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.
WBGO jazz expert Josh Jackson treated us to some more fantastic Latin Jazz insight this past week on his show The Checkout through an interview with tango jazz specialist Pablo Aslan. The interview includes Aslan’s comments about his most recent album Tango Grill as well as some information about this week’s concert at The Rose Theater, which will feature musicians from Buenos Aires as well as saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera. It’s a must-hear - you can stream it or download it HERE.
LAST CHANCE! - there’s a special deal going on for LJC readers in New York that might want to check out Pablo Aslan’s concert at the Rose Theater on March 26 & March 27. Just purchase your tickets online HERE and enter the promo code “Tango”. You’ll be entitled to a discount that goes up to 25% of the ticket price. Fans of tango-jazz will not want to miss this!
Influential percussionist Victor Pantoja died recently, after a long struggle with cancer, leaving behind a trail of vivid memories among the Latin Jazz community. Best known for his work with the Latin Rock band Azteca in the seventies alongside Pete and Coke Escovedo, Pantoja spent a good deal of his career on the West Coast, performing with some of the area’s best musicians. Over at A Blog Supreme, Felix Contreras recently posted reflections upon Pantoja, with some great music clips embedded. It’s a fitting tribute - check it out HERE.
Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca has led an interesting career that reflects the vast depth of his musicianship - as a sideman he has worked with Buena Vista Social Club icons Ibrahim Ferrar and Omara Portuondo. He has also led his own groups through countless performances and several great albums, including the recent Akokan. All About Jazz captures the details of that career with an in-depth interview from Raul d’Gama Rose. The conversation moves through the different aspects of Fonseca’s career and gets into the new album; it’s a good read, check it out HERE.
Over at Rifftides, Doug Ramsey dug into the work of the great Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto this past week, giving a brief overview of his career and talking about a Brazilian music camp. The highlight of this article is some fantastic pictures of Neto teaching Brazilian music to several students in Brazil and a video of Neto premiering a recent work at Symphony Space in New York. It’s worth checking out - find it HERE.
Latin Jazz Conversations: Andy Gonzalez (Part 1)
Latin Jazz Conversations: Andy Gonzalez (Part 2)
Welcome Tomas Peña Into The Latin Jazz Corner
Latin Jazz Live: Paul Austerlitz At Taller Latino Americano
Album Of The Week: Simpatico, Claudio Roditi
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Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble Of San Francisco: Generaciones
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3/22: Pianist Oscar Hernandez, 1954
3/23: Guitarist Greg Diamond, 1977
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If you’re in the MIDDLE EAST this week . . .
EDMAR CASTANEDA QUARTET
WHEN: Thursday 3/25/10 - Saturday 3/27/10
WHERE: JC’s - Istanbul
Çırağan Caddesi Salhane Sk. No.10 34349
Ortaköy-İSTANBUL
TIME: 9:30 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.
TICKETS: Table - 25 TL Bar - 20 TL
If you’re on the EAST COAST this week . . .
ANNETTE AGUILAR & STRINGBEANS
WHEN: Tuesday 3/23/10
WHERE: The Museum Of The City Of New York
1220 5th Avenue
New York, NY
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10
WHERE: Zinc Bar
82 West 3rd Street
New York, NY
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $10
BOBBY SANABRIA
Big Band
WHEN: Wednesday 3/24/10
WHERE: Fonda Boricua Lounge
172 East 106th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $10
El Espiritu Jibaro w/Roswell Rudd, Yomo Toro, & Ascension
WHEN: Saturday 3/27/10/
WHERE: Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $25
CHICO O’FARRILL’S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
WHEN: Sunday 3/28/10
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 3/28/10
WHERE: Smoke
2751 Broadway
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. & 11:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 minimum
EDDIE PALMIERI
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10
WHERE: Tarrytown Music Hall
13 Main Street
Tarrytown, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $35 - $75
ERIC KURIMSKI
WHEN: Thursday 3/25/10
WHERE: Terraza Cafe
40-19 Gleane St
Elmhurst, NY
TIME: 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
FRANK VILLAFAÑE & THREE TO CLAVE
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10
WHERE: The Teak
64 Monmouth Street
Red Bank, NJ
TIME: 10:30 p.m.
GABRIEL ALEGRIA
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10 - Sunday 3/28/10
WHERE: Tutuma Social Club
164 East 56th Street
New York, NY
TIME: Friday & Saturday - 8;00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Sunday - 7:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER
GREG DIAMOND
WHEN: Saturday 3/27/10
WHERE: Iridium
1650 Broadway
New York, NY
TIME: 12:00 a.m.
