)Tabla Drumming and the Rhythmic Dialogue of Northern India (Ranendra Das)CLINICIANSJOE MCCARTHYFounder/Creator of TPI, Latin Grammy® Award Winning Artist, Latin Grammy® Nominated Arranger, Leader – NY Afro Bop Alliance Big BandDR. TYSON VOIGTAssociate
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite Reimagined](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite-reimagined-20231222/) - Jazz up your holidays and experience the premiere of “The Pan American Nutcracker Suite Reimagined,” a musical odyssey that combines big band music with the flair of Afro Bop jazz for a multicultural extravaganza! This innovative rendition of "The Nutcracker" presents a fresh and imaginative take, blending the timeless brilliance of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece with a
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite-20231208/) - Drummer, composer, and staggering arranger Joe McCarthy presents his imaginative reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite. The acclaimed artists he brings together – as the collective voice of his Latin Grammy Award-winning outfit The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band – transmit his Pan-American adaptation of each movement with harmonic exploration and percussive nuance.
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite-20231220/) - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcomes the debut of Joe McCarthy's Latin Grammy award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band for two nights. Band members are: Joe McCarthy (drums/Leader), Boris Kozlov (bass), Jo Ann Dougherty (piano), Luisito Quintero (percussion), Demarcus Baysmore (guitar), Nick Marchione (Lead trumpet), Michael Van Bebber (trumpet), Ray Larsen (trumpet), Jay Thomas (trumpet),
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite-20231219/) - Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley welcomes the debut of Joe McCarthy's Latin Grammy award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band for two nights. Band members are: Joe McCarthy (drums/Leader), Boris Kozlov (bass), Jo Ann Dougherty (piano), Luisito Quintero (percussion), Demarcus Baysmore (guitar), Nick Marchione (Lead trumpet), Michael Van Bebber (trumpet), Ray Larsen (trumpet), Jay Thomas (trumpet),
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite-20231213-2130/) - Drummer, composer, and staggering arranger Joe McCarthy presents his imaginative reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite. The acclaimed artists he brings together – as the collective voice of his Latin Grammy Award-winning outfit The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band – transmit his Pan-American adaptation of each movement with harmonic exploration and percussive nuance.
- [Pan American Nutcracker Suite Reimagined](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/pan-american-nutcracker-suite-reimagined-20231121/) - Experience “The Pan American Nutcracker Suite Reimagined,” a musical odyssey that combines big band music, dance, and visual art into a multicultural extravaganza! This innovative rendition of "The Nutcracker" presents a fresh and imaginative take, blending the timeless brilliance of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece with a diverse tapestry of musical traditions from across the Americas and beyond.
- [The Pan American Nutcracker Suite](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/the-pan-american-nutcracker-suite-20231213-1930/) - Drummer, composer, and staggering arranger Joe McCarthy presents his imaginative reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite. The acclaimed artists he brings together – as the collective voice of his Latin Grammy Award-winning outfit The New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band – transmit his Pan-American adaptation of each movement with harmonic exploration and percussive nuance.
- [Tanglewood Drum Set Clinic](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/tanglewood-drum-set-clinic/) - Latin-Grammy Award-winning drummer, Joe McCarthy leads a drum set clinic at the Tangle Wood Music Center in Lenox Massachusetts. The clinic is part of a series of events hosted by Daniel Bauch, timpanist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- [Dizzy's Club](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/dizzys-club-20221214/) - Led by Joe McCarthy, the Latin-Grammy Award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band (NYABABB) is an Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble based in New York City. The band features writing and composing talents of its members inspired by the great bebop tradition and rich rhythmic stylings of Afro-Caribbean music.
- [Washington, DC](https://joemccarthymusic.com/event/washington-dc-20221219/) - Led by Joe McCarthy, the Latin-Grammy Award-winning New York Afro Bop Alliance Big Band (NYABABB) is an Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble based in New York City. The band features writing and composing talents of its members inspired by the great bebop tradition and rich rhythmic stylings of Afro-Caribbean music.

## Playlists

- [Playlist #1](https://joemccarthymusic.com/playlist/playlist-1/)

## Works

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