Latin Jazz This Week

April 27, 2009 by chip
Filed under: Jazz, Latin Jazz, Podcasts, Soul/R&B, SoulSites, SoulTrackin'

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
For the past few weeks, we’ve been reporting on the Grand Opening of Tutuma Social Club, a restaurant and nightclub dedicated to great Afro-Peruvian food and daily doses of Afro-Peruvian Jazz. The Grand Opening celebration was originally scheduled for this week, but due to construction issues, the club’s debut has been postponed until Tuesday May 12th. You’ll still get all that great Afro-Peruvian Jazz that the club promises, you’ll just have to wait a little longer . . . more news as we get closer!

Last week, we reported on the passing of the great New York guitarist and cuatro player Edgardo Miranda, who performed with a wealth of Latin Jazz legends, from Jerry Gonzalez to Papo Vazquez and more. The blog over at La Fonda Boricua also remembered Miranda with a short write-up on his life and music. Check it out HERE.

Ted Panken leads an interesting interview with clarinetist Anat Cohen and Brazilian drummer Duduka da Fonseca over at Jazz.com this week. The pair has worked together often, most prominently on da Fonseca’s 2006 album Samba Jazz in Black and White. Panken goes in deep with the duo, discussing ideas around Brazilian music, da Fonseca’s background, and their ideas about collaboration. It’s an interesting article about a dynamic pair of musicians – check it out HERE.

HOT RECENTLY AT LJC
Focusing The Spotlight: Yuri Juarez & Tutuma Social Club

5 Albums That Remember Bay Area Latin Jazz Saxophonist Ron Stallings (1947 – 2009)

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AVAILABLE NOW

Bobby Sanabria Conducting The Manhattan School of Music Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra: Kenya Revisited Live!!!

Irene & Her Latin Jazz Band: A Song Of You

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LIVE LATIN JAZZ
If you’re in EUROPE this week . . .
DAVID SANCHEZ
WHEN: Saturday 5/2/09
WHERE: Menorca Jazz Festival
Menorca
Balearic Islands, Spain
TIME: 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: 24 euros

If you’re on the EAST COAST this week . . .
ARTURO O’FARRILL
Solo Piano
WHEN: Wednesday 4/29/09
WHERE: Puppet’s Jazz Bar
481 5th Avenue Park Slope
Brooklyn, NY
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10

BLUE MAMBO
WHEN: Wednesday 5/29/09
WHERE: Willie’s Steak House
1832 Westchester Ave
Bronx, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m.

CHICO O’FARRILL’S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
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 5/3/09
WHERE: Smoke
2751 Broadway
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. & 11:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $20 minimum

CHUCHITO VALDES
WHEN: Thursday 4/30/09 – Saturday 5/2/09
WHERE: Bank & Blues Club
Main Street
Daytona Beach, FL
TIME: 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $28

DAFNIS PRIETO
WHEN: Saturday 5/2/09
WHERE: Western Connecticut State University – Ives Concert Hall
181 White Street
Danbury, CT
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $15

GARY MORGAN & PANAMERICANA
WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
WHERE: Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10

HENDRIK MEURKENS
WHEN: Wednesday 4/29/09
WHERE: The Kitano
66 Park Avenue
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER, $15 minimum

JOHN BENITEZ LATIN JAZZ GROUP
WHEN: Thursday 4/30/09
WHERE: La Fonda Boricua
East 106th Street
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER

LATIN GIANTS OF JAZZ
WHEN: Saturday 5/2/09
WHERE: Hyatt Regency of Greenwich
1800 East Putnam Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT
TIME: 6:00 p.m.

WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
WHERE: Dance Manhattan Studio
39 W. 19th Street
Manhattan, NY
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $14

LAYLA ANGULO
WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
WHERE: Jules Bistro
65 St. Marks
New York, NY
TIME: 8:00 p.m.

NEGRONI’S TRIO
WHEN: Friday 5/1/09
WHERE: Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL

VENISSA SANTÍ
WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
WHERE: Bistro St. Tropez
2400 Market Street
Market Place Design Center 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA
TIME: 11:30 p.m.

