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Eddie at 80: Eddie Palmieri and his Latin Jazz Septet

North America / USA / Miami

Eddie at 80: Eddie Palmieri and his Latin Jazz Septet. Sábado, 2 de junio de 20:00 a 22:30

Entradas: https://tickets.olympiatheater.org/eventperformances.asp?evt=186

NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri is celebrating his 80th birthday this year with a gorgeous album Sabiduría, and a tour of select cities that brings him to the beautiful Olympia Theater in downtown Miami. Tix are available through the theater box office: http://olympiatheater.org/, $37, $47 and $57 + fees.

Born in Spanish Harlem to Puerto Rican parents and raised in the Bronx, Eddie Palmieri learned to play the piano at an early age, and at 13, he joined his uncle’s orchestra, playing timbales. He joined popular New York bands during the 1950s before forming his own band La Perfecta in 1960. Eddie Palmieri’s landmark 1970 release Harlem River Drive was a first to merge what were categorized as “Black” and “Latin” music into a free-form fusion of salsa, funk, soul and jazz. In 1975, he won the first-ever Grammy for Best Latin Recording for The Sun of Latin Music (he’s won ten Grammys altogether to date, including two with Tito Puente).

In addition to the Grammys, Eddie Palmieri has received numerous honors: Eubie Blake Award (1991); BBC (2002); Yale University’s Chubb Fellowship, usually reserved for international heads of state, but given to Palmieri in recognition of his work building communities through music (2002); Harlem Renaissance Award (2005); and more. In 2009, the Library of Congress added Palmieri’s composition Azucar Pa’ Ti to the National Recording Registry, which at the time only included 300 compositions documenting the history of all of recorded music history in the U.S.

In 2013, Eddie Palmieri was awarded the coveted Jazz Master award – the highest honor for a jazz artist – by the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA). That year he was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. This June 2nd, MasterEddie Palmieri is celebrating his 80th birthday this year with a gorgeousalbum Sabiduría, and a tour of select cities that brings him to the beautiful Olympia Theater in downtown Miami. Tix are available through the theater box office: http://olympiatheater.org/

Welcome back to Miami, maestro!

Shine the Movie is coming to all US Theaters on August 24th

North America / USA / New York

Hang out on August with the best Latin thematic movie on August 24^th in all US Theater. Shine is a Latin American musical film that is framed in the drama genre with a very current content that will immerse you in the life of two young brothers, SALSA dancers with broad and recognized trajectories that after the death of their father years later, return to meet, each in a different city and in opposite poles of the gentifricación.

This musical with sound track based in the Golden Age of the Salsa Sound Bands and the Hottest Latin Urban Scene of the Moment has a leading cast mostly made up of famous dancers from Latin Music and Pop.

This movie that also narrates the cultural and political moment that we are currently crossing was shot in the Puerto Rican area of New York, has its own musical themes due to an alliance with Fania Records and the Latin titans of Sony Music, Marc Anthony and Romeo Santos, “El Sabor” of New York hip-hop of the Puerto Rican rapper and winner of the Grammy Award Big Pun, and the rap duo The Beat Nuts.

Shine has been the Latin thematic film with the highest collection on Kickstarter and with this Latin musical its director Anthony Nardolillo sought to remind viewers of the power that exists when members of Latino communities in the US join.

“Its marketability on various platforms is the direct result of a team of passionate creators with a unifying message on a cultural level, and we are very proud to bring this film to the public”. Geno Taylor of GVN Releasing.

“Shine is a passionate, vibrant film with a current theme. It’s the perfect film for the launch of Forgiven Films, where we want to share unique voices and stories and bring quality entertainment to the less represented audience”. Steven Belmont, president of Forgiven Films.

In September 2017, the film won the Audience Award for “Best Film” at the Urbanworld Film Festival, sponsored by HBO and supported by Ava DuVernay. Tickets for this projection were sold out 48 hours in advanced setting a new record in the history of this festival.

“In 2017 Latin music and dance globally dominated record sales, streams and headlines in unprecedented numbers. There is no better time than now for a film like this”, said Brian O’Shea of The Exchange.

Director:

Anthony Nardolillo, director and also actor has produced several national and international projects related to Latin dance, such as the short film “Mano” acclaimed by the specialized critics.

Starring:

David Zayas

He was born on August 15th, 1962 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He joined the United States Air Force, where he was able to acquire the experience to become a New York police officer, which served him for roles later. He is an actor of Cinema, Theater and Television recognized for his work on Skyline (2010), The Expendables (2010) and Dexter (2006) and the series “Gotham” by Warner Bros playing the mobster Salvatore Maroni.

Alysia Reiner

She is best known for her role as Natalie “Fig” Figueroa on the Netflix hit series Orange Is the New Black (2013), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild award as part of the ensemble cast. She also worked in the FX show Better Things (2016). Additionally she played District Attorney Wendy Parks on ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder (2014), Lilian Izikoff on Rosewood (2015) and Fiona in the TNT series Search Party (2016).

