Latin Jazz This Week
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.
Just a reminder that our current Spotlight Artist, Yasser Tejeda & Palotre have contributed a free Mp3 download of their song “Mezclansa” from their recent release of the same name to the LJC Listening Center. So head on over there now and find out what this fantastic group is all about – there’s some serious musicianship there, it’s definitely worth checking out. Don’t wait – go the LJC Listening Center now!
Percussionist Pete Escovedo has spent enough years making incredible amounts of Latin Jazz, Latin Rock, funk, soul, and more; he’s become a treasure that many people want to see live. Even as he creeps into an older age, he still travels the country performing constantly. Reporter Tony Sauro found a minute to talk with Escovedo in preparation for a recent gig, putting together a nice interview. Escovedo talks about his music, career, and family – it’s a short but insightful look at a legend. Check it out HERE.
The Curtis Brothers stand on the cutting edge of Latin Jazz, both as performers and businessmen. Anyone who heard their last release under the name Insight, A Genesis, has anxiously been awaiting the release of their next album – Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom. The time is now, and the brothers have taken their careers into their own hands, independently producing the recording and forming their own record company, Truth Revolution Records. The group celebrates the release of this record on their own label with a concert this week in Hartford. In anticipation of the event, the Hartford Courier interviewed the Curtis Brothers – check out the interview HERE.
Latin Jazz Video Fix: Poncho Sanchez, Psychedelic Blues
Focusing The Spotlight; A Little Bit more About Yasser Tejeda and Free MP3
Jazz Now: 5 Latin Jazz Albums From The Present Moment
Album Of The Week: ¡Bien Bien!, The Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
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Poncho Sanchez: Psychedelic Blues
Nagual: Nagual II
Ithamara Koorax & Juarez Moreira: Bim Bom: The Complete Joao Gilberto Songbook
Lannie Battistini: Hands In Motion
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If you’re in EUROPE this week . . .
SAMUEL QUINTO
WHEN: Tuesday 9/29/09
WHERE: Sheraton Hotel
R. do Ten. Valadim 146
4100 Lordelo do Ouro
Porto, Portugal
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
WHEN: Thursday 10/1/09
WHERE: B-Flat Restaurant
Rua Garcia Arosa 4450
Matosinhos, Portugal
TIME: 11:00 p.m.
If you’re on the EAST COAST this week . . .
ANDREA BRACHFELD
WHEN: Friday 10/2/09
WHERE: South Brunswick Herb Eckert Auditorium
540 Ridge Road
Monmouth Junction, NJ
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $5
ARTURO O’FARRILL
Solo Piano
WHEN: Wednesday 9/30/09
WHERE: Puppet’s Jazz Bar
481 5th Avenue Park Slope
Brooklyn, NY
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10
JazzFest Falmouth
WHEN: Saturday 10/3/09
WHERE: Marina Park
180 Scranton Ave
Falmouth, MA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: LAWN: $25 in advance, $35 at the door; TABLES: $50 in advance, $75 at the door
ANDREA SANDOVAL
WHEN: Thursday 10/1/09 – Saturday 10/3/09
WHERE: Sculler’s Jazz Club
400 Soldiers Field Rd
Allston, MA
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $35; $45 with dinner
BLUE MAMBO
WHEN: Thursday 10/1/09
WHERE: Gonzalez y Gonzalez
625 Broadway
New York, NY
TIME: 9:30 p.m.
CHEMBO CORNIEL
WHEN: Thursday 10/1/09
WHERE: Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $7
CHICO O’FARRILL’S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
WHEN: Sunday 10/4/09
WHERE: Birdland
315 W. 44th Street
Manhattan, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $30
CHRIS WASHBURNE & S.Y.O.T.O.S.
WHEN: Sunday 10/4/09
WHERE: Smoke
2751 Broadway
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. & 11:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 minimum
CONRAD HERWIG’S LATIN SIDE
WHEN: Tuesday 9/29 – Sunday 10/4/09
WHERE: Blue Note – New York
131 W 3rd St
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 – $35
CORINA BARTRA
WHEN: Tuesday 9/29/09 – Wednesday 9/30/09
WHERE: Tutuma Social Club
164 East 56th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER
CURTIS BROTHERS
WHEN: Wednesday 9/30/09
WHERE: Polish National Home
60 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10
DAVID SANCHEZ
WHEN: Friday 10/2/09
WHERE: Science Center Theater – Montgomery College
340 DeKalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $25
ERIC KURIMSKI
WHEN: Thursday 10/1/09
WHERE: Terraza Cafe
40-19 Gleane St
Elmhurst, NY
TIME: 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
GABRIEL ALEGRIA AFRO-PERUVIAN JAZZ SEXTET
WHEN: Thursday 10/1/09 – Sunday 10/4/09
WHERE: Tutuma Social Club
164 East 56th Street
New York, NY
TIME: Thursday – Saturday 8:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sunday 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER
GEORGE DELGADO
WHEN: Thursday 10/1/09
WHERE: La Fonda Boricua
169 East 106th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER
GREG DIAMOND
WHEN: Wednesday 9/30/09
WHERE: Flutebar
205 West 54th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
LAYLA ANGULO
WHEN: Thursday 10/1/09
WHERE: The Bitter End
147 Bleeker Street
New York, NY
TIME: 10:30 p.m.
QUINTERO CONNECTION
WHEN: Thursday 10/1/09
WHERE: La Fonda Boricua
169 East 106th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10
VENISSA SANTÍ
WHEN: Sunday 10/4/09
WHERE: Bistro St. Tropez
2400 Market St Market Place Design Center, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
TICKETS: FREE
YOSVANY TERRY
WHEN: Friday 10/2/09
WHERE: The Shrine
2271 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard
New York, NY
TIME: 6:00 a.m.
TICKETS: FREE
If you’re in the MID-EAST this week . . .
TUMBAO BRAVO
WHEN: Sunday 10/4/09
WHERE: Sangria – Royal Oak
401 S. Lafayette
Royal Oak, MI
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $6
If you’re on the WEST COAST this week . . .
ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ
WHEN: Saturday 10/3/09
WHERE: Hollywood Bowl
2301 N Highland Ave
Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 4:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
BOBBY MATOS
WHEN: Monday 10/5/09
WHERE: Hal’s Bar & Grille
1349 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Venice, CA
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
FRANCISCO AGUABELLA
WHEN: Sunday 10/4/09
WHERE: Yerba Buena Gardens
760 Howard Street
San Francisco CA
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
FRANK CANO
WHEN: Saturday 10/3/09
WHERE: Steamer’s
138 W. Commonwealth
Fullerton, CA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $8
GILBERT CASTELLANOS
WHEN: Tuesday 9/29/09
WHERE: Onyx Room
852 5th Avenue
San Diego, CA
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
ILANA ROSE
WHEN: Saturday 10/3/09
WHERE: Millennium Biltmore Hotel- Gallery Bar
506 S. Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
KAT PARRA
CD Release Celebration For Dos Amantes
WHEN: Saturday 10/3/09
WHERE: The Jazz School
2087 Addison Avenue
Berkeley, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $20
REBECA MAULEON
WHEN: Sunday 10/4/09
WHERE: Yoshi’s – Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
Jack London Square
Oakland, CA
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $5 Kids, $16 Adults
SCOTT MARTIN
WHEN: Sunday 10/4/09
WHERE: Sonoma Harvest Fair
1350 Bennett Valley Road
Santa Rosa, CA
TIME: 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., & 2:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $6
TANAORA
WHEN: Saturday 10/3/09
WHERE: Anna’s Jazz Island
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
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