Upcoming Concerts

Mónica Benito - vocals
Rafa Serrano - sax, flute
Adrián Carrio - piano
Sergio Fernández - double bass
Miguel Benito - drums

Lady & The Tramps: The Renewed Fever of Swing
A vibrant swing band based in Madrid that has captivated audiences with its unique and energetic style. A quintet made up of vocals, saxophone, piano, double bass, and drums, the band has left a distinctive mark on the jazz/swing scene in the Spanish capital over the past 14 years.

Led by the charismatic singer Mónica Benito, Lady & The Tramps has built a reputation as one of the most outstanding groups in the genre in Madrid. Their new album, “Seasons,” is a testament to their musical excellence and their ability to blend the rhythms of Latin jazz and swing in a captivating way.

Javier Colina - double bass
Pablo Gutiérrez - piano
Dani García - drums
Ariel Brínguez - sax

Joined by Ariel Brínguez on sax, Pablo Gutiérrez on piano, and Daniel García Bruno on drums, Colina has led for more than a decade a quartet of outstanding soloists that delivers rich and spontaneous music, built on the constant interaction among its four members on stage. Jazz in its purest form, blending genre standards with original compositions, showcasing the freshness of musicians who always surprise audiences with performances marked by a deep connection with the crowd.

Joni Jiménez - flamenco guitar
Manu Fernández - electric guitar
José El Gato - piano
Antonio Losada - percussion
Guest artist:
Juan Parrilla - flute

After winning the Bordón Minero award at the Festival de Cante de Las Minas, Joni Jiménez returns with a musical quintet format and with Juan Parrilla as musical director.

This show CONVITE was born from a night of celebration. When he won this prestigious award, Joni Jiménez wanted to return to Madrid, his home, re-energized and deeply grateful to all the friends and flamenco lovers who have shown their affection and admiration for the guitarist. Following its critical and public success, he decided to form a group and launch a tour.

Now is the time to give all that affection back, and there is no better way than through music.

For this reason, he has chosen a musical format surrounded by young artists from his own generation such as José El Gato, Manu Fernández, and Antonio Losada, who have come together to bring to the stage their own way of feeling music in general and flamenco in particular.

Taranta, soleá, alegrías, tanguillos, malagueña, abandolaos, bulerías, and pieces such as Caravan by Duke Ellington and Amanece by Luis Salinas are part of the repertoire performed under the distinctive signature of these musicians, who overflow with sensitivity.

Festivals such as Elipa Flamenca, Festival Tío Luis de la Juliana, Encuentros Paco de Lucía, Festival de Música Asisa, Noches de Vicálvaro, and Festival Flamenco de Club have embraced the project with enormous success.

Silvia Marsó - vocals
Danny del Toro - harmonica, vocals
Mike Martínez - guitar
Pedrinho Maravilloso - bass
Carlos Tello - drums

We are delighted to welcome Silvia Marsó back to our venue. Her return is always a joy and a privilege for all of us who appreciate her talent.

A thrilling concert that takes audiences on an emotional journey through the history of Black music, from the birth of the blues on the banks of the Mississippi to the present day.

The repertoire includes timeless classics such as Nobody Knows You, Route 66, and Summertime, as well as original compositions by Danny del Toro and the first-ever blues adaptation of a poem by Federico García Lorca: El Rey de Harlem, from his book Poeta en Nueva York.

The prestigious Del Toro Blues Band, founded in 2014 by musician, composer, and harmonica player Danny del Toro (named Best Acoustic Artist 2019 by Music Republic Magazine in the United Kingdom, finalists to represent Spain at the European Blues Challenge, and winner of Best National Blues Band at the XI Premios Rock y Vinos Granadinos in Salobreña in 2024), with an extensive discography to its name, joins forces with Silvia Marsó, an acclaimed actress in theatre, film, and television who has portrayed more than 100 characters across 22 films, 28 television series, and 21 stage productions, earning 15 awards and nominations. Together they offer a vibrant and emotional journey through roots music, born as an expression of pain and the struggle for freedom, justice, and beauty.

