Hoy es el cumpleaños de este gran ser musical y amigo entrañable, el "duende" Ramon Valle, un pianista y compositor cubano excepcional que reside en Holanda (y que se conoce bien poco en este lado del hemisferio a pesar de su talento y carrera).
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Miami Nice Jazz Festival. Featuring Roberto Fonseca and Leading Ladies of Jazz. November 2014. #olympiatheater #gusmancenter #miaminicejazzfestival
Third edition of the Miami Nice Jazz Festival is coming to Miami from Nov 1st -
November 23rd 2014! The Olympia Theater at Gusman Center kicks things off on November 1st with ROBERTO FONSECA and features the LEADING LADIES OF JAZZ on November 8th.
For other Miami Nice Jazz Festival events, visit:
Originally published by Olympia Theater webpage
ROBERTO FONSECA
November 01, 8:00pm
The Miami Nice Jazz Festival and Olympia Theater present ROBERTO FONSECA and his trio in concert for the opening of 2014 Miami Nice Jazz Festival. Doors open at 7am.
Join us for an AFTER-SHOW JAM SESSION around the corner at SOYA E POMODORO, 120 NE 1st St. RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED atsimplefood@soyaepomodoro.com
Roberto Fonseca: When Roberto Fonseca plays, the music seeps from every pore in his body. At times on stage, the fabulously gifted pianist, composer and bandleader grabs a drum and transforms his group into a comparsa.
One of the most exciting Cuban pianists in generations, Fonseca has a sound that is at the fertile crossroads of jazz, traditional music, and soul steeped in a spirituality faithful to his Afro-Cuban roots. He has performed alongside greats such as Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzalez, Omara Portuondo, and Herbie Hancock, all of whom have influenced his music and ever-evolving career.
With his latest release, YO, Fonseca steps between electro, analogue and African, Hammond organs, n'goni, congas, kora and the talking drum, creating a synthesis of Afro Cuoan groove and Griot tradition. As Jazzwise explains, "Where some bandleaders will switch key or rhythm mid-track, Fonseca switches continents. Fonseca's genius lies in his ability to choose and blend an unusually wide range of sounds in a way that are enticing without ever compromising his core musical values.
"To bring together the sounds of his heritage, Fonseca workd with African musicians Faudel, Assane Mboup, Baba Sissoko, Etienne M'Bappe, Sekou Kouyate, and Fatoumata Diawara, as well as Cuban artists Ramses Rodriguez and Joel Hierrezuelo. This album proves that Fonseca's horizons are not limited by the subtleties of jazz, nor inextricably tied to the Caribbean. "Yo lunges in fantastic and unexpected directions while remaining rooted m Afro-Cuban musical traditions (The Washington Post)."
If proof were needed that music is a language of its own, here it is.
Sponsors:
NICOLE YARLING, WENDY PEDERSEN, & ROSE MAX
November 08, 8:00pm
The Miami Nice Jazz Festival and Olympia Theater present MIAMI'S LEADING LADIES OF JAZZ: NICOLE YARLING, WENDY PEDERSEN, and ROSE MAX featuring the SOUTH FLORIDA JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Join us for an AFTER-SHOW JAM SESSION around the corner at SOYA E POMODORO, 120 NE 1st St. RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED atsimplefood@soyaepomodoro.com
Miami Nice Jazz Festival and Olympia Theater present Miami’s Leading Ladies of Jazz featuring Miami’s ultimate Big Band – The South Florida Jazz Orchestra. Miami’s Leading Ladies: Nicole Yarling, Wendy Pederson, and Rose Max, match their individual interpretations of Swing, Bop, Latin, and Big Band Classics with Conductor Chuck Bergeron and the SFJO. The not-to-miss finale brings the South Florida Jazz Orchestra and all three of Miami’s Leading Ladies together with blazing brass, rolling winds and thumping percussion in a set that promises to raise the roof and twinkling stars of the Olympia Theater!
