“Pianist Harold López-Nussa’s forthcoming album Te Lo Dije takes its name for the Spanish equivalent of the English phrase “I told you so.” It’s a fitting title, because if you haven’t started paying attention to this Cuban keyboard sensation yet, you better start soon … if you blink and next thing you know he’s a superstar, well … te lo dije.” – Jazziz Walk the streets of Havana on any day and you’ll hear the soul of Cuba: music pouring from private homes and bustling restaurants, windows rattling with the parties thrown inside, nightclubs pulsing with throngs of people dancing. On his vibrant and spirited third recording for Mack Avenue Records, Havana-based pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa sets out to capture that stirring sensation with an exhilarating marriage of jazz and Cuban pop music, defiantly standing up to the doubters who failed to share his radical vision. Available August 28, 2020 on Mack Avenue Records, Te Lo Dije features collaborations with Afro-Cuban funk superstar Cimafunk, Randy Malcom of Gente de Zona, and French accordionist Vincent Peirani offering a visionary blend of Afro-Cuban jazz, reggaeton, songo and other unexpected styles.