Víctor Carrascosa - trumpet
Lucio Lupano - guitar
Joan Codina - double bass
Juanma Barroso - drums

At 17 he received the Ferrer Salat scholarship to study at the Conservatori del Liceu, where he trained in jazz and contemporary music and began integrating into the Barcelona scene, playing with groups such as the Albert Bover trio, the Bill McHenry quintet, and the Gonzalo del Val trio, as well as leading his own project “Víctor Carrascosa Firm Roots” with musicians such as Andreu Pitarch, Masa Kamaguchi, Martín Leiton, and David Xirgu. In 2022 he won the Juventudes Musicales de España award, which led him to festivals such as Menorca, Torroella de Montgrí, and Terrassa, and he completed an Erasmus program at the Jazz Campus in Basel, where he studied with Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, and Jorge Rossy. At the end of his studies he received the extraordinary prize for best Liceu student and performed at the Barcelona Jazz Festival.

Later he became a member of the Barcelona Jazz Orchestra, collaborated with guitarist Eliott Knuets with whom he toured Spain and Belgium and recorded with Jorge Rossy on Sol de Sants, and traveled to Washington to perform with a New York rhythm section made up of Jeb Patton, Billy Williams, and Romeir Mendez. In 2025 he was invited as a soloist by the Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, being noted for his contemporary approach and his balance between freshness and depth on the trumpet.

Thomas Potiron - violin, composition, arrangements
David Sancho - piano
Miguel Rodrigáñez - double bass, bass guitar
Pedro Corral - drums

Thomas Potiron is a force of nature. A virtuoso violinist with dazzling energy, he embodies the meeting point between classical traditions and contemporary music in a brilliant and deeply personal way that makes him the most audacious of violinists. His repertoire combines original compositions and reimagined traditional music, blending Balkan, Celtic, flamenco, and Argentine influences with contemporary concepts drawn from jazz, funk, and rock.

The French musician is joined by three exceptional performers on a journey through the music of the world.

Javier Sánchez - guitar
Raúl Márquez - violin
Juanpa Mejías - guitar
Gerardo Ramos - double bass

MENIL SWING has established itself as one of the most distinctive and vibrant projects in Spanish popular music in recent years. Created with the aim of bringing greater visibility to gypsy jazz or jazz manouche, the group offers a renewed approach to swing, capable of moving and captivating a wide range of audiences.

The band’s name refers to the Parisian neighborhood of Ménilmontant, located on the heights of the city, which in the 1930s was home to figures such as Reinhardt, Grappelli, Edith Piaf, and Maurice Chevalier. They filled theaters, streets, and café-concert venues with their art, shaping the most bohemian nights of the French capital.

Made up of four acclaimed musicians from the Spanish jazz scene, whose careers have been linked to major names in international music, Menil revisits the standards of the 1920s through the 1950s with virtuosity and expressive richness, delivering an energetic swing that evokes the golden age of the genre.

Javier Elorrieta - vocals
Lorenzo Moya - piano
Richie Ferrer - double bass
Juan Ramón Callejas - sax
Enric Castelló - drums

“I had dreamed of carrying out this project for a long time: the fusion of French music and jazz. I believe it was during my years at the French Lycée in Madrid that I first became drawn to the music of our neighboring country. Understanding the wonderful, poetic, and profound lyrics of Brel, Brassens, Aznavour, Becaud, and so many others sparked in me a passion for this kind of song, which has remained a faithful companion throughout my life.

Everything began to take shape years later when I formed a group specializing in French pop songs, performing as guitarist and singer with a repertoire that included music by Dutronc, Nino Ferrer, Johnny Hallyday, and others. Later came a long period devoted to Anglo-Saxon music, especially rock and blues, always forming bands and performing live.

My encounter with visual storytelling as a film director and producer also came through music. First by composing film scores and music for advertising. Later, as a director, I composed many of the main themes for my own films as well as for those of fellow filmmakers.

With the creation of these albums, I return to my musical roots. I have devoted all my determination and effort to achieving a delicate and romantic work that I hope will not disappoint its listeners. These are albums to relax with and to feel the sweet nostalgia of love.”

