Thursday, December 16, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Alex Cuba Wins Best New Latin Artist
http://www.latingrammy.com/en/winners/1-general
He has been a musician his whole life, as a member of a
musical Cuban family...2010 he was awarded the Best New Latin
Artist at the 2010 Latin Grammy's....Yeah..Congratulations Alex.
He has been a musician his whole life, as a member of a
musical Cuban family...2010 he was awarded the Best New Latin
Artist at the 2010 Latin Grammy's....Yeah..Congratulations Alex.
Monday, October 18, 2010
COMING SOON OCT. 24TH LATIN GRAMMYS
Don't miss the excitement of the LATIN GRAMMY EVENTS This is the official site with a interactive home page.
Mouse over some latin sounds of the city. There will be a LATIN GRAMMY Street Party in Los Angeles October 24th, 2010 and a Latin GRAMMY Street Party in Las Vegas....November 07, 2010. I need to rethink my life and my schedule. I can't imagine a more fun event....!! There has been an amazing documentary showing for a number of weeks now on the history of latin music in America. Starting with the wonderful old dance halls, on the PBS.
Mouse over some latin sounds of the city. There will be a LATIN GRAMMY Street Party in Los Angeles October 24th, 2010 and a Latin GRAMMY Street Party in Las Vegas....November 07, 2010. I need to rethink my life and my schedule. I can't imagine a more fun event....!! There has been an amazing documentary showing for a number of weeks now on the history of latin music in America. Starting with the wonderful old dance halls, on the PBS.
Latin Grammys Light Up Vegas 2009
10th Annual Latin GRAMMY awards
LINK TO VIDEOS AND FOTOS
HERE'S SOME SCOOP ON LAST YEAR...LET'S CHECK THEM OUT THIS YEAR.
Calle 13 and Rueben Blades performed with Cirque De Soleil.
Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 were the big winners at the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards, celebrated Thursday evening at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Hosted by actress/singer Lucero and actor/comedian Eugenio Derbez, the ceremony was an extravaganza reminiscent of a Las Vegas-style show, including not only music and dance but also star presenters, grandiose production, special effects, and acrobats and gymnasts courtesy of "Le Rêve" and the Cirque de Soleil show "Mystère."
Calle 13’s René Pérez (aka Residente) and Eduardo Cabra (aka Visitante) swept their five Latin GRAMMY nominations, taking home Record and Album Of The Year, Best Urban Music Album, Best Alternative Song, and Best Short Form Music Video.
Other big winners included alternative rockers Café Tacvba, veteran rock group Jaguares and singer/songwriter Caetano Veloso, who won two statues each. Also picking up Latin GRAMMYs were Mexican singer Alexander Acha, son of pop star Emmanuel, who won the coveted Best New Artist award; singer/percussionist Luis Enrique, whose comeback was rewarded with two awards including Best Salsa Album; pop rocker Fito Paez; singer Laura Pausini; former Menudo member Draco Rosa; and up-and-coming Mexican trio Reik.
There were several highlights during the milestone 10th anniversary telecast including veteran Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, winner in the Best Contemporary Tropical Album category for Gracias, becoming the first Cuban artist living in Cuba to receive an award onstage. Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, known as the Voice of Latin America not only for her artistry but her championing of social causes, passed away Oct. 4 before she was able to enjoy the fruits of her latest album, Cantora 1. The recording won two Latin GRAMMYs including Best Folk Album, and Sosa was remembered throughout the show, including a touching video segment introduced by Panamanian singer Rubén Blades.
LINK TO VIDEOS AND FOTOS
HERE'S SOME SCOOP ON LAST YEAR...LET'S CHECK THEM OUT THIS YEAR.
Calle 13 and Rueben Blades performed with Cirque De Soleil.
Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 were the big winners at the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards, celebrated Thursday evening at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Hosted by actress/singer Lucero and actor/comedian Eugenio Derbez, the ceremony was an extravaganza reminiscent of a Las Vegas-style show, including not only music and dance but also star presenters, grandiose production, special effects, and acrobats and gymnasts courtesy of "Le Rêve" and the Cirque de Soleil show "Mystère."
Calle 13’s René Pérez (aka Residente) and Eduardo Cabra (aka Visitante) swept their five Latin GRAMMY nominations, taking home Record and Album Of The Year, Best Urban Music Album, Best Alternative Song, and Best Short Form Music Video.
