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Eva Cortés at present, her music reflects the influences received from her cultural miscegenation

Fragile voice, delicate and powerful at the same time, that moves with devotion and good work through the multiple paths of jazz.

Eva Cortés, born in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), 1972, is a Honduran jazz singer and composer.

Eva Cortés en la actualidad, su música refleja las influencias recibidas de su mestizaje cultural — Eva Cortés at present, her music reflects the influences received from her cultural mestizaje.

More than a voice, she is our jazz star in the world.

She is part of the fusion movement, incorporating in her music the influences of traditional Latin American music (zamba, bolero), blues, traditional Andalusian music and jazz.

He sings with a Latin American Spanish cadence and Andalusian echoes and accent.

He grew up in Seville and currently resides between Madrid and New York.

He became known in 1980 after recording an album of children’s songs entitled Cosas de niños with singers such as Ana Belén, Víctor Manuel, Mocedades and Miguel Bosé.

Eva Cortés born in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), 1972 is a Honduran jazz singer and composer.

Nowadays, his music reflects the influences received from his cultural miscegenation, as well as from the different musical genres developed throughout his career.

Growing up in a family of great musical tradition, she was exposed to Latin American music. Although we hear in her first compositions, at the age of 16, a strong influence of blues.

In January 2006 she flew to Santiago de Chile to record and co-produce Sola Contigo, her first solo album, which was later mixed and mastered in Paris.

In this work we can find South American rhythms fused with jazz and a soft touch coming from the south of Spain.

Eva feels honored to have had the collaboration of musicians with great international prestige: Jerry Gonzalez,

Antonio Serrano, Pepe Rivero and Nono Garcia among others.

In April 2008 Eva recorded her second album Como Agua entre los Dedos, which is an album of original songs composed mostly by Eva Cortés, although they also stand out in the two Spanish adaptations of two standards such as You don’t know what love is and La Vie en Rose.

Fotos Eva Cortés – Instagram @evacortes777

They released their third album El Mar de Mi Vida on April 6, 2010. With his personal jazz fusion, he has managed to carve a niche for himself among the most interesting and promising proposals of the Spanish jazz scene. [El Mar de Mi Vida brings together 12 songs that are maximum exponents of cultural crossbreeding.

On this occasion, in addition, the flamenco great Miguel Poveda joins in the version of the song C’est si bon, Perico Sambeat, Lew Soloff (considered one of the most brilliant trumpet players of recent times and who has collaborated with Marianne Faithfull or Frank Sinatra, among others), Santiago Cañadada, Rémy Decormeille, Georvis Pico, the electric bassist of the moment Hadrien Feraud and the English drummer Mark Mondesir (both musicians of John McLaughlin).

Eva once again signs most of the tracks and shares authorship in a couple of songs with Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro.

In addition, we find tracks such as Alfonsina y el Mar (Ariel Ramírez-Felix Luna), Une chanson Douce (Henrie Salvador- Maurice Pon), C’est si bon (André Hornez-Henri Betti) and Que reste-t-il de Nos Amours (Charles Trenet-Leo Chauliac).

Eva Cortes - El Mar De Mi Vida (2010) — Eva Cortes – El Mar De Mi Vida (2010)

Eva Cortes – The Sea Of My Life (2010)

Tracks:

The Sea Of My Life
Casi
C’es Si Bon / What’s Better? (Feat. Miguel Poveda)
Desterrado
Valsa Da Menina
Remembering Tomorrow
Little Matter If Later
Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours / I Wish You Love
Woman
Alfonsina And The Sea
Da Igual
Une Chanson Douce

Information realized (January 13, 2024)

Sources:

L’Òstia Latin Jazz

Iconos Mag

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The Rumba Madre and its roots in Basque culture

The Rumba Madre is a Nashville-based group whose characteristics are very interesting and make it different from many other artists and orchestras that have appeared in this section over the past few years.

