Shoes is a drama that follows the story of a Eva Meyer, a young woman who struggles to replace her only pair of shoes, which are falling to pieces, while supporting a family of six with deadbeat father. The score is a dialogue through time meditating on the fight for women’s rights, poverty and workers’ rights over a period of a century, reflecting how these issues continue to plague our world today.

Shoes follows up on Cuadrado’s live score of the classic Charlie Chaplin silent film The Immigrant (2015), and continues a body of work focused on social justice commentary. It will be premiered at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 1st 2018 (which happens to be International Workers Day), and it’ll feature a wonderful and diverse group comprised by some of Cuadrado’s favorite musicians: Kavita Shah - Voice, Ingrid Jensen - Trumpet, Amy Kang - Cello, Luis Perdomo - Piano & Keys, James Shipp - Vibraphone & Percussion and Cuadrado on Bass and everything else.

Cuadrado considers the current government administration to make Shoes become a relevant statement that makes us reflect on how (or how not) we evolve as a society. One of Cuadrado’s missions has become to bring awareness to the importance that these social issues have in our contemporary American society, one note and one day at a time.