Other big winners included alternative rockers Café Tacvba, veteran rock group Jaguares and singer/songwriter Caetano Veloso, who won two statues each. Also picking up Latin GRAMMYs were Mexican singer Alexander Acha, son of pop star Emmanuel, who won the coveted Best New Artist award; singer/percussionist Luis Enrique, whose comeback was rewarded with two awards including Best Salsa Album; pop rocker Fito Paez; singer Laura Pausini; former Menudo member Draco Rosa; and up-and-coming Mexican trio Reik.
There were several highlights during the milestone 10th anniversary telecast including veteran Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, winner in the Best Contemporary Tropical Album category for Gracias, becoming the first Cuban artist living in Cuba to receive an award onstage. Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, known as the Voice of Latin America not only for her artistry but her championing of social causes, passed away Oct. 4 before she was able to enjoy the fruits of her latest album, Cantora 1. The recording won two Latin GRAMMYs including Best Folk Album, and Sosa was remembered throughout the show, including a touching video segment introduced by Panamanian singer Rubén Blades.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Blame It on the Bossa Nova
Excerpt from JAZZ The Complete Story....
"In 1956, the Bahian guitarist/composer Joao Gilberto relocated from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro, where the colourful cultural mix was inspiring another brilliant guitarGilberto recorded Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes's 'Chega de Saudade' (No More Blues). which became the hit single (backed by his own 'Bim Bom') widely considered to be responsible for launching the bossa nova movement in Brazil."
Their follow-up single, Jobim's 'Desafinado' ('Off-Key') ws a fully formed materspiece that floated on Gilberto's distinctive, syncopated guitar rhythm, which would become the basis for this new, hybrid form. Momentum for the movement picked up the following year with the popularity of the Oscar winning film Black Orpheus, a romance set in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, featuring a beguiling score by Jobim, and fellow Brazilian guitarist/composer Luiz Bonfa, and introducing such enduring bossa nova anthems as 'Manha de Carnaval' and 'Samba de Orfeo'. Then, in 1960, Gilberto and Jobim, recorded 12 original bossa nova pieces on the largely overlooked Capital release, Samba de Uma Note So.
Meanwhile, this 'quiet revolution'continued to unford. In 1961, the US State Department sponsored a good-will jazz tour of Latin America that included American guitarist Charlie Byrd. A swing through Brazil on that tour was a revelation to Byrd, igniting the guitarist's love affair with bossa nova. Back in the States, Byrd played some bossa nova tapes to his friend, the soft-toned tenor saxophonists, Stan Getz, who then convinced Creed Taylor at Verve to record an album of the alluring Brazilian music with himself and Byrd. Their historic 1962 collaboration, Jazz Samba enjoyed immense popularity on the strength of the hit single, Jobim's 'Desafinado'(Off-Key), prompting a rush by American jazz record labels to repeat its success, which produced a flood of copycat releases between 1962 and 1963, including Gene Ammons' Bad! Bossa Nova ,Dave Brubeck's Bossa Nova USA, Herbie Mann's Do The Bossa Nova With Herbie Mann and Eddie Harris' Bossa Nova."
"Versed in rural blues as a boy, Charlie Byrd turned to jazz in 1945 after meeting Django Reinhardt in Paris."
"In 1956, the Bahian guitarist/composer Joao Gilberto relocated from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro, where the colourful cultural mix was inspiring another brilliant guitarGilberto recorded Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes's 'Chega de Saudade' (No More Blues). which became the hit single (backed by his own 'Bim Bom') widely considered to be responsible for launching the bossa nova movement in Brazil."
Their follow-up single, Jobim's 'Desafinado' ('Off-Key') ws a fully formed materspiece that floated on Gilberto's distinctive, syncopated guitar rhythm, which would become the basis for this new, hybrid form. Momentum for the movement picked up the following year with the popularity of the Oscar winning film Black Orpheus, a romance set in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, featuring a beguiling score by Jobim, and fellow Brazilian guitarist/composer Luiz Bonfa, and introducing such enduring bossa nova anthems as 'Manha de Carnaval' and 'Samba de Orfeo'. Then, in 1960, Gilberto and Jobim, recorded 12 original bossa nova pieces on the largely overlooked Capital release, Samba de Uma Note So.