On this occasion, we had the pleasure of talking with Basque guitarist and tresero David Vila, who revealed the most important details about the creation of The Rumba Madre and his own musical career before and after the group, so just sit tight because there is a very interesting story coming on.

guitarrist David Vila — Basque guitarist and tresero David Vila, who kindly talked to us

Music in David’s childhood

When David was just a little boy, in his entire family, only his grandfather liked to sing. In contrary to the case of many other artists we have had the pleasure of interviewing here, David does not come from a family of musicians, but that did not keep him from developing a taste for this artistic side over time.

Being very small, his parents moved from Galicia to the Basque Country to work and seek a new life. In this autonomous community, the cultural environment turned very lively and punk and other similar rhythms were at their peak of popularity, which got him interested in the tuna guitar and other instruments. He also started listening a lot to jazz and blues, which became fashionable in those years.

Since David had no possibility to be formally educated in music, he just listened carefully and imitated the sounds the best he could until he decided that he needed to go one step further in his budding career as a musician. It was then when he moved to London, England, to study his degree in guitar. He had already worked as a musician in Spain, so this work experience was very useful to what he would do later on.

Aside from having obtained his degree in music, David also toured around Europe with some local bands, which he continued to do in the United States when he moved to Nashville.

Currently, he is a Hispanic popular music professor at the university level, so he teaches everything he has learned to young people who want to follow his same path.

Rubén Darío, Benjamín Alexander, and David Vila — Nicaraguan guitarist Rubén Darío, Puerto Rican bassist Benjamín Alexander, and Basque guitar player David Vila

Nashville

The first U.S. city David went to live in was Chicago because he was very interested in exploring the blues and other genres from that part of the country, but David did not have the visa required for entry into the U.S. at the time, so his plans to go there were inevitably postponed. When he was finally able to travel, he had no choice but to go to Nebraska and stay there for about two years for lack of a better option.

Subsequently, he chose the city of Nashville as his final destination because of the large amount of musicians who live and work there. He even went so far as to call this place ”The Disneyland of musicians” because of all the opportunities it presents in this area.

Another positive aspect for artists is that there are a lot of well-known record labels and studios to work with, making it an excellent choice for artists looking for a place to start or continue their careers. The locals themselves call it ”the music city” and have a saying that goes ”the worst waiter is a better musician than you,” making it clear how music is perceived in Nashville.

David’s inclination for Latin music

In England, David had already been studying some flamenco and, while it is true that he was not an expert yet, there were not many musicians in Nebraska who played that genre, so he caught the attention of many of his colleagues and groups that requested his services. The same thing happened in Nashville and the fact that he spoke Spanish reinforced the idea that he played Latin music.

The above led many to believe that David was capable of playing both Flamenco and Cuban music without any problem, which was not entirely certain at the time. This is how he ended up playing guitar in a Cuban son band, thanks to which he had to learn to play the Cuban tres in order to be in the band.

Although at first, it was too complicated for him, he focused on practicing a lot and listening to recordings of treseros to be able to imitate them as well as possible. Thanks to his effort and commitment, David learned how to play it and he spent five or six years doing it until he created his own group, The Rumba Madre.

David laughingly recalls that his goal when moving to Nashville was to play country music as he did in England, but there were so many country musicians that he chose to explore another niche and ended up studying and playing Latin and Caribbean music.

The Rumba Madre

After all the experience gained by David in those years, he thought it was time to create his own project and, for this, he chose two colleagues he met in that same musical context in Nashville, Nicaraguan guitarist Rubén Darío and Puerto Rican bassist Benjamín Alexander.

The three artists coincided many times in different bands and concerts in which they played together, so they already knew each other’s styles very well. Since they were all Spanish-speaking, migrants and musicians, they saw that they had many things in common and established a friendship that led to a band.

Both David and Ruben took advantage of the many compositions they had made in recent years and used them as repertoire for the project that was coming. Not much time would pass before music venues and festivals began to take them into account.

On one such occasion, they met Cultura Profética keyboardist and composer Iván Gutiérrez Carrasquillo, who had lived in Miami his whole life, but decided to try his hand in Nashville, Gutiérrez was so impressed with the music made by The Rumba Madre that he proposed them to make an album. He also acted as a contact point for The Rumba Madre to be in touch with companies and labels that would be key to the success of the group later.

They were going to release their first album in 2020, but could not present and promote it due to the pandemic, so they had no choice but to wait for things to die down.

So far, The Rumba Madre has experimented with rumba, punk, Cuban son, salsa, flamenco, tango and many other genres.

Hindy & his Orchestra “The Sonera of the Moment”

Latin America / Buenos Aires / Argentina

Hindy Singer of the Latin genre, with a high and extensive artistic career in salsa.

Hindy born in San Félix – Edo. Bolívar, in the south east of Venezuela, in 27 years of artistic career, has enriched her musical career through her different participations as a soloist, chorister, singer-songwriter and producer.

Photo 1: Hindy dancing in a party festival

His beginnings in the Venezuelan salsa music elite are with a first place in the Record Report, at the hands of the international producer César Monges “Albóndiga” interpreting in his production “De Regreso a mi País” the version of the song A Flor de Piel del Venezuelan singer-songwriter Yordano Di Marzo, being in turn the leading voice of the Monges orchestra “Latín Girls” under the representation of Korta Records of the businessman “Negro Mendoza”.

Among some of the national and international celebrities with whom he has participated on different stages are: Cheo Feliciano, Viti Ruiz, Henry Fiol, Roberto Blades, Jr. Gonzáles, Paquito Guzmán, Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz, Gilberto S, Wladimir Lozano, Erick Franchesqui , Paquito Barón, Gustavo Rodríguez, Armando Manzanero, Pancho Céspedes, Gran Combo, S. Ponceña, Hildemaro, etc.

There is a long way to go, if it can be said, in the “short” artistic career of Hindy Castillo. His jump to internationalism was in 2007-08 to Europe, where he participated for two consecutive summers in different popular music orchestras touring more than 30 cities in Spain, and in France.

Photo 2: Hindy dancing in a party festival

His next artistic stop was in the state of Mexico.

Hindy was selected to assemble an international orchestra and travel from Venezuela to do a 3-month tour, which lasted another 13 months, the immediate rapport of all its members was a total success, profiling a true blunderbuss in the salsa environment. Veracruz.

She was also chosen to participate in the 1st Boca del Río salsa festival and, among other presentations, shared the stage with the great composer Armando Manzanero and Pancho Céspedes, extending her presentations to Guatemala City. Later, she travels to the capital, DF, invited by a local producer, who, seduced by her talent, encourages her with her orchestra to perform on different stages of the Aztec capital, capturing the taste of the Mexican music lover and salsa dancer, who turn to her presentations. to appreciate and enjoy his voice and the special talent of the soneo Salsoso.

Hindy musicalizes, produces her first songs and debuts as a singer-songwriter, under the executive production of her representative Carlos Zapata.

They record four songs sprinkled with romanticism, maintaining the bases of “hard” salsa and with novel musical variants.

Flamenco was one of these variants that played an important role in this product since its mixture with salsa resulted in a very genuine and fresh sound, from the pen of select Venezuelan arrangers. Graduated instructor of Popular Singing.

He has developed musical studies of: vocal technique, German singing method in Spain, Latin piano and modern harmony. He is currently doing his Bachelor of Music and Popular Singing at the José Ángel Lamas High School of Music. And preparatory studies of trombone. Caracas.

Photo 3: Hindy dancing in a party festival

As a musical producer, she manages the concepts “MujereSon & Boleros”, a musical of Boleros and sones, the social project Mujeres de la Escena, and her main project “Hindy & su Orquesta”, with a dynamic scene, full of salsa for all tastes, with the majestic quality that characterizes her performances.

Hindy is a talent full of energy, charisma, quality, with a Venezuelan flavor to export.

Domi Dance, A New Brand for Dance Comes to New York

North America / United States / New York

Domi Dance a brand of dance products, designed by ex-dancers for dancers.

