Award-winning local Latin jazz piano master Nachito Herrera, afflicted with the deadly COVID-19 virus weeks ago, is reportedly showing signs of progress.<\/p>\n
Herrera, who two weeks ago was rushed into the intensive care unit of the University of Minnesota Medical Center, was reportedly taken off a lung oxygenation machine Friday.<\/p>\n
Yet he remains on a ventilator and in critical condition, according to family members who were able to see but not directly communicate with him Friday.<\/p>\n
Herrera, a classical music prodigy and longtime White Bear Lake resident, is a much sought after performer at the Dakota jazz club in Minneapolis. He is also internationally renowned as the founder of Cubanismo, a critically acclaimed Afro Cuban and jazz band that essentially disbanded after Herrera relocated to Minnesota in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n
We have been able to see him via Zoom, gracias a Dios (thanks to God), his daughter, Mirdalyls Herrera Tweedon, told the Pioneer Press.<\/p>\n
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