4 New Ways You Can Create, Find, and Consume Music
Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
In the past weeks there have been several articles in the news regarding new technologies which bring new ways to create, find, and consume music. You read Latino Music Cafe because as me, you like music and it’s an important part of your life. I therefore want to share with you these new technologies that [...]
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Remarks About Latin Jazz: A Conversation
Posted on 20. Jun, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
This is an excellent conversation that I got from Latin Jazz group in Yahoo. Musician Ricky González, a master pianist, besides playing other instruments with his group and with such artists as Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Ray Barretto, Juan Luis Guerra, Spyro Gyra, and many others, wrote this insightful commentary regarding the [...]
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Too Much Solos in Jazz?
Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
I recently wrote about my impressions or Terence Blanchard at the Bellevue Jazz Fest, indicating that I found a certain part of the performance less that exciting because of the long and consecutive solos. This had nothing to do with the virtuosity of Terence and his band, which I found to be integrated by extraordinary [...]
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Jerry Leake Marches to a Different Drummer
Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
This is a different perspective of what we commonly call a “percusionist”. Here is another interesting article by Latino Music Cafe partner World Music News Wire on master percusionist Jerry Leake.
Below is part of the article, which may redefine for you the concept of a percusionist. If you like what you read below, you can [...]
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Bellevue Served a Jazz Festival for the Community
Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
There are events for a specific focused group of people that love a particular specialty, be that a particular type of music, art, dances, food, cause, or interest. The Bellevue Jazz Festivalwent beyond its focus group to share the jazz experience with the broader Bellevue area community. The combination of premium pay events with nationally [...]
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Pablo Menendez and Mezcla Play More Than Cuban Music
Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
The month of June opened with a bang here in the greater Seattle area with the visit from Cuba of Pablo Menendez and his band Mezcla, followed by the Bellevue Jazz Festival. Mezcla showed the versatility of their musicians and their repertoire by playing songs from several of their previous CDs, which cover several musical [...]
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Bellevue Jazz Festival Prepares for 3rd Edition
Posted on 28. May, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) is not your typical Jazz Festival band, and yet it ignited the stage and the crowd when it performed in the 1st edition of the Bellevue Jazz Festival 2 years ago. Then again, the Bellevue Downtown Association may not be hosting your standard type of Jazz Festival, and now in its 3rd edition, [...]
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Alex Cuba’s Agua del Pozo Breaks the Language Barrier
Posted on 25. May, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
This is another great article written by Latino Music Cafe’s partner blogger Wire Music News Wire back in September 2009. Continuing with the Cuban theme, this article covers the work of Alex Cuba, who was born in the Caribbean island and now lives in Canada.
You can read the first part of the article here and/or [...]
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Pablo Menendez comes to Seattle with a Mix of Rhythms
Posted on 23. May, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
Pablo Menendez and his band Mezcla will be performing at Seattle’s Jazz Alley on June 1st and 2nd as part of his current U.S. tour. An American born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Pablo has been residing in Cuba since age 14 (I can’t remember many of those after Hemingway), and will bring a [...]
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Justo Betancourt: Lo Sabemos Salsa Clasica Album Released
Posted on 22. May, 2010 by Hector Aviles.
If you like Salsa music from the boom years of Salsa (this means Salsa clasica), you will be pleased to know that the new owners of the Fania Records label have released Justo Betancourt’s classic album “Lo Sabemos”.
Fania All-Stars Band in Disguise
“Lo Sabemos” is one of my favorite albums from the Salsa boom times (I [...]
