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19va Entrega Anual de los Latin Grammy
North America / USA / Las Vegas
19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. The most important award ceremony of the Latin American Music Industry will be held for the fourth time in Las Vegas, Nevada
The main international event in Spanish that brings together the best of Spanish-speaking music reaches its nineteenth live broadcast, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for the fourth time, to reward and honor the achievements of professionals of music throughout the year. The ceremony of the 19th Latin Grammy Awards is here, and on November 15 you will be able to enjoy it through the Univisión signal for the United States and with the #LatinGrammy you will be able to follow it minute by minute during its three hours of transmission by all social networks.
Each year the Latin Recording Academy awards recognition to Latin music in 49 categories for work recorded in two languages: Spanish and Portuguese. This prestigious institution also endorses musical genres, identifies new talent, recognizes legendary living artists, and preserves and archives both recordings and videos in order to preserve the valuable Latin American musical culture.
The global impact that Spanish-language recordings have caused this 2017-2018 has proven once again that this year each category will be close to its maximum exponential, which shows that MUSIC made by Latinos has an enormous export capacity, and further evidence that the Latin Grammy awards continue to be one of the specials with the largest audience in the country, as it integrates the largest audience of diverse generations united to witness the annual event with the greatest presence of artistic talent gathered in the same show.
FOR THIS 19TH AWARD OF THE LATIN GRAMMYS, THE NOMINEES ARE:
BEST SALSA ALBUM
- Dancer’s Corner
Pete perignon
Record Label: Pete Perignon Music
“La Esquina Del Bailador” is the second production by musical director and master percussionist, Pete Perignon. This album contains five unreleased singles and five re-interpretations of classics. “Gotita Falling in Key” was his first promotional theme. This album released in 2017 has versions of classics with modern arrangements such as: “De Mi Para Ti” (Bossa recorded by Tito Puente and Santos Colón), “El Beso Discreto” original from the Cuban songbook Trio Matamoros, among many other original songs and versioned
- Village Singer
Alexander Abreu and Havana D’ Primera
Record Label: Páfata Productions
- For My People
Charlie aponte
Record Label: CA Records Inc.
- The Sound Makers
Chiquito Team Band
Record Label: Planet Records
- 7/25
Victor Manuelle
Record Label: Sony Music Latin
BEST TRADITIONAL TROPICAL ALBUM
- To Me What – Tribute To The Cuban Classics
José Alberto El Canario & The Santiaguero Septet
Record Label: Los Canarios Music
In this category, the Septeto Santiaguero, originally from Cuba, is nominated for its fourth album “A Mí Qué- Tributo A Los Clásicos Cubanos”. This ensemble founded in 1995 recorded this production in the company of the Dominican interpreter José Alberto “El Canario” and other music stars. This record material has 13 Tracks and was released on May 25, 2018.
- Medoro Madera
Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado and Orchestra
Record Label: Ruben Blades Productions
- The Party Continues
The Sonora Santanera
Record Label: Sony Music
- Omara Always
Omara Portuondo
Record Label: Egrem
- Reasons
Maria Rivas
Record Label: Angel Falls Artists Inc.
BEST TROPICAL SONG
- I want time
Juan Carlos Luces & Víctor Manuelle, songwriters (Víctor Manuelle Featuring Juan Luis Guerra)
Cut off: 7/25
Record Label: Sony Music Latin
The prominent Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and producer, Víctor Manuelle, began his professional career in 1993, and to date has sold millions of records worldwide. He has earned 16 LATIN GRAMMY and GRAMMY nominations, thus establishing himself as one of the most admired artists of his generation. He has placed 46 singles on Billboard’s weekly Hot Latin Songs chart. Eleven of his albums have reached the place of honor in the Salsa genre for sales in the United States and Puerto Rico.
His hit “Imaginar” (2016) as a duo with urban artist Yandel, broke records, reaching #1 on the tropical charts thanks to his fusions of salsa with urban rhythms. In addition, it was named the most popular tropical song of that year, marking the third time that Víctor has obtained this important recognition, after his hits “Me Da Lo Mismo” and “ Tengo Ganas”.
In this 2018, Víctor celebrates his silver anniversary as a professional artist with his new record label “25/7” under the Sony Music Latin label. This album nominated for best Salsa album features collaborations with international artists, such as: Wisin, Bad Bunny, Juan Luis Guerra, Gilberto Santa Rosa and Glenn Monroig. The single “Quiero Tiempo” taken from this production is designated as one of the candidates to win the award in this important category.
- Marry Me
Silvestre Dangond, Nicky Jam, Juan Medina, Mauricio Rengifo & Andrés Torres, songwriters (Silvestre Dangond Featuring Nicky Jam)
Record Label: Sony Music Entertainment US Latin
- Fall in love dancing
Jorge Luis Piloto, songwriter (Reynier Pérez y Su Septeto Acarey Featuring Gilberto Santa Rosa)
Cut from: Fall in Love Dancing
Record Label: Independent
- I fall more in love with you
Jorge Luis Piloto, Jean Rodríguez & Tony Succar, songwriters (Tony Succar Featuring Jean Rodríguez)
Record Label: Unity Entertainment
- Simple Hearts
Fonseca, Mauricio Rengifo & Andrés Torres, songwriters (Fonseca)
Record Label: Sony Music Latin
BEST LATIN JAZZ/JAZZ ALBUM
- Mind of a Master
Bobby Valentin & The Latin Jazzists
Record Label: Bronco Records
| Tracks: | |
| 1. De Nuevo a la Carga | 7.El Cumbanchero |
| 2. Latin Gravy | 8.Mellow Funk |
| 3.Orocoa | 9. Endless Love |
| 4.Smooth Ride | 10.Freedom |
| 5.Blast Off | 11. God Bless the Child |
| 6. Coco Seco | |
Roberto Valentin, better known as Bobby Valentin, was born on June 9, 1941 in the town of Orocovis on the island of Puerto Rico. At a very young age, Bobby learned to play the guitar thanks to the teachings of his father. At just 11 years old, he formed his first musical trio with which he won his first prize, after participating in a local competition. In 1963 Bobby Valentin joined the Tito Rodríguez orchestra traveling to Venezuela twice.
