Vamanos pal hilo Rolling Afro-Latin Music 2016: Salsa, Bomba, Merengue,Reggaeton, Bachata, Latin-Jazz and more

Slow year so far, but playlist updated.

ILM's Rolling Latin & Afro-Latin Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

This looks like something I need to get:

http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/25904.10?DVprYSsh;;445

That's: Cortijo Y Su Combo Saoco Presents Cortijo 1969-1971: The Ansonia Years. (Should have linkified the title.)

Caught some of Peter Brainin's Latin Jazz Workshop at Fat Cat last night, with an all-star band. $3 - cheap!

Nice. I caught outside of DC a remake of the opera Carmen--but turned into an Afro-Cuban musical set in 1959 Cuba with music composed by Arturo O'Farrill, and choreography by Sergio Trujillo (who is a big deal on Broadway). Got tix half-price from Goldstar but still not cheap. Music and dancing was good, alas the main male lead was not, and the spoken and sung lines were not. Jose's switch from loyal Batista soldier to revolutionary and guy in love with Carmen was not believable. Broadway author/director Moisés Kaufman needs to rewrite script and find a better male lead if he wants to take this to the great white way.

I wanna see on March 18th--Charlie Aponte at the Palace, in Virginia 30 some minutes south of DC (old-school Latino salsa singer from El Gran Combo)

Will see, shows start around midnight or so there...

So maybe...But that Sahel Tuareg Tamashek movie that pays homage to Purple Rain sorta, is also showing for one night only elsewhere, and maybe I should go to the gym and then stay home...

But on the other hand, I have fine memories of seeing El Gran Combo a few times lately and they were good. I think Aponte was with them at those times. Plus hearing salsa live and loud there is inspiring and the wife and I can dance together (albeit poorly) and have fun

So the NY Times Magazine's 25 Songs that tell Us about the Future includes a J Shep favorable piece on Pitbull's "Taxi" and a series of photos of reggaeton's J. Balvin working in a studio with Pharell W.

http://remezcla.com/features/film/we-like-it-like-that-interview/

New movie doc on Boogaloo with some interviews and history and such on the link

2015 doc, so not exactly new

seen it, it's good.

New Willie Rosario! This better not be a let down.

http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/25920.10?uQ3A2uBV;;408

Also the collaboration between Larry Harlow and (the much younger) Marlow Rosado could be good, but we'll see. The Rosado songs I've kind of liked haven't felt all the way there yet.

Harlow/Marlow is on Spotify already.

This is alright so far. Want something harder, less Latin jazzy (and probably less Cuban influenced).

I love PR salsa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL2HD_UNdEw

Ya No Eres Nada

(Does have an audio watermark from the youtube channel.)

PR salsa para siempre, no timba needed.

Willie Rosario live in 2015:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDcWgFGNRk

New Ricardo Gallo. I tend to file him under jazz in my mind more than under Latin music. Have not heard this one yet.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1tyLuylaqqWpcWnRf0GgZW

This is totally different from the other Gallo albums I've heard, which sometimes drift toward avant-garde territory (especially Urdimbres y Marañas) and were all instrumental.

x-post -- I did not go to the late night Charlie Aponte gig. Have seen him twice with El Gran Combo. Watched the Malian movie instead.

Need to check out the stuff Rudiph posted.

I might as well just order this Willie Rosario CD. Even these choppy clips on youtube are probably enough to go on (given my high opinion of WR).

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/arts/music/review-dayme-arocena-mixes-a-cosmopolitan-vibe-with-an-earthy-tone.html?ref=arts

Cuban singer was in NYC

Need to check out Arocena's album from last year, as the Jon Pareles phrasing in the NY T story has me curious:

Her voice opened up to approach the earthy, full-throated cries of Afro-Cuban ritual chants. But the music surrounding her was far from traditional. It was jazz from a piano-bass-drums trio, with the harmonic and rhythmic complexities of hard-bop and the melodic grace of Brazilian pop. Ms. Arocena unites cosmopolitan musicianship with deep roots.

And need to check out salsa vet Willie Rosario still too

Playlist updated for March.