Reiner starred with Anna Gunn in Equity (2016) about the first female-driven Wall Street film, which she also produced. Other recent films include “School Spirits” and Whitney Cummings’ “The Female Brain”. She was recognized as an Intelligent Optimist in Ode Magazine and profiled by New York Women in Film and Television as a woman to watch.

Kimberli Flores

She is an actress, known for her work in important films, such as: 30 Beats (2012), Actors Anonymous (2017) and Bad Twin (2016).

Gilbert Saldivar

He is an actor and professional Mexican-American dancer, known worldwide for his works in blockbuster movies like: Dexter (2006), From Justin to Kelly (2003) and Magic Hour and for being the choreographer of great celebrities such as: Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, and Madonna.

Jorge Burgos

Better known as Jorge “Ataca” Burgos is an acclaimed bachata instructor who debuts as an actor in Shine.

Music by Eduardo Reyes Napoles.

Premier: August 24^th.

“Los bailes latinos continúan creciendo en popularidad cada año y los vemos en algunos de los mejores programas televisivos. El mensaje sobre el orgullo que debemos sentir por nuestra comunidad y herencia no podía resultar más urgente y de actualidad. SHINE fusiona estos elementos con un set ardiente y excitante, con una banda sonora interpretada por estrellas musicales latinas, todo ello entrelazado con una poderosa narrativa. Esta película está narrada con nuestra propia voz, por un reparto donde los intérpretes poseen talentos brutos muy diversos que no han tenido cabida en las películas de Hollywood – hasta ahora”. Anthony Nardolillo.

For more information about SHINE the Movie, please visit

www.shinethemovie.nyc or like them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/shinefilm

Vídeo (Trailer): https://youtu.be/9EUs0eh_js8

North America / November 2024

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Chick Corea Pianist, composer, arranger, producer, teacher. Acoustic and Electric

Surrounded by music since childhood, Armando Anthony Corea walked a path in which he shone like few others, accompanied by musicians who make up an encyclopedia of jazz.

Pianist, composer, arranger, producer, teacher. Acoustic and electric. Chick Corea was one of the most influential musicians in the vast universe that is jazz and surely one of the most important figures in global music of this time. In addition to being artistically prolific, he was commercially successful. For this reason, it would also be impossible to explain the music of this time without the example of Chick Corea.

Chick Corea Pianist, composer, arranger, producer, teacher. Acoustic and Electric

Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on June 12, 1941, to a family of Calabrian origin. At the age of four, he began to play the piano, encouraged by his father, a jazz trumpeter who led a Dixieland band in Boston in the 1930s and 1940s.

Surrounded by music, young Armando was soon introduced to the heroes of bebop. The music of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, and Lester Young would leave a notable mark on his education. At the age of eight, he began studying classical piano with Salvatore Sullo, an Italian-born concert pianist who, in addition to his love of Mozart, opened up the world of composition to him.

Always tied to a confusing timeline, the first released recording of the original configuration of Return to Forever was actually its second session.

An initial ECM studio date made in February 1972 was not released until after the band had changed in 1975.

The Polydor/Verve recording from October 1972 is actually this 1973 release, which features the same band with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Airto Moreira, Joe Farrell, and Flora Purim. There is no need to make distinctions, as both are five-star albums, showcasing many of the keyboardist’s enduring, instantly recognizable and highly melodic compositions.

Farrell’s joyous flute, Purim’s wordless vocals, Airto’s electrifying percussion and Clarke’s deft electric bass lines are wrapped up in a stew of Brazilian samba and Corea’s Fender Rhodes electric piano, and certainly set the tone and the highest bar for the music of the groups that will come after. “Captain Marvel,” the seed of the Farrell- and Purim-less band that expanded into a full concept album with Stan Getz, is here as a vaporous fusion samba with Corea dancing on the keys.

By now, the beautiful “500 Miles High” has become Purim’s signature song with Neville Potter lyrics and Corea’s stabbing chords, and unfortunately became a hippie anti-drug anthem.

Perhaps Corea’s definitive song of all time, and covered ad infinitum by professional and school bands, “Spain” retains the quirky melody, clapping interlude, up-and-down dynamics, exciting improvisational section and variation in time, tempo and colourations that always spark interest despite a length of close to ten minutes.

“You’re Everything” is a romantic classic that has surely been heard at many a wedding, with another Potter lyric sung to heaven by Purim, while the title track is Purim’s lyrics in a looser musical framework, with Clarke’s graphic merging with Corea and Farrell’s piercing flute work.

Chick Corea - John Patitucci - Dave Weckl — Chick Corea – John Patitucci – Dave Weckl

As much as the others have become icons, Farrell’s extraordinary sound on this date should never be trivialised or underestimated.

The final track, “Children’s Song,” was a springboard for several of Corea’s full-length album projects, and is heard here for the first time in trio format with a slow, Christmas motif.