Nicole Yarling: Nicole defies description. Her myriad of personal influences have created a product that begs attention across the board. Her chosen instruments are voice, violin and fiddle (in that order). Nicole is a rich velvet voice with technical skill and personality to boot. Born and raised in and around Brooklyn, New York, in a musical household laid groundwork for Nicole's career. She was inspired very early by her father, who plays jazz organ and piano, and her father's records, which all made an impact on Nicole's musical tastes: Artists such as Etta Jones, Miles Davis, Stuff Smith, J.J. Johnson, and Sonny Rollins, to the Beatles and Motown classics were in regular rotation. Aside from the familial influences, Nicole's education is extensive, ranging from a B.A. in Music from Baruch College, to a Masters in Music Education at Columbia University. Nicole moved to Florida in 1980 and has created quite a buzz her excursions have brought about stints with Dizzy Gillespie, and three years on tour as a featured soloist with Jimmy Buffet. She also participated on Buffet's platinum-selling CD, Fruit Cakes, and then went on to do eight worldwide tours with her own project, Little Nicky and the Slicks.
Wendy Pederson: Wendy Pedersen is one of South Florida’s favorite performers. Her high-energy vocal delivery, with deep, convincing emotion has been impacting audiences for many years. A graduate of the University of Miami’s Studio Music and Jazz Vocal program, Wendy began her singing career in high school, but her earliest memory is poring through her mom’s record collection, practically wearing out the vinyl on Elton John and Beatle’s records. Eventually, her heart found it’s way to jazz and it has felt like home ever since.
Rose Max: Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rose realized she had the gift of singing at a very early age. Everyone from her mother's side was a musician. She is the great-grand daughter of the conductor and composer CUPERTINO DE MENEZES and granddaughter of the guitar player and composer MANUEL DE MENEZES. She started singing professionally with the Octeto Rio Orchestra performing in the musically wealthy nightclub scene of Rio. One of her best experiences was performing at "Clube do Samba” (Samba Club) where she had a chance to learn with some of the big names of Brazilian music, such as Maestro Licinho, Neco, Antonio Carlos Tourinho, João Nogueira, and Roberto Ribeiro. She also started working as a session singer, recording jingles and background vocals, which led to the opportunity of backing up some of Brazil’s most renowned singers. Rose moved to Miami in October of 1993, where she has been continuing to grow and develop musically, and by keeping a constant performance schedule, she has become highly recognized in the Brazilian, Hispanic and American communities.
About South Florida Jazz Orchestra: The premier large Jazz ensemble in Miami since its inception in 2006. The SFJO is a modern big band comprised of many of the best jazz & studio musicians in the greater Miami area. Directed by bassist/composer Chuck Bergeron, the band's critically acclaimed debut CD features guests Arturo Sandoval, Ed Calle & Kevin Mahogany and has achieved national acclaim and received airplay at radio stations throughout the country.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
La Ruta de las Almas. Latest art project by Pavel Urquiza.
La Ruta de las Almas.
Latest art project by Pavel Urquiza, remarkable Cuban singer-songwriter who is one of the leading producers of what I call the Transnational Cuban Alternative Music Scene (TCAMS): a network of Cuban singers, songwriters and academically trained musicians spread out allover the world, who migrated since the 1990's crisis in the island. For more than 20 years this network of musicians has been creating, recording, producing, collaborating, and fusioning with Cuban music across different cities of the world as its regular "modus operandi."
According to La Ruta de las Almas webpage: "This project travels through five countries speaking and collaborating with artists spanning over twelve nationalities. Our team has collected interviews, footage, and sound for the documentary and the songs I composed inspired by this of coexistence. These twelve songs are about the connections I see and hear in the world - and about the past, present, and future explorers on this common path. "
They are about to finish the documentary, which is a serious research and reflexion about the music connections among the Americas, the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean. It's a totally independent project where the protagonists are musicians from more than 20 countries, including but not limited to Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, España, Marruecos, Israel, Palestina.
They have launched a campaign to collect funds in order to finish this project. Those interested could support it by visiting La Ruta de las Almas website and/or FB page.
"Hablando con Juana". Alain Perez (Cuban musician based in Madrid) latest CD in the making.
Alain is a natural leader of a generation of Cuban musicians living in Spain (i.e.: Javier Gutierrez Masso "Caramelo", Ivan Melon Lewis, Fernando Favier, Kiki Ferrer, Ivan Ruiz Machado, among many others) who is crafting a reach dialogue between the foundations of Cuban music from all times with flamenco, pop, jazz, funk, etc.. In addition, they are updating all this musical "melange" with the uniqueness of "tumbaos" ((rhythm pattern made with bass, congas and piano in Timba music that creates a groove and a call to dance ) which Perez in particular has been developing for a while.
