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.
Drummer and bandleader Bobby Sanabria was featured this week on NPR’s Weekend Edition with an insightful and educational piece on the West African roots of Latin Jazz. Sanabria goes beyond Latin Jazz and discusses the common West African heritage found in the work of many Latin American musicians, from Tito Puente to Santana and Desi Arnaz. NPR has interviewed Sanabria a few times, and he always has something interesting and informative to say – check out the whole article with audio clips HERE.
Pianist Michel Camilo was recently featured on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, giving him an opportunity to display his massive skills in both a solo and duet setting. This radio broadcast features Camilo playing a couple of original compositions, as well as jazz and Latin standards. It’s a pleasure to hear these two piano masters interacting with each other – you’ve got to check this out! Stream the broadcast HERE.
Congratulations to Chico O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra for their Grammy Award in the Latin Jazz category for the album Song For Chico. Looks like the Grammys are finally starting to get the right idea, it’s great to see them giving the high honor to such an outstanding album! You can check out the complete list of award winners HERE.
Spotlight: Para Los Engreidos, Manante
Album of the Week: Ven Baila Conmigo (Come Dance With Me), The Latin Giants of Jazz
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Geoffrey Keezer: Áurea
Bobby Matos & His Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble: Unity
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If you’re in SOUTH AMERICA this week . . .
PILAR DE LA HOZ
WHEN: Saturday 2/14/09
WHERE: Jazz Zone
Av. La Paz No. 646
Psje. El Suche, Miraflores
Lima, Peru
TIME: 10:30 p.m.
TICKETS: 35 soles
If you’re on the EAST COAST this week . . .
ARTURO O’FARRILL
WHEN: Wednesday 2/11/09
WHERE: Puppet’s Jazz Bar
481 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10
with Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble
WHEN: Saturday 2/14/09
WHERE: Spaulding Auditorium
6041 Lower Level Wilson Hall
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $16
CHICO O’FARRILL’S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
WHEN: Sunday 2/15/09
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 2/15/09
WHERE: Smoke
2751 Broadway
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. & 11:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 minimum
HECTOR DEL CUERTO’S ETERNAL TANGO
WHEN: Monday 2/9/09
WHERE: Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $17 advance; $20 at door
INSIGHT
WHEN: Thursday 2/12/09
WHERE: Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $7
JOVINO SANTOS NETO
Conducting The NEC Jazz Orchestra in the Big Band Music of Hermeto Pascoal
WHEN: Friday 2/13/09
WHERE: Jordan Hall – New England Conservatory of Music
290 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
LAYLA ANGULO
WHEN: Sunday 2/15/09
WHERE: DROM
85 Avenue A
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10
ROBBY AMEEN
WHEN: Wednesday 2/11/09
WHERE: Cachaca
35 West 8th Street
Greenwich Village, NY
TIME: 7:30 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10 cover; $5 minimum
SOFIA KOUTSOVITIS
WHEN: Friday 2/13/09
WHERE: Jazz Gallery
290 Hudson Street
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $15
VENISSA SANTI
WHEN: Sunday 2/15/09
WHERE: Bistro St. Tropez
2400 Market
Philadelphia, PA
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
WILLIE MARTINEZ
WHEN: Thursday 2/12/09
WHERE: Fonda Boricua Lounge
169 East 106th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER
If you’re in the MID-EAST this week . . .
GABRIEL ALEGRIA
WHEN: Tuesday 2/10/09
WHERE: Neal Marshall Black Culture Center
275 North Jordan Avenue
Bloomington, IN
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE
WHEN: Wednesday 2/11/09
WHERE: Old Town School of Folk Music
4544 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $5
LOS GATOS
WHEN: Thursday 2/12/09
WHERE: The Firefly Club
637 S. Main
Ann Arbor, MI
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $8
TUMBAO BRAVO
WHEN: Sunday 2/15/09
WHERE: Sangria – Royal Oak
401 S. Lafayette
Royal Oak, MI
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
If you’re in the MID-WEST this week . . .
GABRIEL ALEGRIA
WHEN: Thursday 2/12/09
WHERE: Dazzle Jazz Club
930 Lincoln Street
Denver, CO
TIME: 7:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $20
WHEN: Friday 2/13/09
WHERE: O’Shaughnessy Performance Space
1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Santa Fe NM
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
WHEN: Saturday 2/14/09
WHERE: National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th Street SW
Albuquerque, NM
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $15 – $25
If you’re on the WEST COAST this week . . .
ANNA ESTRADA
WHEN: Tuesday 2/10/09
WHERE: Caffe Trieste
1667 Market St.
San Francisco, CA
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
FRANCISCO AGUABELLA
WHEN: Saturday 2/14/09
WHERE: Steamer’s Cafe
138 W. Commonwealth
Fullerton, CA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
PAQUITO D’RIVERA
WHEN: Saturday 2/14/09
WHERE: Ventura High School Theater
2 Catalina Street
Ventura, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $25 – $45
PETE ESCOVEDO
WHEN: Friday 2/13/09 – Sunday 2/15/09
WHERE: Yoshis – Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA
TIME: Friday – Saturday – 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.; Sunday – 7:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $30; $24 for Sunday 9:00 p.m. show
PONCHO SANCHEZ
WHEN: Friday 2/13/09
WHERE: New Conga Room
800 West Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 – $40
WHEN: Sunday 2/15/09
WHERE: Spaghettini’s
3005 Old Ranch Parkway
Seal Beach, CA
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 – $40
RAMON BANDA
WHEN: Tuesday 2/10/09
WHERE: Steamer’s Cafe
138 W. Commonwealth
Fullerton, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER
SCOTT MARTIN
WHEN: Thursday 2/12/09
WHERE: Vibrato Jazz Grille
2930 Beverly Glen Circle
Bel Air, CA
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
WAYNE WALLACE
WHEN: Friday 2/13/09
WHERE: Mill Valley Masonic
19 Corte Madera Ave.
Mill Valley, CA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $17 advance; $20 at door
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