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
Looking down at the Live Performance listings below, you’ll find that Dafnis Prieto’s group, the Si o Si Quartet will be performing at The Jazz Standard this Friday through Sunday - it’s not just any performance though, its a liver recording for Prieto’s new album. That ups the expectations for this one; if you’re in the New York area, don’t miss it! In addition, the group will be doing a live radio performance on Monday 3/16/09 at 2:00 p.m. on the radio show “Soundcheck,” broadcast on New York radio WNYC - 93.9 FM. You can also stream the show live HERE.

Pianist Elio Villafranca was recently awarded the 2009 Heineken Green Ribbon Master Artist Music Grant from The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture. The funds from this grant will be used to compose a 45-minute, three-movement concerto for Mariachi and symphonic orchestra. There’s a lot of exciting possibilities inherent in this combination, and if one composer can make this work, it would be Villafranca. He mentioned this work during the 2008 interview that I conducted with him for All About Jazz - this is one piece that I’ll be looking forward to!

NPR is offering a free download of two tracks from a recent concert at the Village Vanguard by pianist Edward Simon. The two tracks, “Colega” and “Pere,” feature fantastic performances from Simon’s quartet, featuring Ben Street on bass, Adam Cruz on drums, and tenor saxophonist Mark Turner. In addition to these two fantastic tracks, you can also stream the whole concert! Check this out, it’s quite a performance - find the audio stream and free tracks HERE.

HOT RECENTLY AT LJC
Remembering Ralph Mercado (1941 - 2009): Tropijazz All-Stars on Video

Album of the Week: Áurea, Geoffrey Keezer

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AVAILABLE NOW

Claudio Roditi: Brazilliance X4

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LIVE LATIN JAZZ
If you’re in EUROPE this week . . .
EDWARD PEREZ
WHEN: Tuesday 3/17/09
WHERE: BarCo.
Madrid
Spain
TIME: 11:00 p.m.

WHEN: Wednesday 3/18/09
WHERE: Rocambole
Santander
Spain
TIME: 10:30 p.m.

WHEN: Thursday 3/19/09 - Friday 3/20/09
WHERE: La Bilbaina Jazz Club
Bilbao
Spain
TIME: 10:30 p.m.

HENDRIK MEURKENS
Tribute To Jobim w/Stefanie Schlesinger & Wolfgang Lackerschmid
WHEN: Tuesday 3/17/09 - Wednesday 3/18/09
WHERE: Parktheater
Göggingen/Augsburg
Germany
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: 28.10 euros

Tribute To Jobim w/Stefanie Schlesinger & Wolfgang Lackerschmid
WHEN: Thursday 3/19/09
WHERE: Schlob Granheim
Ehingen
Germany
TIME: 7:30 p.m.

Tribute To Jobim w/Stefanie Schlesinger & Wolfgang Lackerschmid
WHEN: Friday 3/20/09
WHERE: Weberhaus
Viersen
Germany
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: 13 euros

Tribute To Jobim w/Stefanie Schlesinger & Wolfgang Lackerschmid
WHEN: Saturday 3/21/09
WHERE: Zikkurat
Mechernich
Germany
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: 19 euros

If you’re on the EAST COAST this week . . .
ALCATRAZ
WHEN: Sunday 3/22/09
WHERE: Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY
TIME: 1:30 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.
TICKETS: Free with museum admission

ANDREA BRACHFELD
w/All Women’s Latin Jazz Quintet
WHEN: Saturday 3/21/09
WHERE: Jazz Spot Cafe
179 Marcus Garvey Blvd
Brooklyn, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10

ARTURO O’FARRILL
WHEN: Wednesday 3/18/09
WHERE: Puppet’s Jazz Bar
481 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10

WHEN: Saturday 3/21/09
WHERE: Northwestern High School
2503 W. Main St.
Rock Hill, SC
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20

BOBBY SANABRIA
WHEN: Friday 3/20/09
WHERE: Borden Auditorium - Manhattan School of Music
132 Claremont Ave
New York, NY
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE

CHICO O’FARRILL’S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
WHEN: Sunday 3/22/09
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 3/22/09
WHERE: Smoke
2751 Broadway
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. & 11:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 minimum

DAFNIS PRIETO
Live Recording!
WHEN: Friday 3/20/09 - Sunday 3/22/09
WHERE: Jazz Standard
111 East 27th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., & 11:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $30; $25 on Sunday

DAVID SANCHEZ
WHEN: Tuesday 3/17/09 - Sunday 3/22/09
WHERE: The Village Vanguard
178 Seventh Ave. South
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $30; $35 on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday

GARY MORGAN & PANAMERICANA
WHEN: Tuesday 3/17/09
WHERE: Baha’i Center
53 East 11th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $15

NEGRONI’S TRIO
WHEN: Saturday 3/21/09
WHERE: Jazziz Bistro
5751 Seminole Way
Fort Lauderdale, FL
TIME: 8:00 p.m.

SALLY’S TOMATO - A TRIBUTE TO CAL TJADER
WHEN: Friday 3/20/09
WHERE: Newport Beach Resort
16701 Collins Ave
Miami, FL
TIME: 9:00 p.m.

SOFIA REI KOUTSOVITIS
WHEN: Friday 3/20/09
WHERE: Forsyth Chapel
95 Forest Hills Ave
Jamaica Plain, MA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: Free to members of Forest Hills Trust

X-TANGO
WHEN: Wednesday 3/18/09
WHERE: Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $12

YOSVANY TERRY
WHEN: Wednesday 3/18/09 - Thursday 3/19/09
WHERE: Jazz Standard
111 East 27th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20

If you’re in the MID-EAST this week . . .
LOS GATOS
WHEN: Thursday 3/19/09
WHERE: The Firefly Club
637 S. Main
Ann Arbor, MI
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $8

TUMBAO BRAVO
WHEN: Sunday 3/22/09
WHERE: Sangria - Royal Oak
401 S. Lafayette
Royal Oak, MI
TIME: 9:00 p.m.

If you’re on the WEST COAST this week . . .
ANNA ESTRADA
WHEN: Tuesday 3/17/09
WHERE: Caffe Trieste
1667 Market St.
San Francisco, CA
TIME: 6:00 p.m.

GRUPO FALSO BAIANO
WHEN: Saturday 3/21/09
WHERE: Avonova Concerts
417 Avon Street
Oakland CA
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $15

KAT PARRA
WHEN: Friday 3/20/09
WHERE: Hedley Club
233 West Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.

PABLO ZIEGLER
WHEN: Saturday 3/21/09
WHERE: Herbst Theater
401 Van Ness Ave
San Francisco, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 - $50

SCOTT MARTIN
WHEN: Sunday 3/22/09
WHERE: Fisherman’s Village
13755 Fiji Way
Marina Del Rey, CA
TIME: 9:00 p.m.

SONANDO
WHEN: Thursday 3/19/09
WHERE: Tula’s
2214 Second Ave
Seattle, WA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10

WAYNE WALLACE
WHEN: Monday 3/16/09
WHERE: Yoshi’s - Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $16 - 8:00 p.m.; $10 - 10:00 p.m.

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