WILLIE MARTINEZ
WHEN: Thursday 4/30/09
WHERE: Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
New York, NY
TIME: 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10

If you’re in the MID-EAST this week . . .
CRAIG RUSSO LATIN JAZZ PROJECT
WHEN: Thursday 4/30/09
WHERE: Zorba’s
627 E Green St
Champaign, IL
TIME: 9:30 p.m.

DAVID SANCHEZ
Guest Artist w/Black Hawk College Jazz Ensemble
WHEN: Thursday 4/30/09
WHERE: Black Hawk College
6600 34th Ave
Moline, IL
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE

LOS GATOS
WHEN: Thursday 4/30/09
WHERE: The Firefly Club
637 S. Main
Ann Arbor, MI
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $8

PONCHO SANCHEZ
WHEN: Friday 5/1/09
WHERE: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – WWOZ Jazz Tent
1751 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans, LA
TIME: 5:45 p.m.
TICKETS: $40

TUMBAO BRAVO
WHEN: Saturday 5/2/09
WHERE: Niki’s Pizza
735 Beaubien Street
Detroit, MI
TIME: 8:00 p.m.

WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
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 4/28/09
WHERE: Caffe Trieste
1667 Market
San Francisco, CA
TIME: 6:00 p.m.

ARTURO SANDOVAL
WHEN: Friday 5/1/09 – Sunday 5/3/09
WHERE: Yoshi’s – Oakland
Jack London Square
Oakland, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.; Sunday 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: Friday & Saturday – $28; Sunday 2:00 p.m. – $5 kid & $18 adult; $24 general admission; Sunday 7:00 p.m. – $28

GRUPO FALSO BAIANO
WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
WHERE: Sam’s Chowder House
4210 North Cabrillo Highway
Half Moon Bay, CA
TIME: 1:00 p.m.
TICKETS: NO COVER

WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
WHERE: Anna’s Jazz Island
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $14

JOHN SANTOS SEXTET
Voices Change Lives Banquet
WHEN: Saturday 5/2/09
WHERE: Oakland Åsian Cultural Center
388 9th St. # 290.
Oakland, CA
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $45

JUAN ESCOVEDO
WHEN: Wednesday 4/29/09
WHERE: Yoshi’s – Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
Jack London Square
Oakland, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $14

LOUIE CRUZ BELTRAN LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE
WHEN: Saturday 5/2/09
WHERE: Steamer’s
138 W. Commonwealth
Fullerton, CA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $8

MARK LEVINE & THE LATIN TINGE
WHEN: Monday 4/27/09
WHERE: Yoshi’s – Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
Jack London Square
Oakland, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS: 8:00 p.m. – $16; 10:00 p.m. – $10

PONCHO SANCHEZ
WHEN: Tuesday 4/28/09
WHERE: The Mint
6010 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 11:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $15 in advance; $20 at the door

WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
WHERE: Steamer’s
138 W. Commonwealth
Fullerton, CA
TIME: 7:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $15

SCOTT MARTIN LATIN SOUL BAND
WHEN: Friday 5/1/09
WHERE: Vintage Steak House
26701-B Verdugo Street
San Juan Capistrano, CA
TIME: 8:30 p.m.

WHEN: Saturday 5/2/09
WHERE: Seabird Jazz Lounge
730 E. Broadway
Long Beach, CA
TIME: 9:00 p.m.

WHEN: Sunday 5/3/09
WHERE: The Redondo Pier
Torrance Boulevard
Redondo Beach, CA
TIME: 4:00 p.m.
TICKETS: FREE

TANAORA
CD Release Celebration – Dia Real!
WHEN: Monday 5/4/09
WHERE: Yoshi’s – Oakland
510 Embarcadero West
Jack London Square
Oakland, CA
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $10

WAYNE WALLACE
WHEN: Thursday 4/30/09
WHERE: Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
TICKETS: $12 in advance; $15 at door

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