Meanwhile, this 'quiet revolution'continued to unford. In 1961, the US State Department sponsored a good-will jazz tour of Latin America that included American guitarist Charlie Byrd. A swing through Brazil on that tour was a revelation to Byrd, igniting the guitarist's love affair with bossa nova. Back in the States, Byrd played some bossa nova tapes to his friend, the soft-toned tenor saxophonists, Stan Getz, who then convinced Creed Taylor at Verve to record an album of the alluring Brazilian music with himself and Byrd. Their historic 1962 collaboration, Jazz Samba enjoyed immense popularity on the strength of the hit single, Jobim's 'Desafinado'(Off-Key), prompting a rush by American jazz record labels to repeat its success, which produced a flood of copycat releases between 1962 and 1963, including Gene Ammons' Bad! Bossa Nova ,Dave Brubeck's Bossa Nova USA, Herbie Mann's Do The Bossa Nova With Herbie Mann and Eddie Harris' Bossa Nova."
"Versed in rural blues as a boy, Charlie Byrd turned to jazz in 1945 after meeting Django Reinhardt in Paris."
Brazilian Jazz
From JAZZ The Complete Story....Brazilian Jazz. "In the mid 1950s, a cultural crossfertilization of Brazilian samba rhythms, American cool jazz and sophisticated harmonies led to the development of bossa nova. In the early 1960s the bossa nova movement swept through the United States and Europe producing a strain of Brazilian-influenced jazz that remains a vital part of the jazz scene.
By the early 1950s, a few pioneering Brazilian composers began listening seriously to American jazz, particularly the limpid-toned west coast variety practiced by Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan and Shorty Rogers. In absorbing that cool influence, composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Baden Powell and Luiz Bonfa stripped the complex polyrhythms of Afro-Brazilian samba down to their undulating essence and offered a more intimate approach, in which melodies were caressed rather than belted out in the raucous Carnival fashion.
Around the same time, American jazz saxophonist Bud Shank (from the west coast branch of cool jazz) had joined forces with Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida(appearing with the Modern Jazz Quartet and one of my vibraphone influences, Milt Jackson) in a quartet that blended Brazilian rhythms and folk melodies with cool jazz improvising. Recorded five years before the term 'bossa nova' was even coined, their 1953 collaboration on the World Pacific label, Brazilliance, would have a significant impact on the ultimate architects of the bossa nova movement."
Stan Getz said, on his first involvement with Brazilian music, the album Jazz
Samba, "I just thought it was pretty music. I never thought it would be a hit."
"Black Orpheus was an updating of the Orpheus & Eurydice myth, set against the background of a Brazilian Carnival. The intense vitality of the music in the film fascinated viewers and the soundtrack sold in the millions."
By the early 1950s, a few pioneering Brazilian composers began listening seriously to American jazz, particularly the limpid-toned west coast variety practiced by Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan and Shorty Rogers. In absorbing that cool influence, composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Baden Powell and Luiz Bonfa stripped the complex polyrhythms of Afro-Brazilian samba down to their undulating essence and offered a more intimate approach, in which melodies were caressed rather than belted out in the raucous Carnival fashion.
Around the same time, American jazz saxophonist Bud Shank (from the west coast branch of cool jazz) had joined forces with Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida(appearing with the Modern Jazz Quartet and one of my vibraphone influences, Milt Jackson) in a quartet that blended Brazilian rhythms and folk melodies with cool jazz improvising. Recorded five years before the term 'bossa nova' was even coined, their 1953 collaboration on the World Pacific label, Brazilliance, would have a significant impact on the ultimate architects of the bossa nova movement."
Stan Getz said, on his first involvement with Brazilian music, the album Jazz
Samba, "I just thought it was pretty music. I never thought it would be a hit."
"Black Orpheus was an updating of the Orpheus & Eurydice myth, set against the background of a Brazilian Carnival. The intense vitality of the music in the film fascinated viewers and the soundtrack sold in the millions."
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
You Love This One
PAQUITO D RIVERA-JORGE DALTON-MARIO BAUZA & EL MAREITO More contemporary. Great Latin arrangement. I love it.
Mario Bauza en The Cosby Show
Cute...but with some heavy weight players
Mario Bauza en The Cosby Show
Mario Bauza en The Cosby Show
MACHITO & HIS AFROCUBANS
DANCING WITH THE STARS eat your hearts out. This is an old clip, thank God for film, of MACHITO & HIS AFROCUBANS Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. Here is another with a video of old photographs of Machito and his orchestra. You can notice the folkloric influence in the chorus of this song. CARAMBOLA
One more...then you can search your own views. AY QUE MATE and YO SOY LA RUMBA and CHANGO TA BENI
One more...then you can search your own views. AY QUE MATE and YO SOY LA RUMBA and CHANGO TA BENI
SUCH A CONSISTENTLY BEAUTIFUL STYLE AND INCREDIBLE MUSICIANSHIP
More on the Latin Jazz story..