ILM's Rolling Latin & Afro-Latin Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

Great. That Cortijo collection is up on Spotify now. I didn't know.

http://www.npr.org/2016/03/08/469665151/on-tocororo-alfredo-rodriguez-brings-cuba-to-the-world-and-the-world-to-cuba

Quincy Jones produced this guy. Haven't heard him yet. I think he did well on the "Latin" portion of the jazz critics poll last year

Alfredo Rodriguez's latest album is all over the map---movie soundtrack, classical, 70s fusion, Peter Gabriel, Brazilian, Disney...guest female vocals. Once in awhile some throwback Afro-Latin sounds

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/7318690/hear-pedrito-martinezs-new-song-with-ruben-blades-exclusive

Clear Channel I Heart Radio winner from April 3rd:

Enrique Iglesias and Nicky Jam won Latin Song of the Year for their hit tune “El Perdón,” while competing against titans like "La Gozadera" by Gente De Zona featuring Marc Anthony, "Mi Verdad" by Maná featuring Shakira, "Ay Vamos" by J Balvin and "Hilito" by Romeo Santos

Saw a Cuban music doc called "The Forbidden Shore." Except for some clips of Los Van Van, and an interview with their now late leader Juan Formell, the movie was largely preoccupied with, to paraphrase one of the musicians in it, proving that Cuba is not stuck in 1959 with the Buena Vista Social Club. Alas, that meant mostly interviews and brief clips of trova and folk-rockers, with just a tiny bit of reggaeton and little timba or jazz. The trova and folk-rockers are all bummed they are not known around the world like Buena Vista.

RIP Ismael Quintana.

Sad news. The voice of La Perfecta.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ6frXvcLDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUYzvMxR0hM

(And that's Chocolate on "Bilongo.")

Some SummerStage shows of interest:

Latino Artists and Culture at SummerStage 2016: León Larregui, Joe Bataan, Tito Rojas, Paulo Flores, Monobloco, Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound, George Lamond, Los Cafres, Rodrigo Amarante, Johnny Rivera, Fat Joe, Joan Català and more

George Lamond, DJ Lucho
July 5 – Tuesday – 7:00pm – Crotona Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW

Latin Alternative Music Conference: Mexrrissey, Los Cafres, La Dame Blanche
July 6 – Wednesday – 5:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW

Fat Joe, Tony Touch
July 6 – Wednesday – 7:00pm – Crotona Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW

A Tribute to Acclaimed Latin Jazz Musician Dave Valentin
July 7 – Thursday – 7:00pm – Crotona Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW

Latin Alternative Music Conference: León Larregui, Rodrigo Amarante, Grenda
July 8 – Friday – 5:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW

Johnny Rivera, Joan Català
July 12 – Tuesday – 7:00pm – St. Mary’s Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW

Joe Bataan meets SETENTA, Joan Català
July 13 – Wednesday - 7:00pm – St. Mary’s Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW

Tito Rojas
July 14 – Thursday – 7:00pm – St. Mary’s Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW

Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue – Film Screening: We Like It Like That
July 15 – Friday – 7:00pm – St. Mary’s Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW

Paulo Flores, Herencia de Timbiquí, Monsieur Periné, DJ Greg Caz, DJ Manny
July 17 – Sunday – 2:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW

Brasil Summerfest: Monobloco, Cabruêra, Boogarins, DJ Luiz Santos
Pre-Show Panel Discussion
August 6 – Saturday – 5:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW

Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound
August 11 – Thursday – East River Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW

Wish you could also get funding to do a similar series down here in DC

We do have this:

Metro Mambo, Sat. April 30th 2 to 4 at the Anacostia Arts Center for free (special event)

Join host Jim Byers (WPFW 89.3 FM) for a celebration of the late, great Cuban trumpeter Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros! Guest speaker DJ Nancy Alonso (WPFW 89.3’s Latin Flavor Salsa Dura Show) screens & discusses excerpts of personal footage of her touring DC places and music spaces with a legend she called a personal friend. During the second hour, dance to DJ Nancy as she spins a broad mix of salsa and mambo classics – all featuring the legend at Chocolate Armenteros!

Nowt to say other than I listened to a bunch of Danilo Perez albums for the first time today and it was time well spent (￣▽￣)/♫•*¨*•.¸¸♪

His Monk album is wonderful in ways that it doesn't really matter that he is reinterpreting Monk, it is stand-alone brilliant.

My jazz listener Dad's a fan and I always keep intending to listen more, but haven't yet.

Believe he posted some photos of himself with Herbie and Chick the other day.

