San Francisco Bay Area’s own Latin Music Renaissance man John Santos was my special guest in the first hour of Con Sabor this week. We had a great conversation talking about his latest recording with his sextet Art Of The Descarga on Smithsonian Folkways, his life dealing with the pandemic, his thoughts on how the public can support musicians and artists, his memories about his close friend, late Santana conguero Raul Rekow and his thoughts about the passing of conga legend Candido Camero. The program is archived for two weeks after broadcast at www.kpfa.org/archives. Here is the playlist.
John Santos Sextet/Los Misterios/Art Of The Descarga/Smithsonian Folkways
John Santos Interview
John Santos Sextet w/Maraca, Orestes Vilato, Orlando Torriente & Anthony Blea/Bernal Heights/Art Of The Descarga/Smithsonian Folkways
John Santos Sextet w/Orestes Vilato/Descarga Jarocha/Art Of The Descarga/Smithsonian Folkways
Candido Camero/Carlos “Patato Valdes/Giovanni Hidalgo/Descarga De Los Reyes/The Conga Kings/Chesky
Little Johnny Rivero w/Anthony Almonte/Quien Te Ha Dicho/Golpe Duro/Mod Squad
La 33/El Comediante Coqueto/Single/La 33
Cabanijazz Project/Tranquilo Que Vas De Prisa/Hellasonic/Little Campana
Monte Adentro/La Septima Del Son/La Septima Del Son/Vargas Production
Jose Lus Cortes “El Tosco”, Emilio Frias “El Niño” & Adalberto Alvarez Y Su Son/A Bayamo En Coche (Live)/Son Para Un Sonero/BIS
Tony Succar feat Issac Delgado & Haila Mompie/Sentimiento Original/Sentimiento Original/Unity
Cano Estremera/La Mania De Tu Mujer/Opera Ecuajey/Combo
Eric Maldonado and the Paris All Stars featuring Pichie Perez/El Sonero Del Bailador/El Sonero Del Bailador/Paris Studios
Fernando Quiroz feat Marcial Istruiz/La Fiesta Es Hasta Las 3/Single/Fernando Quiroz
Orquesta Lucena/Estas Que Te Vas/Sin Ti/Discos Salsa Lu
Mauricio Silva/Rumbas Del Trabuco/Legado De La Salsa Venezolana Vol. 1/Sonografica
Live Appearances
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