La Dame Blanche: Flute And Flow From Cuba To Paris
The bandleader skillfully mixes classical, jazz and hip-hop in a powerfully creative statement about Cuban music.
Blessed by a brilliant musical pedigree, Yaité Ramos Rodriguez initially moved into Latin Jazz after mastering the flute at the Escuela Nacional de Arte de Cuba in Havana. Now based in Paris for the better part of two) and niece of Mayito Rivera (ex-singer of ) performs as La Dame Blanche. She's created a signature sound (one contrary to her father's wishes) that springboards from Havana, but incorporates Paris, classical training and urban beats. She took the name to reference a fearsome yet benevolent mythical figure — witch, sorcerer and healer — as well as to indirectly comment on herself as a black woman and practitioner of (a Yoruban spiritual belief system transplanted to the Americas).