Javier Elorrieta

Miguel Rodríguez - piano
Ander García - double bass
Miguel Benito - drums

Miguel Rodríguez is an outstanding jazz pianist born in Madrid and based in the Netherlands, where he moved as a student to continue his musical education. After earning a Master’s degree in Jazz Piano from the Conservatory of Amsterdam and spending time in New York, where he studied with Aaron Goldberg, Dave Kikoski, Kenny Werner, and Fred Hersch, his career has continued to flourish. He has performed with major international jazz artists such as Branford Marsalis, Terell Stafford, Willie Jones III, Donald Harrison, and Eddie Henderson. In the Netherlands, he is a member of some of the most active groups on the scene, including the quartets of Benjamin Herman and Ben van den Dungen.

He has appeared on more than twenty albums as a sideman and has released three as a leader. In the field of education, since 2021 he has been a member of the Jazz Piano faculty at Codarts, the Rotterdam University of the Arts.

Adrián Costa - vocals, guitar
David Salvador - bass
Víctor Puertas - piano
Pascu Monge - drums

Adrián Costa, one of Spain’s most highly regarded blues artists, joins harmonica player and pianist Víctor Puertas to present, for the first time at Café Central, a genuine 1950s blues project. From the West Coast sound of artists such as T-Bone Walker, they will travel through Chicago, plugging a harmonica into a five-watt amplifier in the style of Little Walter, before ending with the acoustic rural sound of Mississippi blues in the tradition of Sonny Terry, always keeping New Orleans close at heart.

A highly entertaining, elegant, and engaging concert for blues lovers. Audiences will also enjoy songs from their latest album, recorded live at Café Central.

Álvaro del Valle - guitar
Yonatan Voltzok - trumpet
Manuel Borraz - piano
Naíma Acuña - drums

Madrid-born instrumentalist, composer, and producer Álvaro del Valle presents his new avant-garde jazz quartet, joined by internationally acclaimed musicians.

With a solid and extensive career, he has performed at festivals, concert series, and clubs throughout the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and at numerous leading venues across Spain. Among other distinctions, he received the Best Instrumentalist Award at Des Rives & Des Notes.

Daniel Juárez - tenor sax
Miguel “Wiwi” García - piano
Darío Guibert - double bass
Samuel Lara - drums

Considered one of the most important European contemporary jazz albums of 2025, Reflexividad is “a deeply introspective project that explores themes such as beauty, desire, identity, and perspective, while at the same time inviting reflection on universal human experiences through music.”

Mariano Díaz - piano
Beatrice Moreno - vocals
José Guereñu - bass
Juan Oliveira - guitar
Arturo García - drums

Mariano Díaz, a Grammy Award nominee and one of the best-known pianists, composers, and producers on the European music scene, presents his new album Mariano Díaz Vocal Project. Iconic and original songs, combined with beautiful voices, come together in a message of peace and love.

Mariano Díaz’s style lies at the intersection of jazz, blues, and rock. He has released more than a dozen albums as a leader and, as a sideman, has collaborated as pianist, musical director, and producer with the great saxophonist Pedro Iturralde. He has also performed or recorded with Perico Sambeat, Dave Liebman, Jorge Pardo, Eric Marienthal, Sonny Fortune, Paquito D’Rivera, Armando Manzanero, Eddie Henderson, Javier Malosetti, and rock legend Nito Mestre (Sui Generis).

Gabriel Szternsztejn - guitar, composition
Federico Lechner - piano
J.R. Abella - bass
José San Martín - drums

Gabriel Szternsztejn is an Argentine guitarist and composer. He has participated in tours and recordings as a guitarist for a variety of artists and productions, as well as in projects led by other musicians both in Argentina and in Spain, where he has lived since 2001.

His compositions, praised by Egberto Gismonti, blend jazz, tango, Latin American music, and contemporary rhythmic and harmonic elements. With a sound in which acoustic textures predominate and the guitar takes center stage, improvisation plays an important role. As a leader, he has released two albums and two EPs.

He performs his music alongside his quartet, made up of outstanding musicians from the Madrid jazz scene.