Another excerpt from "JAZZ The Complete Story"....
"In January 1946, the influential American pianist/bandleader Stan Kenton was awestruck when he heard the same "Tanga" at a club in Los Angeles. soon, he too added Latin elements to virtually all of his music."
Gillespie made Latin music history himself with his 30 December 1947 recording of 'Manteca' on RCA Victor, which he co-wrote with a musician introduced to him by Bauza. Mario Bauza started out as a professional clarinet and oboe player in the Havana Philharmonic before moving to New York in 1930. It was there while playing with Noble Sissle, that he took up the trumpet. It was the master conquero Chano Pozo, another seminal figure in the birth of Latin jazz and the key figure in Gillespie's continued 'latinization' of jazz. 'Manteca' would subsequently become Gillespie's signature tune and one of the most covered standards in the history of the genre.
"In January 1946, the influential American pianist/bandleader Stan Kenton was awestruck when he heard the same "Tanga" at a club in Los Angeles. soon, he too added Latin elements to virtually all of his music."
Gillespie made Latin music history himself with his 30 December 1947 recording of 'Manteca' on RCA Victor, which he co-wrote with a musician introduced to him by Bauza. Mario Bauza started out as a professional clarinet and oboe player in the Havana Philharmonic before moving to New York in 1930. It was there while playing with Noble Sissle, that he took up the trumpet. It was the master conquero Chano Pozo, another seminal figure in the birth of Latin jazz and the key figure in Gillespie's continued 'latinization' of jazz. 'Manteca' would subsequently become Gillespie's signature tune and one of the most covered standards in the history of the genre.
Following closely behind Machito, Pozo, Gillespie and Kenton is master timbalero, bandleader and composer Tito Puente, also known as El Rey del Timbal and The Mambo King. Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, Puente was instrumental in taking jazz to a broader audience thanks to his big band orchestrations and his on stage flourish. And, of course, he wrote and recorded 'Oye Como Va' later popularized by Carlos Santana, which incorporated a coro section and used other eminently Latin elements, such as a charanga-style flute and, of course, the characteristic syncopated piano cha-cha riff.
Another pioneer who took Latin jazz to the mainstream was master conquero Ramon
'Mongo' Santamaria, beat known for his hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man' and for authoring jazz standard 'Afro Blue'. It was with Santamaria's band, that a then-young Chick Corea first received major exposure, while present-day conquer Poncho Sanchez cites Santamaria as his mentor and major influence."
(Well him and I have that in common)(Also, Cachao first wrote the basic tune 'Oye Como Va' and never took credit for it)
Latin Jazz (from Jazz The Complete Story)
Excerpt from JAZZ - The Complete Story" Latin jazz is commonly defined as the fusion of American jazz melodies, improvisation and chords with Latin American rhythms, predominantly those of Afro-Cuba origin. How this marriage of styles occurred is also one of the most significant cultural, musical exchanges in history.
Mention the birth of Latin jazz to any aficionado of the art form and they will invariably reply with two names: Machito and Mario Bauza. The former was born Francisco Raul Gutierrez Grillo on 16 February 1912, in Cuba. The young vocalist/maraca man hit New York City in 1937, where he played stints with Xavier Cugat (another influence) and Noro Marales before forming his own band, Machito's Afro-Cubans. By 1940 Machito asked his brother-in-law, Mario Bauza, a trumpeter, pianist, arranger and composer who had already worked with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Chick Webb, to be his band's musical arranger. It was this orchestra that two American musicians-one in Los Angeles, one in New York-would hear, and the musical world would never be the same again.
On 31 May 1943, the already legendary Gillespie went to the Park Place Ballroom in New York. There , he heard Machito and his orchestra perform 'Tanga'(meaning marijuana), a dazzling new Afro-Cuban composition written by Bauza during a rehearsal. The piece is widely recognized to be a breakthrough in the creation of a new style of music, which has been called Afro-Cuban jazz, Cubop and Latin jazz, a term Bauza reportedly hated. Still, Gillespie would often recall that night as one that changed his life. The trumpet virtuoso was so taken with the conga, bongos, and 'clave' rhythms that he immediately incorporated them into his own group. Harlem-born Puerto Rican Tito Puente's arrangements of the mambo and cha-cha earned him admiration across a wide cultural sphere. He recorded over a hundred albums and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
JAZZ The Complete Story
I was sitting in the my dentist office, and he had this wonderful coffee table book, that turned out to be a great compilation of the chronological journey through the story of Jazz. It is called JAZZ - The Complete Story published by Flame Tree Publishing in 2007. It has been put together by a number of Authors and Consultant editors. The general editor is Julia Rolf.
