The event was hosted by saxophonist César López, leader of the Habana Ensemble, with guests including maestro Bobby Carcassés, pianist Emilio Morales, and trumpeter Roberto García. The initiative is sponsored by the Office of the City Historian of Havana, the Cuban Institute of Music, the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, and the Ministry of Culture.

César López described jazz as "a music that generates a very strong bond between Cuban and American musicians," which began in New York in the 1930s through Cuban-American musicians. The leader of Habana Ensemble expressed that the interaction between artists of different generations and from various parts of Cuban territory also serves to demonstrate the health of Cuban jazz.

Among the young talents, Roberto Álvarez and the brothers Diego and Fabio Abreu stood out, with López noting their proven talent through participation in the Jazz Plaza Festival and performances at the César Jazz Club, also located in the Historic Center. López celebrated improvisation as one of jazz's greatest characteristics, adding: "This is a celebration; we are going to hold a jazz session" — a space where musicians play unwritten and unrehearsed music.

The event featured opening words from intellectual and National Poetry Prize winner Nancy Morejón, who described jazz as "a powerful sound tradition where the essence of universal jazz merges with very Cuban rhythms and melodies."

"In the United States and Cuba, musicians dialogue without exchanging words, in a fluid and natural way, when that common language of arpeggios and measures springs from the most intimate," the poet affirmed. To conclude, Morejón recited verses from "Letter from a Cuban Mother to an American Mother," a poem by her counterpart Jesús Orta Ruiz, known as Indio Naborí, highlighting its relevance amid tensions between the two nations, which do not affect the sympathy between their peoples.

The event was attended by Alpidio Alonso Grau, Minister of Culture, and Perla Rosales Aguirreurreta, deputy director of the Office of the City Historian of Havana, among other Cuban personalities.