A work in progress
To know more about this versatile musician, click here, to read an interview to Alain Perez I previously published in this blog, and in the Madrid based online magazine Cubaencuentro.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Celebrating that my blog just got more than 10 000 viewers..!!!
Greatly surprised and thankful that my blog Cubanidadinbetween just hit more than 10 000 viewers.
Here's a link to one of my favorites interviews that I've published so far to Judith Sanchez Ruiz, Cuban dancer and choreographer living in Germany.
For the moment I am not publishing new texts of my own because I'm in the process of writing my Phd dissertation. But as soon as I'm done with that I will.
Thanks for the interest and support, and please consider becoming a follower.
Saturno, by Liliam Dominguez
Gratamente sorprendida y agradecida de que mi blog Cubanidadinbetween haya sido visitado más de 10 000 veces.
Acá un enlace a una de mis entrevistas preferidas hechas hasta el momento a Judith Sanchez Ruiz, bailarina y coreógrafa cubana que actualmente vive en Alemania.
Por el momento no estoy publicando textos propios pues estoy inmersa en el proceso de escritura de mi tesis de doctorado. Pero una vez que culmine ese proceso volveré a ello.
Gracias por el interés y el apoyo, y por favor considere convertirse en un seguidor del blog.
Monday, October 6, 2014
A brilliant tribute to Michael Jackson, where music proves once again as the universal language and point of encounter.
Patáx project, by Spanish- American musician Jorge Perez; originally by Patax FB Page
Inspired in fusion greats like Weather Report, Corea ́s Electric Band, Herbie Hancock or Zawinul and directly influenced by the Jazz of Irakere, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Hermeto Pascoal and Paco de Lucía, this projects takes fusion to a new place, where a communion between flamenco and afrocuban folklore is the key ingredient of a complex and magical recipe.
Inspired in fusion greats like Weather Report, Corea ́s Electric Band, Herbie Hancock or Zawinul and directly influenced by the Jazz of Irakere, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Hermeto Pascoal and Paco de Lucía, this projects takes fusion to a new place, where a communion between flamenco and afrocuban folklore is the key ingredient of a complex and magical recipe.
Inspirados en los grandes de la fusión como Weather Report, La Electric Band de Corea, Herbie Hancock o Zawinul e influenciados por el jazz de Irakere, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Hermeto Pascoal o Paco de Lucía, este proyecto propone llevar la fusión a un nuevo lugar, donde una comunión entre el flamenco y el folclore afrocubano es el mágico nexo de unión.
Jorge Pérez. Percussions (Spain) Federico Lechner/ Jorge Vera: Piano ( Argentina, Chile.) Carlos Sánchez/Tomas Merlo: Bass (Spain) Valentín Iturat. Drums (Spain) Fabrizio Scarafile Sax (Italia) Rafael Águila Sax (Cuba) Roberto Pacheco: Trombone (Spain) Raul Gil: Trumpet Alana Sinkey: Voice. María López/Lidon Patiño: Baile (Spain) |
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Symposium with scholar Nestor Garcia Canclini: Global Imaginaries, Media and Aesthetics. University of Miami
http://www.as.miami.edu/mll/people/faculty/dr-george-yudice-/
5:15-5:35pm – Miguel Kanai, Department of Geography, on Imagined Globalization
http://www.as.miami.edu/geography/people/faculty/j-miguel-kanai/
5:35-5:55pm – Ana Rosas Mantecón, on Media and Globalization in García Canclini’s work
http://ceas.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/cv_anarosas.pdf
5:55-6:15pm – Otávio Bueno, Philosophy Department, on Art Beyond Itself
http://www.as.miami.edu/personal/obueno/Site/Otavio_Bueno.html
6:15-6:35pm – Néstor García Canclini’s response*
6:35-7:15pm – Néstor García Canclini Lecture on Current Work
http://nestorgarciacanclini.net/index.php/curriculum-vitae-extensor
7:15-8:00pm – Discussion
8:00-9:00pm – Reception
* All presentations in English, except for Dr. García Canclini’s, which will be in Spanish, with English projected for simultaneous reading. Questions and answers will be in English
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