I will be posting excerpts from this book pertinent to the biggest influence on my musical journey.
Be it jazz, afro-Cuban, Brazililan influenced, it has got to swing. If you exam the music coming from Cuban and Brazilian composer, you will hear what swing really is. When we get into Funk, then Soul you feel "the groove". The bottom line is this music moves your body and soul. More to come....
I will be posting excerpts from this book pertinent to the biggest influence on my musical journey.
Be it jazz, afro-Cuban, Brazililan influenced, it has got to swing. If you exam the music coming from Cuban and Brazilian composer, you will hear what swing really is. When we get into Funk, then Soul you feel "the groove". The bottom line is this music moves your body and soul. More to come....
Monday, October 4, 2010
NEW!! BlogTV Kidd Karrim
BlogCast...from BlogTV KIDD KARRIM LIVE STREAM. You are invited to be a Friend and Subscribe to my broadcasts.
Friday October 8th will be the first one. The Classical Joint was a Vancouver club that started and supported the musical careers of many fine Vancouver musicians. It was a sad day when it closed. The Classical Joint Reunion is being held at The Ironworks as a Coastal Jazz and Blues event. Friday October 8th. It was a great community of people, some won't be able to make it, so I am broadcasting it "Live From The Ironworks". Bookmark my BlogTV page and check it out.
Friday October 8th will be the first one. The Classical Joint was a Vancouver club that started and supported the musical careers of many fine Vancouver musicians. It was a sad day when it closed. The Classical Joint Reunion is being held at The Ironworks as a Coastal Jazz and Blues event. Friday October 8th. It was a great community of people, some won't be able to make it, so I am broadcasting it "Live From The Ironworks". Bookmark my BlogTV page and check it out.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
1981 Classic w/"Patato"
SON MONTUNO JAM
Tito Puente Jam in 1981. Alfredo Rodriguez was one of the all-time great pianists. Carlos "Patato" Valdez, Alfredo Rodriguez and Tito Puente. "
Como me gusta disfrutar a Dandy en el bongo One of the best ever, y el difunto Alfredo Rodriguez uno d mis pianistas favoritos d todos los tiempo. Como siempre Patato y Tito metiendo pescao"
Tito Puente Jam in 1981. Alfredo Rodriguez was one of the all-time great pianists. Carlos "Patato" Valdez, Alfredo Rodriguez and Tito Puente. "
Como me gusta disfrutar a Dandy en el bongo One of the best ever, y el difunto Alfredo Rodriguez uno d mis pianistas favoritos d todos los tiempo. Como siempre Patato y Tito metiendo pescao"
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Cachao
American Masters September 20thMy friend Wayne turned me onto this coming broadcast on American Masters.
It is going to be great. Isreal "Cachao"Lopez, one of the creators of the mambo, and he is the chief innovator of the Cuban jam sessions known as descargas. Check it out.
It is going to be great. Isreal "Cachao"Lopez, one of the creators of the mambo, and he is the chief innovator of the Cuban jam sessions known as descargas. Check it out.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Get Out Of My Way
These two musicians rolled out of the first incarnation in US, and
on this one they collaborated Cal Tjader and Mongo Santamaria.
I loved what these guys did to help latin jazz get heard.
CAL & MONGO
This one is so smooth, but Tjader was far from being a smooth jazz
player. It wasn't even heard of then. It would be insulting to
label their music as that.
GET OUT OF MY WAY
Then these two Latin Jazz masters. Tito Puente and Cal Tjader.Latin Jazz Live In Monterey 1977
on this one they collaborated Cal Tjader and Mongo Santamaria.
I loved what these guys did to help latin jazz get heard.
CAL & MONGO
This one is so smooth, but Tjader was far from being a smooth jazz
player. It wasn't even heard of then. It would be insulting to
label their music as that.