TICKETS: $20
HENDRIK MUERKENS
WHEN: Sunday 3/28/10
WHERE: Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $28
JACKIE COLEMAN
WHEN: Tuesday 3/23/10
WHERE: Tutuma Social Club
164 East 56th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER
JERRY GONZALEZ & THE FORT APACHE BAND
WHEN: Saturday 3/27/10
WHERE: Jazz Gallery
290 Hudson Street
New York,NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $25
KIKI SANCHEZ
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10
WHERE: Little Havana
1119 Eight Avenue
Miami, FL
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
LUIS BONILLA
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10
WHERE: Rubin Museum
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $18 in advance; $20 day of show
NEGRONI’S TRIO
WHEN: Saturday 3/27/10
WHERE: Jazz Cafe
25795 SW 137th Avenue
Homestead, FL
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
PABLO ASLAN
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10 - Saturday 3/27/10
WHERE: Rose Theater
Broadway at 60th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $30 - $95
SHUSMO
WHEN: Wednesday 3/25/10
WHERE: Tutuma Social Club
164 East 56th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER
SOFIA REI KOUTSOVITIS
WHEN: Wednesday 3/24/10
WHERE: ING DIRECT Café
968 3rd Avenue
New York, NY
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
New England Conservatory 40th Anniversary Celebration
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10
WHERE: Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $15
SOFIA TOSELLO
WHEN: Thursday 3/25/10
WHERE: Tutuma Social Club
164 East 56th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER
WILLIE MARTINEZ
WHEN: Thursday 3/25/10
WHERE: Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $7
If you’re in the MID-EAST this week . . .
ARTURO SANDOVAL
WHEN: Monday 3/22/10 - Tuesday 2/23/10
WHERE: Dakota Jazz Club
1010 Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
TIME: 7:00 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $28 - $45
CHEVERE
Unity Temple Concert Series
WHEN: Saturday 3/27/10
WHERE: Unity Temple Church
875 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $15 - $30
DARWIN NOGUERA EVOLUTION QUARTET
WHEN: Tuesday 3/23/10
WHERE: Andy’s Jazz Club
11 E. Hubbard Street
Chicago, IL
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10
HECTOR DEL CUERTO
Zero Hour Tango Festival
WHEN: Friday 3/25/10
WHERE: The Buskirk-Chumley Theater
114 East Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $25
LOS GATOS
WHEN: Wednesday 3/24/10
WHERE: Live At PJ’s
102 S 1st St
Ann Arbor, MI
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 9:15 p.m.
TICKETS: $7
PABLO ZIEGLER
Zero Hour Tango Festival
WHEN: Friday 3/25/10
WHERE: The Buskirk-Chumley Theater
114 East Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $25
PAULINHO GARCIA
WHEN: Wednesday 3/24/10
WHERE: Piccolo Mondo
1642 E. 56th Street
Chicago, IL
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
With Solataire Miles
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10
WHERE: Villa Verone
13 Douglas Ave
Elgin, IL
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
WHEN: Thursday 3/25/10
WHERE: Marion Street Cheese Market
100 S. Marion Street
Oak Park, IL
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
PONCHO SANCHEZ
WHEN: Saturday 3/27/10
WHERE: Prairie Center for the Arts
201 Schaumburg Court
Schaumburg, IL
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $34 - $36
TUMBAO BRAVO
WHEN: Sunday 3/28/10
WHERE: Sangria’s
401 South Lafayette Avenue
Royal Oak, MI
TIME: 9:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $5
If you’re on the WEST COAST this week . . .
ELIANE ELIAS
WHEN: Tuesday 3/23/10 - Wednesday 3/24/10
WHERE: Yoshi’s - San Francisco
1330 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $18
FRANK CANO
WHEN: Sunday 3/27/10
WHERE: Steamers
138 W. Commonwealth Avenue
Fullerton, CA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $8
JOHN CALLOWAY
WHEN: Sunday 3/28/10
WHERE: CODA Supper Club
1710 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10
PETE ESCOVEDO
WHEN: Friday 3/26/10
WHERE: Dimitris Lounge
700 Main Street
Suisun City, CA
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $29
REBECA MAULEON
Public Forum: “Crossover: Jazz Artists in the Concert Hall”
WHEN: Saturday 3/27/10
WHERE: Oakland Senior Center
200 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA
TIME: 3:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
SCOTT MARTIN
WHEN: Sunday 3/28/10
WHERE: Twist Restaurant at Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa
1755 North Highland Avenue
Hollywood, CA
TIME: 11:00 a.m.
TICKETS: Brunch Reservations Required
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