The expanded version of this recording includes many alternate takes of four of these selections, but also includes “Matrix,” which was not on any RTF album, and there are four versions of “What Game Shall We Play Today?”, which was only available on the ECM release.

From a historical perspective, this is the most important work of Corea’s career, very different from his earlier progressive or improvisational efforts, and the pivotal beginning of his career as the most popular contemporary jazz keyboardist in history. Michael G. Nasto.

Chick Corea And Return To Forever – Light As A Feather (1973)

Tracks:

You’re Everything
Light As A Feather
Captain Marvel
500 Miles High
Children’s Song
Spain

Musicians:

Chick Corea (Fender Rhodes, electric piano)

Stanley Clarke (Double bass)

Joe Farrell (Tenor sax, soprano sax, flute)

Flora Purim (Voice, percussion)

Airto Moreira (Drums)

Chick Corea And Return To Forever - Light As A Feather (1973) — Chick Corea And Return To Forever – Light As A Feather (1973)

Information provided (February 21, 2009)

Sources:

L’Òstia Latin Jazz

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Raúl Vargas and his flamenco rumba duo Dos Bandoleros

One of the Latin genres that has been gaining more popularity in California, specifically in the Bay Area, is the Spanish flamenco rumba, so it is no coincidence that every day there are more and more exponents of this genre who have achieved a huge level of fame and respect among both their peers and the public.

One of them is Raul Vargas, who has given us the honor of talking to us about his career and the projects he is currently working on, so we cordially invite you to read in order to learn more about this talented Spanish singer.

This is Spanish percussionist and singer Raúl Vargas

How Raúl got started in music

Raul remembers being fascinated by music when he was still very young in his hometown, Madrid. At home, they he used to listen to what his parents played on the radio, but he does not remember anyone in his family being a musician or working it, so he was the first one to have a professional interest in this field.

He also remembers listening to his mother’s cassettes with which he could enjoy all kinds of artists such as Julio Iglesias, Raphael, Camilo Sesto, Pimpinela and many others. However, as Raul grew older, he began to listen to what he liked just like his brother.

When he was 16, he began to learn on his own to play the guitar using the songs he liked at the time. At age 17 he wrote his first song and, shortly after he went to live in Eklanda, Sweden, where he started writing many more songs and take music more seriously, but he still did not see it as his profession.

It is important to note that, while it is true that music was a very important part of Raul’s life, this was not what he did for a living, but cooking. Thanks to his career as a cook, there were many countries and cities that the young man managed to visit, although he was always accompanied by a guitar or drum he played during his free time.

Raúl playing — Raúl Vargas playing the guitar

Arrival in the United States

After having visited many places around the world, Raul met a group of Spaniards in Australia, who suggested him to go to a guesthouse for traveling musicians in the Latin Quarter in San Francisco to see what he felt about it. It turned out to be an excellent decision as he met many professional musicians who were able to make a living from their art, which prompted the young cook to do the same and follow the dreams he felt truly passionate about.

This is how Raul decided that San Francisco should be his final destination, so he decided to remain in that city permanently. From then on, he continued to travel to other places for work and pleasure, but always returned to what he considered his new home.

Once he settled in the United States, he started playing for several bands and focused all his time and effort on what really filled his soul and spirit: music.

First groups and bands

Despite being born in Spain, Raul had never played Spanish music before and preferred rock and pop, but contact with artists from so many countries in San Francisco made him rethink everything he had done so far. Many began asking him why he had never before sung or played flamenco rumba being Spanish, which led him to do more research on the genre from his country and start playing it.

No much time would pass before the guitarist created his own flamenco rumba band, which he named ”Mala Maña” and was conceived as a circus theater and music group composed of eight people. It had a duration of three years and all these musicians, long time later, became part of the band Makrú.

Additionally, he was also part of a duo alongside a guy from Guadalajara, Mexico called ”Fulanos”, which also contributed to the artist’s experience in terms of groups.

Raúl and Muchacho — Raúl Vargas and guitarist Muchacho Mandanga

Dos Bandoleros

The duo Dos Bandoleros started about six or seven years ago and its creation is described by Raul as a ”very lucky accident” thanks to which he met who today is his partner in this project.

It turns out that Raúl and his Makrú bandmates were experimenting with playing in duos and trios to see how things went, which led him and his guitarist to play at a French wine bar on Monday nights. One of these days, they were approached by a young man named Alberto Gutierrez, known artistically as Muchacho Mandanga, who introduced himself and also started playing at the bar along with another Spanish percussionist.

Weeks passed before both Raul and Muchacho could not take their partners to play due to personal problems, so the venue manager proposed the to join them that day. The chemistry between them was so great that they continued playing together and never apart again.

At the beginning, they only played flamenco rumba, which was what got closer to each together in the first place. Later on, they started playing cumbia, Latin rock, salsa, Cuban son and many more.