Domi Dance; the city of New York saw the birth in 2019 of a new brand of products for the dance world, a brand that seeks to reach all corners where music, rhythm and dance can be presented.

From the hand of Dorelys Rodriguez, a former dancer who Since she was 7 years old, she has evidenced the world of dance, going from ballet, flamenco, salsa among other genres, I always dream of achieving many things in the world of dance, hence it will never be possible to separate from this beautiful discipline.

In her professional studies and work experience in the world of Marketing, she was able to devise a proposal that would marry her great passions, her line of work in the world of sales and her passion for dance, from which DomiDance emerged.

In the United States, Dorelys saw the opportunity to exploit her abilities to create a brand, a product, an object that would give her a new entrepreneurial and business life, without forgetting the main point of her idea, to be what the dancer needs, to reach your punctual needs with a range of high quality products at affordable prices for everyone, from the professional to the beginner who ventures into any discipline of this art.

Domi Dance since 2019 managed to position itself in many of the corners of the dance, starting with its first product presented the openwork stockings, little by little it developed innovative strategies to enter the commercial game, facing large established brands in the American market, it was able to enter through of online sales, a channel that allowed it to reach many people due to the boom in purchases through the web.

The brand claims to present its products under a line of first-class raw materials, quality is the main object in its line, they seek to offer quality above any point, customers can be sure of acquiring an object that will not be easy to beat.

When it comes to bringing it to life on the stage and in the dance halls, Dorelys tells us ¨we do not want a dancer to be under pressure not to sit on the floor for fear of breaking the stocking or shoes on difficult floors, we do not sell products Unbreakable but difficult to beat¨.

Logo Domi Dance

Domi dance is not a sales space for other products, they are manufacturers, they are exclusive when designing products for their brand, they generate new ideas based on the direct experience of the dancer, they are concerned with investigating the experiences lived with the use of clothing and footwear in the scene, an element that drives them as a brand concerned with giving the artist what he needs.

To date, it has a top-level range of textiles, ballet shoes, urban clothing and much more, all aimed at meeting needs in many disciplines. They continue betting on their sales framework through digital platforms such as Amazon, Ebay, social networks such as Instagram, Facebook, among others.

They have already developed a point of sale for Latin America, established trade in Panama, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela and heading to other latitudes.

For this 2020, the projects are focused on designing footwear for flamenco, tap, expanding its textile line in leotards and garments of greater demand, working with masculine elements and continuing to advance in its expansion project throughout America and Europe. Follow them on their social networks through @domi.dance.

By Jose Perez, ISM Correspondent, Caracas, Venezuela

Carlos David Suarez

North America - USA - Texas - Houston

Carlos David Suarez, Professional dancer, choreographer, instructor and musician

Art has been in his veins since he was born, and Carlos David Suarez has cultivated his artistic gift, going far and traveling the world teaching and learning

He was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and grew up in the west of the city in the 23 de Enero, a well-known area to give birth and raise artists, athletes and talented people.

Carlos knew from a very young age that he wanted to be a musician (timbalero) … At 7 or 8 years old, his parents took him to the house of one of the best percussionists in Venezuela and from that moment he began his career in the art world.

Later, his mother could not take him to music classes anymore and unfortunately had to leave them aside, and continue with his primary studies. Although in one way or another, he was always connected with the stage and the dance. At school, he was part of plays, acts, traditional dances and everything related to the arts.

Years later, he started playing soccer, and soon realized that he was in love with the sport, and began training hard to thrive within teams.

One of his main strengths is discipline, so he applied it to both: art and sport. He came to play on good teams and was seen himself playing professionally outside of his native country.

“Yes, I always saw myself outside Venezuela, not because of any specific situation, but because as a child I saw myself traveling the world with music, art, or sports.”

Years later, when he was 14, his older brother took him to Imagenes Latinas, an incredible artistic dance school where he trained, and the only one he attended for at least 8 years. There he studied ballet, contemporary dance, jazz, hip hop, funky, Latin genres and above all; Salsa.