GET OUT OF MY WAY
Then these two Latin Jazz masters. Tito Puente and Cal Tjader.Latin Jazz Live In Monterey 1977
1964 Cal Tjader Version- Guachi Guaro
SOUL SAUCE
It was inspiring to listen to his sound, and re-experience his talents. Always an amazing
sound. He made Poncho Sanchez, who he is today.
It was inspiring to listen to his sound, and re-experience his talents. Always an amazing
sound. He made Poncho Sanchez, who he is today.
Soul Sauce
VJ Clip, Marcelo_M -SOUL SAUCEMost musician, back then, who like Latin Jazz learnt this tune. A bit of a visual flash back, but
the music was great. My god those first vocals. Okay the new guys are getting their hands on it.
the music was great. My god those first vocals. Okay the new guys are getting their hands on it.
Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader, and Mongo Santamaria (then Bobby Hutcherson) were my first latin influences.
Shoshana....w/video shows all the albums he made.
CLICK TO PLAY
Shoshana....w/video shows all the albums he made.
CLICK TO PLAY
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Despite the death Francisco Aquabells in May of this year.
Francisco Aquabella's music groups are continuing to play concert
Click on the link to view that page.
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
BANDCAMP
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Friday, July 2, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Terry Gibbs
TERRY GIBBS
Terry Gibbs (vibes), Terry Pollard (piano and vibes), Herman Wright (bass), Jerry Segal (drums) on the Tonight Show, October 12, 1956. Tunes: "Gibberish", "Now's The Time".
Terry Gibbs (vibes), Terry Pollard (piano and vibes), Herman Wright (bass), Jerry Segal (drums) on the Tonight Show, October 12, 1956. Tunes: "Gibberish", "Now's The Time".
Thursday, May 6, 2010
MANOLITO SIMONET Y SU TRABUCO
FRIDAY MAY 7TH, 2010
DIRECT FROM CUBA
SPORTSMEN'S LODGE
12833 VENTURA BOULEVARD, STUDIO CITY, CA 91604
310-445-9705
$40
WELL WORTH IT.
DIRECT FROM CUBA
SPORTSMEN'S LODGE
12833 VENTURA BOULEVARD, STUDIO CITY, CA 91604
310-445-9705
$40
WELL WORTH IT.
MANOLITO SIMONET Y SU TRABUCO
A GREAT CUBAN SALSA CONCERT
PROMISE YOURSELF, that no matter you have planned, cancel it and show up for this concert. It will be the best thing you have done for yourself in a long time.
Never to late...May 7, 2010
PROMISE YOURSELF, that no matter you have planned, cancel it and show up for this concert. It will be the best thing you have done for yourself in a long time.
Never to late...May 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
BASICS OF LATIN MUSIC - Rebeca Mauleon
REBECA
I met Rebeca at Banff in 1994. An Afrocubanismo was held there that we will never forget, Canadians, European, American and Cuban artists, musicians, dancers, film makers featuring Chucho Valdez and Irakere. It was an amazing group of people. A happening that spoke our language. One of the biggest movers and shakers in educating musicians about latin music was Rebeca Mauleon. A great woman, great musician, great author and great educator. Check her out here when she talks about some the basic of latin music. Enjoy. http://www.myspace.com/rebecamauleon
I met Rebeca at Banff in 1994. An Afrocubanismo was held there that we will never forget, Canadians, European, American and Cuban artists, musicians, dancers, film makers featuring Chucho Valdez and Irakere. It was an amazing group of people. A happening that spoke our language. One of the biggest movers and shakers in educating musicians about latin music was Rebeca Mauleon. A great woman, great musician, great author and great educator. Check her out here when she talks about some the basic of latin music. Enjoy. http://www.myspace.com/rebecamauleon
Loving Kona
I am here with my daughter while she does a writing workshop and works on her book. While wanting to make a new post from this wonderful island, found a card marking her "How to Hear Your Angels" book. It read: Inner Peace Brings FULFILLMENT. Attain it. And Life Works. Give It Away and HAPPINESS Becomes Elusive. What does that have to do with Latin Jazz...hmmm. Let's just say, when we do something we love we feel that inner peace, so we do feel like we are at the right moment that fullfillment feels like. I AM TRULY THE HAPPIEST WHEN PLAYING THE MUSIC I LOVE. Kona is beautiful but Havanna touches my soul. Magic happens here in Hawaii. Next post I will tell you, about my experience in "watching what you ask for". Love and blessings this week. A week of healing for me.