Anyway came to post this video of Ray Barretto, since it was his birthday yesterday, along with Charlie Palmieri and Tito Puente, with what seems to be Kate Bush looking on at about the 1:40 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG4PtFUg5VM

Playlist updated for April.

ILM's Rolling Latin & Afro-Latin Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

Ned S*blette raving about in his email :Papo Vázquez's Mighty Pirates Troubadours, live at Hostos, right by the 149th St. stop in the Bronx,

with guests Robert Cepeda, Felipe Luciano Joe Locke . And the core members of the Philly-Rican-African-American-bomba-soul-jazz MPT, with its tenor duo of Papo and Willie Williams up front

Vazquez is from Philly,

http://aldianews.com/articles/culture/music/papo-v%C3%A1zquez-coming-back-philly-his-mighty-pirates-troubadours/41372

http://musicabana.com/

May 5th through 8th fest in Havana

Gente la Zona with Marc Anthony track that's been big since 2015 (and Ned says its huge in Cuba)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMp55KH_3wo

Gente la Zona's Cuban reggaeton is still on top of several Billboard charts

I'm getting really sick of vapid anthems like that.

Seeing relatives and listening to and watching other stuff, means I still have not viewed the dvr'd Latin Grammys. Oh well.

New Andrés Landero compilation, Yo Amanecí, coming on Vampisoul. Track listing:

1. La cigarrona
2. Mara del Carmen
3. Tambó tambó
4. Virgen de la Candelaria
5. Perdí las abarcas
6. Mi machete
7. La muerte de Eduardo Lora
8. Marta Cecilia
9. Cuando lo negro sea bello
10. Así se goza
11. Cumbia en la India
12. Que te vaya bien
13. Por ahí es que va la cosa
14. La mochila terciá
15. Rosa y Mayo
16. La pava congona
17. Yo amanecí
18. Las mellas
19. Mercedes Elena
20. La Sanjacintera

Finally listened to some of N*d Sublette's fave album of the year-- the pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa one. Mostly Afro-Cuban jazz tracks, but a couple of ones that are more traditional Afro-Cuban with chanted vocals and a more rhythmic clave bottom.

Speaking of N*d, He happening to be in Cuba when Fidel died. The government decreed a period of mourning with no secular music, no sports, and no drinking from the time of death through the funeral on the 4th.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597274/fidel-castro-first-person-account-cuba

playlist is updated.

Thanks.

x-post...speaking of Cuba, the current version of Los Van Van is scheduled for a US tour now. Gonna be in DC on the 8th

http://www.npr.org/sections/altlatino/2016/12/14/505452781/alt-latino-picks-the-best-latin-music-of-2016

no salsa, timba, reggaeton or Latin jazz on this list.

Oh, Omar Sosa's on one of the releases

Most of that iLe (woman from Calle 13) album really clicked for me yesterday. Especially "Canibal"

It may just be one of those albums where you have to be in the right state for it. My response to it continues to fluctuate from listen to listen, but I still think it's very good. I do kind of agree with you about the tempo not varying enough.

Frankie Reyes' Boleros Valses Y Mas is worth a listen. Vintage moog synthesizer covers of older songs (mostly standards I would guess). I'm not sure I'll be going back to it though.

I still think Rescatarme is the strongest track on Ilevitable. Would like to hear her sing more songs with this sort of vocal intensity. I wouldn't miss it if she left out the retro choral part. The recital at the beginning is from poetry by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

The whole album is probably a lot "artier" (for better or worse) if you understand Spanish. There is also the song about turning into a bug, with mention of Kafka.

The NPR jazz critics poll also asks voters to list fave Latin jazz albums if they'd like. Here is what they voted for:

LATIN

1. Pedrito Martinez Group Habana Dreams 10

2. Jane Bunnett & Maqueque Oddara Linus 9

3 (tie). Brian Lynch Presents Madera Latino Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective on the Music of Woody Shaw 8

3 (tie). Alfredo Rodriguez Tocororo 8

5. Guillermo Klein Los Guachos V 7

6. Edward Simon Latin American Songbook 6

New thread time:

Rolling Afro-Latin Music 2017: Salsa, Bomba, Merengue,Reggaeton, Bachata, Latin Jazz, Bolero and more

Playlist is finalized.

ILM's Rolling Latin & Afro-Latin Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist