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CON SABOR PLAYLIST 5/2/2026-KPFA 94.1 FM/KPFA.ORG-SATURDAYS 9 TO 11 PM PST

CD 1/CUT 1    CACHAO DESCARGA MEXICANA CUBAN MUSIC IN JAM SESSION-BONITA 4:58

CD 1/CUT 2.   JESUS ENRIQUEZ DE QUE MANERA TE OLVIDO MOTIVOS PARA SONAR-RMM 4:12

CD 1/CUT 3    THE LATIN JAZZ COALITION/DEMETRIOS KUSTURIS MULENZE Y YO EL GRIEGO RUMBERO-IJC RECORDS 5:18

CD 1/CUT 4.  RICO WALKER NI CAYUCO, NI CULEMBO SINGLE-SALSANEO 5:35

CD 1/CUT 5.  YURI BUENAVENTURA EL GUAJIRO DEL MONTE VAGABUNDO-MERCURY FR 5:01

CD 1/CUT 6.   DON PERIGNON Y LA PUERTORRIQUEÑA FEAT HERMAN OLIVERA RITMO BEMBE 45 ANIVERSARIO-AGRADECIDO Y AFORTUNADO-DON RECORDS 4:03

***HERMAN OLIVERA W/ORQ TAINO WILL BE APPEARING THIS SAT 5/9-2 PM-4:30 PM YERBA BUENA GARDENS-MISSION STREET BETWEEN 3RD & 4TH STS., SAN FRANCISCO FREE! BATEY TAMBO WILL BE OPENING THE SHOW. INFO: YBGFESTIVAL.ORG

CD 1/CUT 7    IRAKERE TRIBUTO A PERUCHIN (LIVE) FELICIDAD-RECORDED LIVE AT RONNIE SCOTT’S CLUB-RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ HOUSE RECORDS 11:34

CD 1/CUT 8.   ADALBERTO ALVAREZ Y SU SON FEAT MANDY CANTERO TAL VEZ VUELVAS A LLAMARME (LIVE) SON PARA UN SONERO-EL CONCIERTO-BIS 9:18

CD 1/CUT 9.    PALO A RUMBEAR EN LA HABANA SINGLE-PALO 3:29

CD 1/CUT 10   ORQUESTA FUEGO W/BETSY LOPEZ LEJOS DE TI MAMBO MANIA-ORQUESTA FUEGO 4:24

CD 1/CUT 11.  OMNY CARDONA DE SANTURCE A CALI, DE EL BARRIO A LA 15 SINGLE-OMNY CARDONA 4:18

CD 1/CUT 12.  JOSE FLORES MILLIONARIO SINGLE-JOSE FLORES 4:15

CD 1/CUT 13.  SONORA PONCEÑA COMO MANGO BACK TO THE ROAD-PIANISSIMO 6:10

CD 1/CUT 14.   ERNAN LOPEZ-NUSSA, KELVIS OCHOA, SEXTO SENTIDO, YAROLDY ABREU, GASTÓN JOYA TIN TIN DEO RUMBA CON SWING: RECREACIONES DE CHANO POZO-PRODUCIONES COLIBRI 4:27    

CD 1/CUT 15    BOBBY CARCASSES W/CUBAN JAZZ MASTERS JAZZ TIMBERO JAZZ TIMBERO-TUMI MUSIC 5:21

CD 1/CUT 16.   SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA DESCARGA DE JAZZ THE LATIN JAZZ PROJECT-ARTIST SHARE 5:04  

CD 1/CUT 17. TONY VEGA SI ME MIRES A LOS OJOS SI ME MIRES A LOS OJOS-RMM 5:01

CD 1/CUT 18  CHOCO ORTA HOMENAJE A LAS SONERAS CHOCO SWING-CHOCOLOCOTON MUSIC 4:01

CD 1/CUT 19  LALO RODRIGUEZ TU NO SABES QUERER SIMPLEMENTE..LALO-TIERRAZO 6:21

CON SABOR PLAYLIST 4/18/2026-KPFA 94.1 FM/KPFA.ORG- SATURDAYS 9 TO 11 PM PST

INTRO

CD 1/CUT 1    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCH W/WYNTON MARSALIS FEAT RUBEN BLADES BAN BAN QUERE UNA NOCHE CON RUBEN BLADES-BLUE ENGINE 6:28 

