Watch An Incredible Afro-Puerto Rican Jam Session Take Place On Chicago's Blue Line [UPDATE]

By Jon Graef in News on Sep 28, 2014 3:00PM

Update, 10:45 a.m.: Teo Lopez wrote to Chicagoist to correct us. The group is Afro-Puerto Rican, not Afro-Cuban. Second, the group playing is Lopez's own group, Buya, of which Lopez is the founder and co-director. Buya is from Humboldt Park. Check out the group's Facebook page here.

Here's another video of Buya in action:

This. This is why, for all of its profound faults, Chicago is an incredible place to live at times. This video of musicians playing on the Blue Line was uploaded a few days ago by Vimeo user Teo Lopez. We hope it moves you in ways both literal and figurative. Watch the five-minute video below: