The Jorge Perez-Albela Trio w/ Kenny Werner and John Lockwood

Peruvian-born drummer, percussionist, and composer Jorge Pérez-Albela leads an evening of improvisational music with two acclaimed Boston-area jazz masters: pianist Kenny Werner and bassist John Lockwood. The trio brings together jazz, global rhythmic traditions, and spontaneous interplay in an intimate performance at The Lilypad.

Werner is a renowned pianist and composer whose work spans more than four decades. He is the author of *Effortless Mastery, Liberating the Master Musician Within*, a widely influential book about developing a spontaneous, confident, and expressive artistic voice. His composition *No Beginning No End*, which earned him a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship, explores loss, death, transition, and spiritual continuity through a large ensemble featuring more than 70 musicians, including Joe Lovano, Judy Silvano, a wind ensemble, choir, and string quartet. Werner began performing as a child, studied classical piano at the Manhattan School of Music, attended Berklee, and later studied in Brazil with João Assis Brasil.

Lockwood, originally from Cape Town, South Africa, studied at Berklee and has taught double bass, jazz, and improvisation at the New England Conservatory and Berklee. His extensive performance history includes work with Joe Henderson, Gary Burton, Nick Brignola, The Fringe, Freddie Hubbard, the Mel Lewis Big Band, Pat Metheny, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Toots Thielemans, Stan Getz, Art Farmer, Benny Carter, and Joe Maneri, as well as appearances with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Boston Pops. His discography includes more than 100 albums.

Pérez-Albela, born in Lima, Peru, is an internationally active drummer, percussionist, educator, and composer whose work connects jazz with global rhythmic traditions. Based between Catania, Sicily; Boston; and Lima, he performs on drum set and Peruvian cajón and has collaborated with artists including Maria Schneider, Rubén Blades, George Garzone, Avishai Cohen, Danilo Pérez, Eva Ayllón, Alon Farber’s Hagiga Quartet, Tim Ray, Sofia Rei, and Daniel Blake. He has also taught at Berklee, the New England Conservatory, international festivals, and conservatories in Peru, Israel, and the Dominican Republic.

When: Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Showtimes: Doors open at 10:00 PM, with music beginning at 10:15 PM. The event listing runs until 11:59 PM.

Tickets: $35 admission

Lineup: Kenny Werner on piano, John Lockwood on bass, and Jorge Pérez-Albela on drums

Ages: All ages

Venue: The Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Genre: Jazz and world music

Note: Pérez-Albela is a Bosphorus Cymbals artist and is also known for his work as a rhythm educator, coach, and mentor.