CD 1/CUT 2.   EDDIE PALMIERI/CHEO FELICIANO/FANIA ALL STARS BUSCA LO TUYO FANIA ALL STARS LIVE PUERTO RICO JUNE 11, 1994-FANIA 6:30

CD 1/CUT 3   BOBBY VALENTIN LA ESPINITA BOBBY VALENTIN-BRONCO 5:55

CD 1/CUT 4.   CHRISTIAN ALICEA EL DOMINO SWINGKETE 2.0-MARATHON-TERAPIST 3:03

CD 1/CUT 5.   NORBERT FEAT TITO NIEVES Y SI MAÑANA SINGLE-NORBERT VELEZ 4:11

CD 1/CUT 6.   BULULU SAN BENITO CON SABOR LIVE SESSION/LUIS MEDINA 4:27

CD 1/CUT 7    JESUS ALEMANY’S CUBANISMO TUMBAO DE CACHAO ACUARELA CUBANA-SBK 6:36

CD 1/CUT 8.   LOS VAN VAN FEAT YENY VALDES DESPUES DE TODO CHAPEANDO-UNICORNIO 6:09

CD 1/CUT 9.   MANOLITO Y SU TRABUCO AMISTAD ES UN CALLE ME ESTOY ACOSTUMBRANDO-ENDIRECTO 5:44

CD 1/CUT 10.  MARIO Y SU TIMBEKO FEAT SUSEL “LA CHINA” GOMEZ DALE PA’FUERA SINGLE-TIMBEKO 4:29

CD 1/CUT 11    LUISITO Y SU SALSOMETRO SE FORMA LO QUE SE FORMA -LUISITO/SALSO 4:23

CD 1/CUT 12.   PIRULO Y LA TRIBU FEAT ÑEKO HOY TODO ME SALDRÁ BIEN SINGLE-LA VIDA RECORDS 3:53

CD 1/CUT 13    CORDOBA LOOKING FOR LOVE SINGLE-CORDOBA 4:48 

CD 1/CUT 14.   SUPERMAMBO FEAT FELIPE FOURNIER, RUBEN BLADES & JEREMY BOSCH SUPERMAMBO SINGLE-SUPERMAMBO 5:03

CD 1/CUT 15    PEDRO JOSE PASTRANA FIESTA EN EL PUEBLO LO QUE NOS LLEVAMOS-PJ PASTRANA MUSIC 3:55

CD 1/CUT 17    STEFON HARRIS/DAVID SANCHEZ/CHRISTIAN SCOTT E’CHA NINETY MILES-CONCORD PICANTE 4:11

CD 1/CUT 18.   HUMBERTO RAMIREZ MR. AFINQUE BETTER DAYS-NIPO MUSIC 4:39

CD 1/CUT 19.   CONJUNTO DE CLAVE Y GUAGUANCO YO SOY DE LA TIMBALAYE CANTAREMOS Y BAILAREMOS-AREITO 2:49 

CD 1/CUT 20    MARKOLINO DIMOND FEAT ANGEL CANALES BRUJERIA BRUJERIA-VAYA 4:48

CD 1/CUT 21.   MARIO ORTIZ ALL STAR BAND FEAT ISMAEL MIRANDA, ANDY MONTAÑEZ, TONY VEGA, GILBERTO SANTA ROSA, RAY DE LA PAZ, TITO ROJAS & VICTOR MANUELLE LOS SONEROS 50TH ANNIVERSARY-ALL STAR MUSIC 3:57