This phenomenal bass player and arranger belonged to the Fania All Stars for 20 years and also arranged music at the same time for celebrities such as: Charlie Palmieri, Joe Quijano, Willie Rosario and Ray Barretto.
In 1975 he formed his own record label “Bronco Records” and released the album, “Va a la Cárcel” Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, among others.
Over the years, Bobby has made collaborations on recordings for great artists of international fame, such as: Larry Harlow, Ismael Miranda, Roberto Roena, Cheo Feliciano and the always remembered, Celia Cruz.
Likewise, Valentin has taken over the stages performing live in the United States during this year, and more recently launched his new production “Mind of a Master”, on April 14, 2018, with which he is nominated. for this important award.
- The House Of A Jazz Pianist
Adrian Iaies Trio
Record Label: DBN
- Universal Nature
Hermeto Pascoal & Big Band
Record Label: Scubidu Music
- Back To The Sunset
Dafnis Prieto Big Band
Record Label: Dafnison Music
- Jazz Flute Traditions
Nestor Torres
Record Label: Alfi Records
For more information visit the official website of the Latin Recording Academy:
Latin America – November 2018
Ralph Rivera’s rol in the promotion of Latin Culture
Just as we have talked about musicians and singers who have left to the Puerto Rican culture in the highest in the rest of the world, it is also time to highlight the role of other figures who have contributed immensely to the way in which the Island of Enchantment is perceived by others: the cradle of several of the best artistic exponents from Latin America. One of them is Ralph Rivera.
From the Spaha Salsa Harlem Museum, we have always sought to promote Latin culture by giving space to figures who do their part in making sure we are respected on an artistic level. Such is the case of writer, producer and financial executive Rafael J. Rivera-Viruet, better known as Ralph Rivera, to whom we will dedicate the next lines of this article.
Who is Ralph Rivera?
Ralph Rivera was born in a coffee farm in the municipality of Utuado, the third largest municipality in Puerto Rico, which is located behind Ponce and Arecibo and is part of the mountainous region known as La Cordillera Central.
Like many other Puerto Ricans of the time, his parents were seeking a better future for themselves and their child, so they made the decision to move to New York City, United States, thus becoming part of ”The Great Migration” in the 1940s, which consisted of a massive exodus of Puerto Ricans to Uncle Sam’s country as a result of its growing dominance over the island and the devastation caused by ”The Great Depression”, with which Puerto Rico was greatly affected.
Once in the United States, the family settled in the South Bronx, where little Ralph spent his childhood and youth being part of New York’s public school system. It was full of children who wanted to get out of poverty through education and hard work. Ralph was certainly no exception, as he wanted the same thing and would do what he could to make it happen.
Over the years, the young man acquired all the knowledge he could in the area he was most passionate about: business. Of course it was not an easy road, but Ralph managed to reach important positions in this field. When he worked for the auditing firm Price Waterhouse, he was hired by the talent agency Ashley Famous to handle the company’s financial affairs.
When he gained enough experience, he went for bigger challenges in his career. That was when he met his greatest mentor, fellow executive Marvin Josephson, with whom he created mergers and acquisitions in order to found International Creative Management (ICM) the Behemoth Talent Agency.
Moving to Los Angeles
At this point, Ralph had already fulfilled many of the dreams he had set out to achieve professionally, but he still has plenty to prove in the field. It turns out that, in the 1980s, he was given the opportunity to move to Los Angeles to work closely with Martin Starger, former president of ABC television, and Sir Lew Grade, who at the time was the head of Marble Arch Productions, a famous entertainment company in England.
‘‘Sophie’s choice” and ”On Golden Pond” are among the projects the entrepreneur took on with the company, but his aspirations just kept growing and led him to work with Marvel Comics and Stan Lee himself on the television animation production side. Some of the Marvel titles Ralph worked on include ”Iron Man”, ”Spider Man”, ”The Fantastic Four” and many others.
In the mid-1990s, he returned to his native island of Puerto Rico and settled in its capital, San Juan, to focus on producing documentaries about Hispanic American culture, including politics, cinema and, of course, music.
Ralph as a writer
The multifaceted executive is not limited to the aforementioned facets, but is also a writer and author of the acclaimed book ”HOLLYWOOD: Se Habla Español”, which has won multiple awards since its release.
In the text, Ralph describes some of the most important achievements of Hispanics in Hollywood films over the last century, stories that should make all of us Latinos who read them proud. They are proof that all the effort we have put into being recognized worldwide has finally paid off despite the obstacles.
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Latin America – December 2018
