Latin Jazz This Week will bring you a weekly look into news from the Latin Jazz world. You’ll find new releases, recommended performances, web finds, and more. You can check out some current sounds in the Listening Center tab at the top of the page. Performance dates will be kept in the Live Latin Jazz tab at the top of the page.

NEWS
Journalist Howard Mandel’s Jazz Beyond Jazz blog recently included a glowing review of Eddie Palmieri’s appearance in Jazz at Lincoln Center. Although this focal point of jazz culture has been around for five years now, this was Palmieri’s debut performance. As always, he made the most of it, playing with his usual intensity and bringing a string of top players like tresero Nelson Gonzalez, trombone player Jimmy Bosch, and trumpet player Brian Lynch. It’s a thoughtful read with a couple of videos included. Check it out HERE.

Still on the heels of the loss of bassist Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez, I’m sad to report that bandleader Joe Cuba has passed away. Cuba’s sextet influenced a generation of Latin music artists and ushered in the Boogaloo craze with his hit “Bang Bang.” It may be a step outside the jazz world, but I’d be sorely mistaken if I overlooked the death of this important artist. You can check out the official press release HERE.

HOT RECENTLY AT LJC
Focusing The Spotlight: Manante On Video

Orlando Lopez (1933 - 2009): 5 Albums To Help Remember Cachaito

Album of the Week: September’s Child, The Joel Larue Smith Trio

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AVAILABLE NOW

Brownout: Homenaje

Anita Robles: Latina Suave
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LIVE LATIN JAZZ
If you’re in ASIA this week . . .
OMAR SOSA
WHEN: Friday 2/20/09
WHERE: Hong Kong Cultural Center
Concert Hall
10 Salisburg Road
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $120 - $420

If you’re in CANADA this week . . .
JANE BUNNETT
WHEN: Thursday 2/19/09
WHERE: Performance Works
1218 Cartwright Street
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8, Canada
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $17 - $20

WHEN: Friday 2/20/09
WHERE: Hermann’s Jazz Club
753 View Street
Victoria BC
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $20

If you’re on the EAST COAST this week . . .
ARTURO O’FARRILL
WHEN: Wednesday 2/18/09
WHERE: Puppet’s Jazz Bar
481 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10

BOBBY SANABRIA
WHEN: Tuesday 2/19/09
WHERE: Baruch College
One Bernard Baruch Way
New York, NY
TIME: 1:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE

CHICO O’FARRILL’S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
WHEN: Sunday 2/22/09
WHERE: Birdland
315 W. 44th Street
Manhattan, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $25

CHRIS WASHBURNE & S.Y.O.T.O.S.
WHEN: Sunday 2/22/09
WHERE: Smoke
2751 Broadway
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. & 11:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 minimum

GABRIEL ALEGRIA
WHEN: Tuesday 2/17/09
WHERE: Cabaret at Theater Square
803 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20

WHEN: Saturday 2/21/09
WHERE: Brooklyn Academy of Music
651 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE

HECTOR MARTIGNON
WHEN: Thursday 2/19/09
WHERE: Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $7

HENDRIK MEURKENS
WHEN: Wednesday 2/18/09
WHERE: The Atrium
1000 Harbor Boulevard
Weehawken, NJ
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE

HOT HOUSE
WHEN: Saturday 2/21/09
WHERE: Bronx Library Center
310 East Kingsbridge Road
Bronx, NY
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE

PABLO ZIEGLER
WHEN: Saturday 2/21/09
WHERE: Charleston Music Hall
37 John Street
Charleston, SC
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $30

PAQUITO D’RIVERA
WHEN: Wednesday 2/18/09
WHERE: Modlin Center for the Arts
Crenshaw Way
Richmond, VA
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $36

If you’re in the MID-EAST this week . . .
LOS GATOS
WHEN: Thursday 2/19/09
WHERE: The Firefly Club
637 S. Main
Ann Arbor, MI
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $8

TUMBAO BRAVO
WHEN: Sunday 2/22/09
WHERE: Sangria - Royal Oak
401 S. Lafayette
Royal Oak, MI
TIME: 9:00 p.m.

WHEN: Friday 2/20/09
WHERE: Daryl’s Downtown
151 Michigan Ave
Jackson, MI
TIME: 7:00 p.m.

If you’re in the MID-WEST this week . . .
GABRIEL ALEGRIA
WHEN: Thursday 2/19/09
WHERE: Pearl Stable
312 Pearl Parkway Bldg. 2
San Antonio, TX
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $25

If you’re on the WEST COAST this week . . .
ALEXA WEBER MORALES
WHEN: Thursday 2/19/09
WHERE: Senzala
250 E Java Drive
Sunnyvale, CA
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $12

FRANCISCO AGUABELLA
WHEN: Saturday 2/21/09
WHERE: Steamer’s Cafe
138 W. Commonwealth
Fullerton, CA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $8

GRUPO FALSO BAIANO
WHEN: Friday 2/20/09
WHERE: Anna’s Jazz Island
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $14

WHEN: Saturday 2/21/09
WHERE: Cayuga Vault
1100 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $12 advance; $14 at door

JANE BUNNETT
WHEN: Sunday 2/22/09
Portland Jazz Festival
WHERE: Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside
Portland, OR
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $30 - $45

PETE ESCOVEDO
WHEN: Saturday 2/21/09
WHERE: Anthology
1337 India Street
San Diego, CA
TIME: 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $15 - $38; $15 minimum

REBECA MAULEON
WHEN: Wednesday 2/18/09
WHERE: Yoshi’s - San Francisco
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $16 - 8:00 p.m.; $10 - 10:00 p.m.

SCOTT MARTIN
WHEN: Friday 2/20/09
WHERE: Bacchus’ Secret Cellar
6735 Quail Hill Pkwy.
Irvine, CA
TIME: 7:30 p.m.

SONANDO
WHEN: Thursday 2/19/09
WHERE: Tula’s
2214 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10

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