Okan is a Canadian Afro-Cuban jazz group, whose core members are Cuban Canadian musicians Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne.Roger Levesque
"Cuban-born Okan explores musical roots in Canada, Cam Neufeld traces Gypsy routes to the Far East"
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'', January 16, 2020. They are most noted for their 2020 album ''Espiral'', which won the

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for World Music Album of the Year at the

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. They were previously nominated in the same category at the Juno Awards of 2020 for their 2019 debut album ''Sombras''.Melody Lau
"Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations"

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, January 28, 2019. Rodriguez and Savigne are both former members of

Jane Bunnett Mary Jane Bunnett, (born October 22, 1956) is a Canadian musician and educator. A soprano saxophonist, flautist and bandleader, she is especially known for performing Afro-Cuban jazz. She travels regularly to Cuba to perform with Cuban musicians. ...

's band Maqueque, who left that band in 2017 to form Okan. They perform both as a duo, and as leaders of a larger combo featuring session musicians.

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