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For a particular concert on the Central Recreation area Zoo in 1993, vibraphonist Dave Samuels (who doubles on marimba) come up with the Caribbean Jazz Task for the very first time. Teaming Samuels using the outstanding (and pioneering) jazz metal drummer Andy Narell and saxophonist Paquito d’Rivera (who alternates between …

By virtue of his warm, flamboyant stage manner, longevity, continuous touring, and appearances within the media, Tito Puente is just about the most beloved symbol of Latin jazz. But a lot more than that, Puente were able to maintain his music amazingly fresh on the decades; like a timbales virtuoso, …

All-star quintet from Detroit region, a task initiated by Bob Adam, supported Sonny Stitt when saxophonist lived in Saginaw within the last many years of his lifestyle. Principals had been David Koether & Lorenzo Dark brown (perc), Dan Spencer (d), Larry Nozero (sax, fl), Eddie Russ (p), Ron Brooks (b), …

A Mongo Santamaria concert is really a mesmerizing spectacle for both eye and ears, and also in his seventies, this seemingly ageless Cuban percussionist/bandleader could energize packed behemoth arenas like the Hollywood Dish. A get better at conguero, Santamaria at his greatest produces an incantatory spell rooted in Cuban spiritual …

A self-taught musician, Hermeto Pascoal ascended from his humble upcountry origins to a global acknowledgment still unfair to his music stature. Developing his ears from an early on age group at his grandfather’s blacksmith store, Pascoal used to get bits of iron and strike them, trying to generate music (never …

New York-born Tito Puente Jr., boy of the Latin music tale referred to as Rey del Timbal, researched music and structure at his indigenous city, joining much metal band, later on, getting involved with Latin music, taking part in different regional numbers before shifting to Miami. Tito Puente Jr.’s debut …

Among the top salsa songwriters ever, Tite Curet Alonso wrote hundreds upon a huge selection of tracks, including classic materials for a few of the best salseros from the second option fifty percent of the 20th hundred years. Given birth to Catalino Curet Alonso on Feb 12, 1926, in Guayama, …

Egyptian percussionist Said Un Artist was raised within a musical family, encircled by the music of his seven brothers in a residence filled up with the sounds of accordion, piano, and — needless to say — tabla. Said’s dad, Hagy Abou, was among the best-known performers in Alexandria, so that …

Located in Amsterdam, NY, a little city close to Albany, bass player and vocalist Alex Torres and his fourteen-piece group, Los Reyes Latinos (translated as “The Latin Kings”) possess attracted worldwide attention making use of their exciting, horn-driven method of Latin dance music. Voted “Greatest Latin music group” by Metroland …

A favorite timbalero, bandleader, and occasional label professional for Alegre Information, Kako recorded like a head just sparingly, but contributed very much to the advancement of Latin music from his debut in the 1950s to the finish of the hundred years. Blessed Francisco Bastar in San Juan’s Barrio Obrero, Kako …