Con 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.
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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
read moreSabiduria Con Tumbao playlist for 8/15/2020
I gave a tribute to the late Maestro Israel Lopez “Cachao” in the first half of my program last week. The 6 at Six (pm) segment showcased the songs of the Coronavirus Quarantine Summer.
read moreCon Sabor Playlist 8/22/2020
Hi Everybody, here is the playlist for this past Saturday evening’s Con Sabor program on KPFA. I played new releases from Giberto Santa Rosa w/Tito Nieves, Wito Rodriguez, Juston Saurez and the Son All Stars and Wil Campa featuring Haila. We also featured new San Francisco Bay Area based music from Bobi Cespedes (pictured left), The John Santos Sextet and Edgardo Cambon & LaTiDo.
read moreLate Summer Music Releases 8/17/2020
Among the pile of new releases from the San Francisco Bay Area that I received, during the past 2 months, have included the anticipated new release “Art Of The Descarga” from The John Santos Sextet on Smithsonian Folkways which reinterprets the traditional, improvised Cuban descargas (jam sessions) into a jazzier, modernistic groove with poignant political and social commentary within the composition’s inventive twists and turns.
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