CD 1/CUT 22   TIT0 RODRIGUEZ JR/GILBERTO SANTA ROSA LA LEY DEL GUAGUANCO SINGLE-TITO RODRIGUEZ JR 4:24 

CD 1/CUT 23 PARIS ALL STARS/JOSE BARRIOS SON PA LOS SONEROS SINGLE 4:58

CON SABOR PLAYLIST 4/11/2026KPFA 94.1 FM/KPFA.ORG- SATURDAYS 9 TO 11 PM PST

CD 1/CUT 1   GRUPO FOLKLORICO Y EXPERIMENTAL NUEVOYORQUINO ANABACOA CONCEPTS IN UNITY-SALSOUL 6:25

CD 1/CUT 2.  NESTOR TORRES NO ME PROVOQUES NO ME PROVOQUES-SUAVE 4:55

CD 1/CUT 3   DANY MARTINEZ Y CUBANO-RICAN PARA TI-BESITO PA TI VOLUME 2-PARA TI-DANY MARTINEZ 4:41

CD 1/CUT 4.  FELIPE FOURNIER FEAT RUBEN BLADES & JEREMY BOSCH SUPERMAMBO SINGLE-SUPERMAMBO 5:03

CD 1/CUT 5.  DON PERIGNON Y LA PUERTORRIQUENA ELLA SIGUE BAILANDO CLASICO Y SABROSO-DON RECORDS 4:24

CD 1/CUT 6.  LA MAXIMA 79/DJ FABRIZIO ZORO ESCUCHE ESTE SON MONTUNO SINGLE-SMARYA 4:24 

CD 1/CUT 7   LOS VAN VAN W/MANDY CANTERO TIM-POP VIRUS-BIS 7:56

CD 1/CUT 8.  MAYITO RIVERA & THE SONS OF CUBA BAILALO COMO TU QUERIAS TIEMPOS DE GOZADERA? TIMBA RECORDS 4:48

CD 1/CUT 9.  TANIA PANTOJA NUNCA TE DI EL MANDO ASI SOY-MB RECORD 4:19

CD 1/CUT 10  DAYME AROCENA/ARTURO O’FARRILL AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA MAMBO NA MA(LIVE) THE ORIGINAL INFLUENCERS: DIZZY, CHANO AND CHICO LIVE AT TOWN HALL-TIGER TURN 4:04.   

CD 1/CUT 11   LOUIE RAMIREZ BAMBOLEATE KING OF THE LATIN VIBES-SUGAR 5:25

CD 1/CUT 12.  WILLIE ROSARIO EL CALLEJERO A MAN OF MUSIC-BRONCO 4:22

CD 1/CUT 13.  GILBERTO PULPO COLON TIRANDOTE FLORES PULPO’S HOT BREAD-THE MAMBO PROJECT 6:15

CD 1/CUT 14   YILLIAN CANIZARES MAPUTO VITAMINA Y-CANIZARES 3:29

CD 1/CUT 15.  ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ FEAT PEDRITO MARTINEZ HOTEL CALIFORNIA TAKE COVER-TAKE COVER RECORDS 3:20

CD 1/CUT 16.  JULITO ALVARADO PONCE’S RUMBA MY MUSICAL JOURNEY: 40 YEARS CELEBRATION-JULITO ALVARADO 5:57

CD 1/CUT 17   EDDIE PALMIERI DA LOWDOWN HIGHEST 2 LOWEST ORIGINAL FILM SOUNDTRACK-A24 MUSIC 4:57

CD 1/CUT 18    LOS HACHEROS FEAT JEREMY BOSCH JUANITO LA BATALLA-CHULO 5:00

CD 1/CUT 19.   CORTIJO Y SU NUEVO COMBO FEAT FE CORTIJO PICA PICA CHAMPIONS-COCO 4:34 

CD 1/CUT 20    GRUPO GALE VEN A MEDELLIN LIVE ANNIVERSARY-CODISCOS 5:58

CD 1/CUT 21     PETE BONET TUMBANDO CAÑA THE ODDS ARE ON PETE BONET-SWINGER 5:05

Con Sabor Playlist-5/2/2020

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Con Sabor Playlist-5/2/2020

The following is a complete and accurate playlist for last Saturday”s 5/2/2020 Con Sabor program that was broadcast on KPFA 94.1 FM and on-line at www.kpfa.org from 9 to 11 pm,

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New Music to Cheer Us UP!… 4/25/2020

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New Music to Cheer Us UP!… 4/25/2020

Alexander Abreu and Havana d’Primera have released a great new single “Quiero Verte Otra Vez” which addresses the COVID_19 crisis and has a strong stay at home message.

