Overview

HavanaFax are David Burton (drums), Silvio Pupo (piano), Tony Rodriguez (piano), Jorge Chicoy (guitar), and in the front row Avi Garcia (bass) and Jeff Goodspeed (sax/flute). Played for the first time in 2001, recorded in 2002 and won the East Coast Music Award in 2004.

HavanaFax is also many other performers who have joined us from time to time. A sixteen piece HavanvaFax performed Jeff’s composition “Ceihdli Cubano”, on CBC’s television broadcast of the ECMA 2004 in St. John’s.

HavanaFax also includes Rodney Yllarsa on congas, Keith Mullins, Jamie Gatti, Scott Macmillan, Tom Roach, Jamie Robinson, Al Sutherland, Paul Veinneau, Chris Mitchell, Yasek Manzano, Dan Sutherland and Doris Mason and others.

Jorge Chicoy and Jeff Goodspeed

Jorge Chicoy, the pearl of the south according to Fidel, was the father of Oliver who played drums in Los Primos 98. Chicoy has had an amazing career playing with almost everybody in Cuba. He now plays with Omara Portuando and spent years with Chucho Valdez and Irakere and was with Arturo Sandival together with Hilario Duran.

Jeff Goodspeed has been a freelance musician almost 30 years. Eleven years were in Ontario where he had the opportunty to sub for almost everybody. Now living in Nova Scotia, playing all the time, teaching and running the Los Primos Project.

When Chicoy saw what a great opportunity Los Primos had given his son Oliver, he wanted to help Jeff with the project. They started HavanaFax to promote Los Primos in Cuba and in Canada.