Friday, April 2, 2010
JANE BUNNETT and CUBAN PIANISTS
JANE BUNNETT AND CUBAN PIANO MASTERS
Jane always hits the mark. She has done so much for the current movement of great Cuban music and musicians into Canada. Check her out.
Jane always hits the mark. She has done so much for the current movement of great Cuban music and musicians into Canada. Check her out.
Friday, March 26, 2010
What Flows Into Your Life
Today, make a mental note of all the fine things that flow into your life. If you haven't listened to one of your musical heroes in a long time, do a google search and start your day being inspired by their music. Travel at the Speed of Love.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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Monday, March 15, 2010
ACCUJAZZ.com
ACCUJAZZ.COM
My latest find. Listing to Chega De Saudade...a classic by Joao Gilberto, composed by
DeMoraes/Jobin, who are legendary Brazilian composers.
Lots of great tracks to listen to on here. Enjoy. Ciao
My latest find. Listing to Chega De Saudade...a classic by Joao Gilberto, composed by
DeMoraes/Jobin, who are legendary Brazilian composers.
Lots of great tracks to listen to on here. Enjoy. Ciao
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Do It! To your bad self.
Too! cool. Posting an entry and listening to an old recording of Mongo Santamaria showed up on Latin Jazz Music. I tell you, this is the place to be! Add related interesting links for others to share and let's get this party going. Mo' of Mongo from Afro American Latin
With lots of great photos in it and the last one is a picture of Mongo near the end of his life. Precious. Kidd
With lots of great photos in it and the last one is a picture of Mongo near the end of his life. Precious. Kidd
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Elis_Regina
This is the best. I watch it over and over. She reminds me of my daughter on La Costa. I tune on my new cd Pasaje - From There To Here. I will post it soon. Or if you want I can show you how to get a download free when you sign up for this blog. Don't you just love the internet and this beautifully song by a beautifully young woman.
LISTEN TO ELIS REGINA SING, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL
LISTEN TO ELIS REGINA SING, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Bebo Valdez
Now this is what I'm talking about.
Bebo Valdes (piano) and Lopez Cachao (bass) perform "Lagrimas Negras".
Thank God someone filmed it.
Valdés started his career as a pianist in the night clubs of Havana during
the 1940s. In 1960, Bebo left Cuba for Mexico, with his singer Rolando La Serie.
He then lived briefly in the United States before touring Europe,
and eventually settled in Stockholm, until moving to Spain in 2008.
He performs "Lagrimas Negras".
with Lopez Cachao (bass).
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/401.html
Bebo Valdes (piano) and Lopez Cachao (bass) perform "Lagrimas Negras".
Thank God someone filmed it.
Valdés started his career as a pianist in the night clubs of Havana during
the 1940s. In 1960, Bebo left Cuba for Mexico, with his singer Rolando La Serie.
He then lived briefly in the United States before touring Europe,
and eventually settled in Stockholm, until moving to Spain in 2008.
He performs "Lagrimas Negras".
with Lopez Cachao (bass).
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/401.html
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Welcome to the Launch of this Exciting Blog.
This is my first post on my first blog. It is kind of exciting and I am hoping to stimulate a network of people love latin music whether it is pop latin, traditional latin, or the more intellectually stimulating styles of fusion with jazz; also musicians, composer, fokloric musicians and dancers, teacher and artists interested in Latin Jazz Music of all kinds: from Cuba (my personal favourite), but also Brazil, and Argentia, and other South American countries. Over the last 10 to 15 years the movement of fusion of all styles on the island of Cuba and especially in Habana is breathtaking. Traditional rhythms, more sophisticated jazz changes, the soulfully sweet singing, but also the use of the rap stylings. All in all, I find Afro Cubans have brought it all together more than others. American has brought it more the capture the English language and more pop audiences. We never stop growing.
And it is delightful to see about time that our North American culture especially has embrace Salsa and all its derivatives.
Perhaps we will discover more opinions about he progress and growth into mainstream pop culture.
For now I would like you to know that I define what i truly like to play in music is afrocuba jazz, brazilian styles structurally and compositionally as well as the complexity of how many Latin Cultures
overlay their percussion until the grooves are polyrhythmically strong, syncopated and powerful. I began as a percussionst, embraced the Brazililan and Cuba styles, of which there are many. We can talk about how it came here, who came first etc. Influences of it musicallity and sound on our American sound of jazz which I know most about. The New York scene which has always been alvie with monster players and bands. BUT THERE ARE THOSE OF YOU who know not only the history but the musicians who have and are playing this sound in great bands, great artist and literary figures, cultural influences and dancers from these countries. Their is so much depth and mastery of music in the Brazilian, Cuban and Puerto Rican cultures all atuned to the roots of their music.