“I had great teachers who gave me the opportunity, seeing that desire to be a better artist every day, especially Arelis Guevara, owner and choreographer of the company”

After many efforts, sacrifices, study and, above all, hours after hours of rehearsals, Carlos become the first dancer of the professional company for three consecutive years. He traveled with the company to many national and international events, conferences and TV shows … South America, USA, Europe and Asia.

After his stay in the company, he decided to take other roads, take his own path and do new things. It was part of a ballet where he made musicals and all kinds of varied shows. He learned a lot about other disciplines such as tap, flamenco, nationalist dance, tango; and even a little acting.

He was in the ranks of this ballet for two years and then took his path as a soloist. For the first time, he had the opportunity to travel outside his country; to Miami.

“I was working on famous nightclub shows; then I went to Los Angeles to work with another dance company that I was in for a short time and then I went to Panama. ”

He worked for a short time in Panama; he returned for a short time to Venezuela, and moved to Casablanca, Morocco, where he worked in Salsa and Bachata shows. After two years, and to continue evolving in his artistic career, he decided to go to Europe. He arrived to the city of Amsterdam, Holland, where he was doing shows and workshops at congresses as a soloist.

Soon, he moved to Germany to pursue his dance training … He lived in Germany for two years, worked at various dance schools, and began to expand his horizons, making himself known at Salsa conferences throughout Germany, Europe and Africa. Then after another job offer, and pursuing more dreams and learning, he moved to Milano, Italy, where he lived for a couple of years and the opportunities to go to conferences and festivals were multiplying, giving classes and workshops in Europe, Africa and the United States.

At the time of this interview, Carlos is based in the United States completing art projects with other companies.

“I have had the joy of playing as a musician, and working with excellent companies, dancers, famous awards and great artists such as Juan Luis Guerra, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Pitbull, Chino & Nacho, El Gran Combo de PR, Los Adolescentes, among others. .. ”

Carlos Suárez continues to study, train and learn more and more from this career, which in his opinion is infinite to learn. He continues to work as an instructor, choreographer and dancer, doing shows at many festivals, giving his best at every step, respecting his work, image, integrity and ethics.

Get to know Carlos David Suarez more closely

International Salsa Magazine (ISM): Define in 5 lines, who is Carlos Suarez?

Carlos Suarez (CS):

A person who respects everyone, considering that we are equal, and each one has a different knowledge, talent and strength. A person who aspired, fought and achieved his dream of being an artist, despite all the experiences. Lover to be able to help and teach everyone. Someone who always gives all the support and love to his family and friends. Very disciplined with himself and with his students.

ISM: What do you enjoy most about your profession?

CS: Being able to get to know many countries, cultures, new people, and above all, being able to inspire others to believe in a discipline such as art.

ISM On what platforms and upcoming events (face-to-face and virtual we will see you)?

CS: To see me on platforms or social media, you can go to my Instagram: @casu__ or my Facebook page: CaSu – Dance & Beats. On these two platforms I always leave all my videos of classes, shows, workshops, musicals, etc. Right now due to the pandemic I do not have specific information on where I will be presenting myself, but if you follow me on the social media, you will know just when I know it.

ISM: How do you see yourself in 5 years?

CS: Good question …

I still see myself exercising my career as an artist and dedicating myself much more to music, which is one of the things that I’m most passionate about, and I haven’t had the opportunity to dedicate myself 100%. I see myself as an even more trained person and with much more knowledge, I also see myself dedicating love to a family and above all … I see myself being happy without hurting anyone.

ISM: What is your advice for those young people who, like you, are fighting for their dreams in the dance world?

CS: My advice is to never let anyone make fun of your dreams, nor do you make fun of the dreams of others … I believed, I bet on myself, and I won … I am the artist I wanted to be and I still have a long way to go, but all this does not come alone … It is a process that costs a lot, studying, preparing, always staying mentally and physically fit, learning languages so that they can defend themselves in the world and, above all, be people who love and respect their work … Art.