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Checking In 4/19/2020

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Checking In 4/19/2020

I’m checking in with you to see that you are still safe at home, enjoying the weekend the best way we can and staying positive!! Life is an ever evolving adventure. We need to be patient in order for us to get through this crisis together.

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Random Notes 4/15/2020

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Random Notes 4/15/2020

Professor Joe Torres, the distinctive swinging pianist who played, recorded and toured with Willie Colon passed away yesterday morning after a long illness.

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RIP Andy Gonzalez 1/1/51-4/9/20

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RIP Andy Gonzalez 1/1/51-4/9/20

Andy Gonzalez, the highly respected and prolific bass player whose memorable contributions have been heard on recordings by music giants, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri and Tito Puente died on Thursday of pneumonia and complications due to diabetes.

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Random Notes 4/7/2020

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Random Notes 4/7/2020

Hope that you are staying safe at home during this coronavirus pandemic. We will get out of this one together, folks! I would like to recommend some new excellent Salsa releases to keep your spirits up during this difficult time:

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All March concert/club appearances are cancelled or postponed for now!

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Due to concerns regarding public safety during the current Coronavirus outbreak, all of the March events mentioned on my last blog Random Notes post have been either cancelled or postponed to a later date.  Will update on future events soon.  Please be safe, take care of yourselves and wash your hands.  This is no joke!!

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Random Notes 3/6/20

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Lot of action scheduled for the SF Bay Area for the next few months…Look for Grammy award winner Tony Succar on a double bill with Peruvian sensation Daniela Darcourt at Roccapulco in March.  Grupo Niche will be also making one of their annual stops at Roccapulco as well as Cuba’s own Manolito Y Su Trabuco with special guest Emilio Frias a.k.a. El Nino from El Nino Y La Verdad in April.  If that wasn’t enough, Puerto Rican legends La Sonora Poncena will be making a rare appearance there on Saturday, May 16th……Also Eddie Palmieri and his Latin Jazz Sextet will visit the SF Jazz Center on Friday, April 3rd!!…..John Santos will be presenting a number of shows at the SF Jazz Center in late March including Batacumbele alumni Jerry Medina and his band on March 26, the John Santos Sextet on March 27, A Tribute To Cachao with percussion legend Orestes Vilato on March 28 and a matinee with members of the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra and special guests on March 29.  For more information, visit www.sfjazz.org….The exciting Flamenco/Latin Jazz saxophonist Antonio Lizana will be visiting Berkeley’s Freight and Salvage club on Wednesday, March 25 as part of the Bay Area Flamenco’s Festival Flamenco Gitano.  The series will also feature noted guitarist Antonio Rey on March 18th.  Check out thefreight.org for more information.  The Freight is also featuring Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca and his Yesun project on Saturday, March 7th…..Ciao 4...

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Reve scheduled to appear at this year’s Salsa Rueda Festival in SF

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The 12th Annual Salsa Rueda Festival is taking place this week from Thursday, Feb. 13th through Sunday, Feb. 16th at the Hotel Withcomb, 1231 Market Street between 8th and 9th St. in San Francisco. The scheduled headliner Cuban powerhouse Elito Reve Jr. Y Su Charangon.

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Bay Area Latin Jazz Festival Valentine’s Day Bash @ Oakland’s California Ballroom

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The historic California Ballroom at 1736 Franklin Street in downtown Oakland will be the site of a Valentine’s Day Dance/Concert Bash this Friday, Feb. 14th featuring the explosive trple bill of the renowned vocalist/conguero Edgardo Cambon and Candela, Grammy award winner Julius Melendez and the MP All Stars and the festive music of The Latin Rhythm Boys

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