We have a couple groups of Canadian musicians who love Tango. They have become very impressive.
A classical called Linda Lee Thomas, dances it and plays with a Quartet, who have gone to Buenos Aires and filmed playing in one of the great Tango halls. They were so accepted and loved. Their understanding and playing of the pieces awestruck them.
So this is a beginning for me to get going on a long dream, once I became a website builder and researcher.
Let get across....Come and join, bring your talents, knowledge, skill and interesting personalities to this forum for networking and connecting. Peace, Love and Blessings from latinjazzmusic.blogspot Bookmark this, send it to friends by Joining in the Followers widget then Share it. I am introducing the Youtube link that will display many different videos in these genres, to watch and listen it. I
encourage you to add a link of your music to your post so other may hear. Let us know when you are
playing etc.
What Iike about a blog format (finally accepting it) is that it can feel more intimate than myspace and not as confusing as Facebook. But I will be let everyone on those sites and Twitter as well, that we are here.
And it is delightful to see about time that our North American culture especially has embrace Salsa and all its derivatives.
Perhaps we will discover more opinions about he progress and growth into mainstream pop culture.
For now I would like you to know that I define what i truly like to play in music is afrocuba jazz, brazilian styles structurally and compositionally as well as the complexity of how many Latin Cultures
overlay their percussion until the grooves are polyrhythmically strong, syncopated and powerful. I began as a percussionst, embraced the Brazililan and Cuba styles, of which there are many. We can talk about how it came here, who came first etc. Influences of it musicallity and sound on our American sound of jazz which I know most about. The New York scene which has always been alvie with monster players and bands. BUT THERE ARE THOSE OF YOU who know not only the history but the musicians who have and are playing this sound in great bands, great artist and literary figures, cultural influences and dancers from these countries. Their is so much depth and mastery of music in the Brazilian, Cuban and Puerto Rican cultures all atuned to the roots of their music.
We have a couple groups of Canadian musicians who love Tango. They have become very impressive.
A classical called Linda Lee Thomas, dances it and plays with a Quartet, who have gone to Buenos Aires and filmed playing in one of the great Tango halls. They were so accepted and loved. Their understanding and playing of the pieces awestruck them.
So this is a beginning for me to get going on a long dream, once I became a website builder and researcher.
Let get across....Come and join, bring your talents, knowledge, skill and interesting personalities to this forum for networking and connecting. Peace, Love and Blessings from latinjazzmusic.blogspot Bookmark this, send it to friends by Joining in the Followers widget then Share it. I am introducing the Youtube link that will display many different videos in these genres, to watch and listen it. I
encourage you to add a link of your music to your post so other may hear. Let us know when you are
playing etc.
What Iike about a blog format (finally accepting it) is that it can feel more intimate than myspace and not as confusing as Facebook. But I will be let everyone on those sites and Twitter as well, that we are here.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
My own videos to come.
My next project is to start putting my own videos together to some of the tune on my cd, which you can check out at Reverbnation link above. You can use Animoto to compile them for you if you don't want to do them yourself.
CORAZON
Seeing as I am on the subject of Issac Delgado check this out, it has some great photos accompanying the music.Corazon - Issac Delgado
New Day
Yes, it is a new day and a good day. The sun is shining and the weather is brisk and warm for Vancouver. The cherry blossoms are out and the daffodils have bloomed. All this, during the winter Olympic games.
Can you believe it?
I have two new blog friends, one is my good friend Haakon Graf. He pops up on the YouTube videos above now and then. If you get a chance, check him out at http://www.myspace.com/hgraf. He has embraced and been playing the Cuban style for quite some time now. Maybe he will fill us in on his new cd next time he shows up here.
Ciao for now.
Thought this image might get your attention. Issace Delgado - La Formula
ISSAC DELGADO
Can you believe it?
I have two new blog friends, one is my good friend Haakon Graf. He pops up on the YouTube videos above now and then. If you get a chance, check him out at http://www.myspace.com/hgraf. He has embraced and been playing the Cuban style for quite some time now. Maybe he will fill us in on his new cd next time he shows up here.
Ciao for now.
Thought this image might get your attention. Issace Delgado - La Formula
ISSAC DELGADO
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