Con Sabor Playlist 9/26/2020
Here is the accurate playlist for the first Con Sabor fund drive program for KPFA this past Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. The playlist in the KPFA archives is not complete due to a glitch in their playlist system. Included in this week’s music offerings was new music by Marco Bermudez, Edwin Perez, El Noro, Vission Latina, Eric Maldonado and the Paris All Stars with Pichie Perez, the Santiago All Stars, Maelo Y Su Klan, Alexis Guillen and Orquesta La Original and Willie Morales “El Piloto De La Salsa”.
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Sabiduria Con Tumbao honored the late, great “Mr. Hard Hands”….Ray Barretto this past Wednesday with both a tribute and six of his great tunes on the Six at 6 (pm) segment.
read moreNew Recordings 9/26/2020
The renowned trio of Vision Latina consisting of pianist/trumpeter Marco Diaz, bassist Saul Sierra and percussionist Carlos Caro have released an exciting new single “El Pan De Juan”. The single features the fresh new presence of guest vocalist Alberto Alberto along with percussionist Julio Perez who performs live dates with the group.
read moreCon Sabor Playlist 9/19/2020
Here is the complete playlist for Con Sabor that was aired on Saturday night, Sept. 19th on KPFA. Featured new music by Spanish Harlem Orchestra’s Marco Bermudez, Tromboranga, Gilberto Santa Rosa off of his hot new “Colegas’ recording, Wito Rodriguez, Harold Lopez-Nussa w/Cimafunk, La Tropason, Villariny Salsa Project, Raices Jazz Orchestra and our weekly diet of explosive salsa, smokin’ classics and rare gems.
read moreSabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 9/16/2020
Sabiduria Con Tumbao gave a spotlight on the big bands past and present that have given us explosive Latin Salsa/Jazz/Mambo throughout the years in Part 1 of this on-going series. We followed with the Six at 6(pm) segment focusing on La Guarachera Del Mundo, the late, great Celia Cruz and her collaborations with great artists throughout her career.
read moreLivestreams This Weekend..9/20/2020
You have your choice of intriguing livestreams featuring great talent this weekend. WorldSalsaRadio.com will be broadcasting several audio livestreams starting this Friday, Sept. 18th with the exceptional SF Bay Area based VL Trio consisting of pianist/trumpeter Marco Diaz, bassist Saul Sierra and percussionist Carlos Caro in concert starting at 7 pm PST.
read moreCon Sabor Playlist 9/12/2020
here is the playlist for the Con Sabor program that was broadcast on KPFA 94.1 FM this past Saturday evening from 9 to 11 pm. I paid tribute to the late Frankie Lebron of the Lebron Brothers who passed away late last week. New music from Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tromboranga, Edwin Perez, The Cabanijazz Project, El Noro, Edgardo Cambon, the John Santos Sextet, Bobi Cespedes, Key Elements and Carol Welsman with Juan Luis Guerra were also featured.
read moreSabiduria Con Tumbao playlist 9/9/2020
This week I had a feature on the role of the vibraphone in Salsa and Latin Jazz. The range of artists ranged from Cal Tjader to Joe Cuba to La Siete Potencias to the SF Bay Area’s own Vibrason. The Six at 6 (pm) featured scintillating salsa from Colombia.
read moreCon Sabor Playlist 9/5/2020
This past week, the program featured the highly anticipated new recording from Salsa Dura favorites Tromboranga entitled Salsaterapia and “La Familia” the lead off track from Gilberto Santa Rosa’s exciting new recording Colegas that features Tito Nieves.
read moreSabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 9/2/2020
Hi Everybody/Hola Mi Gente, this past week, Sabiduria Con Tumbao did a feature on the prolific Cuban bandleader/vocalist/composer/producer Adalberto Alvarez in the first hour. I also paid a 94th birthday tribute to Rafael Ithier (pictured left), the pianist and founder of Puerto Rico’s iconic orchestra El Gran Combo now enjoying 58 years in show business on our Six at 6 (pm) segment.
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