Con 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.
read moreNew Releases Spotlight 9/6/2020
Two hot new releases have come at the traditional end of Summer thanks to Tromboranga and Gilberto Santa Rosa.
read moreSabiduria Con Tumbao playlist 8/26/2020 – WorldSalsaRadio.com
Hi Everybody/Hola Mi Gente, I gave tribute to one of the great Puerto Rican soneros/boleristas of all time, Jose “Cheo” Feliciano in an expanded Six At 6 (pm) segment. There was so much music in his repertoire that we took up the entire second hour of Sabiduria Con Tumbao with longer tracks that exemplified his genius at the soneo!
read moreBobi Cespedes, Brian Andres and Music News 8/27/2020
SF Bay Area based Cuban vocalist Bobi Cespedes has returned with a gorgeous recording “Mujer Y Cantante”. Eight original songs celebrating the Cuban son penned by the veteran vocalist who was an important part of the esteemed Conjunto Cespedes back in the 80’s and 90’s
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