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Oscar Rojas Oscar Rojas has 54 years of musical career full of passion, rhythm and flavor
Oscarcito Rojas and his unmistakable lump.
In Venezuela, during the years 53-54, there were cold and humid nights in the home of the Rojas Mendoza Family, located in a high area of the Pastora of beautiful Caracas, there the furniture that was outside would wake up damp, particularly a child’s chair with a colonial design, which had the back and seat made of cattle leather, which when heated by the heat of the sun became warm like the leather of a coastal drum.
That is when the restless child Oscar, barely 7 years old, discovered the sounds produced by that cured leather and began that love relationship with percussion without realizing that this would be his life; his livelihood; his passion; his everything.
He also devised a pair of congas with two milk cans of different sizes, and thus achieve different sounds in his new instrument.
By the 70s, being a talented young man and wanting to earn his own living, Oscar bought a motorcycle to work as a messenger. Unfortunately, he had an accident on it, which led to his resignation from the company. With the money he generated from the liquidation, he bought a drum kit that belonged to the illustrious Pavo Frank. This is how his foray into rock began.
Later, due to the fractures he suffered in the motorcycle accident, he could not continue playing drums, but he got involved in percussion without a drumstick, which is to say, by hand, and he started playing congas.
Óscar Eduardo Rojas Mendoza is one of the most beloved and respected conga players in the country. He is the third of five siblings (Jaime; Yolanda; Óscar; Freddy and Leibia), son of Óscar Benito Rojas (musician and cabinetmaker) and Cira de los Santos Mendoza (dressmaker).
Loved by all his family, especially by his sons Gabriel ☦️ Osduare☦️ and Enrique; and his granddaughters Gabriela and Daniela.
Born in Caracas on October 18, 1946, he began his musical career in 1970 with Ramón Hernández, continuing with a trail of figures such as: Pablo Schneider, Vytas Brenner, Victor Cuica, Oscar Maggi, Soledad Bravo, Lilia Vera, Frank Hernández (El pavo Frank), Oscar D’Leon, Chuchito Sanoja, Professor Juan Carlos Núñez, Alfredo Naranjo.
He has participated in the best Jazz festivals in the world and in the country such as the Memphis in May International Festival (Tennessee), Varadero International Festival (Cuba), V International Festival of Montreal (Canada), Festival D’te de Québec (Canada), 10 International Festival of Montreal (Canada), Mar de Plata Jazz Festival (Argentina), Curacao International Festival where he was invited by the great saxophonist Paquito D’ Rivera, in the Venezuela Jazz Festival, in the 4 Caracas Jazz Festivals, in the Jazz Festival in El Hatillo editions IV, V and VII, and in festivals in the interior of the country.
He was an active founder of salsa groups such as Oscar D’Leon, where he participated in the recording of the first 3 albums, the group Caribe Libre, Gerardo Lugo’s Incorregibles, Alfredo Naranjo’s El Guajeo, Nano Grant’s Ensemble ll, Pavo Frank and his Orchestra. He was also part of the jazz groups Oscar Maggi (Macoya), Pedrito López, Otmaro Ruiz and Víctor Cuica.
Among the national and foreign artists he has accompanied are: Trino Mora, Chucho Avellanes, Mirtha Pérez, Estelita del Llano, María Rivas, Nancy Ramos, Nancy Toro, Cheo Feliciano, Ted Cordón, Paquito de Rivera, Eddie Sansson, Aldemaro Romero, Chuchito Sanoja, Jimmy Bosch, the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra, the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Caracas, among others. He was the founder of the La Calle Group and the Ensemble de la Calle, ReNueve (rock group), Negros and Aparte.
He currently works as a percussionist for Maigualida and his Ensemble. He also rehearses every Wednesday at Juan Sebastián Bar “El Templo del Jazz y La Salsa” with the new Ensamble de la Calle.
He has been in a musical career for 54 years, full of passion, rhythm and flavor.
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Adalberto Santiago celebrates his 70th Anniversary next March
In this space, we have always worked to pay tribute to the greatest salsa legends and we consider it important that these luminaries feel the love of the public in life. That is why we want to pay homage to the man who has been a great pillar of Puerto Rican salsa as we know today. We are talking about the great singer from Ciales, Adalberto Santiago, who is celebrating the 70th anniversary of his artistic career. Here is a summary of his brilliant career.
Adalberto’s beginnings in music
The sonero began his career by participating in trios, which he accompanied with his voice, guitar, bass and even his dance moves. This was something very few artists did at the time, which is why this young man drew a lot of attention at that time.
He got to play with Chuíto Vélez and Willie Rosario, but his career really took off when he was given a chance to join the orchestra of Ray Barreto, which is when he managed to internationalize thanks to several albums that continue to be chanted by salsa fans until today such as ‘’Acid’’ or ‘’Rican Struction’’. Then, together with several members of this orchestra, he founded La Tipica 73, which revived Cuban son.
Adalberto as an established artist
In the 1980s, he became part of the orchestra of Roberto Roena and got to perform famous songs such as ‘’Yo tenía una mujer’’. He is also known for co-producing the album ‘’Calidad’’ with his compatriot Papo Lucca, who arranged one of the tracks and was responsible for all the musical direction.
Some time later, he made a new version of the famous album ‘’Sex Symbol’’, becoming successful in countries such as Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. For this recording, the artist had the support of Isidro Infante in the area of production and arrangements. This is considered one of the most legendary musical works of the singer’s extensive career, to the point that many salseros around the world remember it fondly.
During all these years, Adalberto has been the author of a great number of songs for many world-famous albums in which he has participated, either as a bandleader or lead singer. Despite the worldwide fame he has achieved, he always maintains loyalty for his Latin roots and, in his own words, the structure of Latin music is the most appropriate for his voice and singing style.
In addition to that, the artist has always had the capability and experience to move through many Latin genres such as salsa, merengue, pachanga, cumbia, bomba, plena, boogaloo, guaracha, pachanga, among many others.
He has always tried to maintain his physical and vocal discipline to continue giving the best of himself to his audience despite the years.
Celebrating his anniversary
As we said at the beginning, the great Adalberto Santiago is about to celebrate his 70th anniversary as an artist, an event that of course is to be celebrated big.
As a way of celebrating and thanking his public for all the support he has received, the singer has decided to hold a concert at the Lehman University of Performing Arts in New York City, more specifically in the Bronx, on Saturday, March 22 at 8PM.
His fans have remained loyal all this time, so we have no doubt that he and his special guests will make everyone dance, making this event an unforgettable evening.
Read also: Milonga’s contribution to Latin music in general
Peruvian singer Laura Bravo and her multiple projects in the Bay Area
The Bay Area continues to be the source of much talk in the Latin music scene and very talented singer and vocal coach Laura Bravo is the perfect example of that. The young but experienced artist gave us the honor of talking exclusively with us to learn a little more about her ambitious career and everything achieved over the years.
Laura’s early interest in music
Laura tells us that she has been interested in music all her life, as her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins were always dancing and listening to music at home. In fact, her grandfather had a vinyl record player in which he always played boleros and Peruvian criollos waltzes, which inspired him to bring out his guitar and teach her little 6-year-old granddaughter to play. This led Laura to take a genuine interest in music and participate in events and recitals at school where she could evolve in this area.
On reaching the age of 12, her godfather gave her the opportunity to study music and singing at the Lima Museum of Art, Peru. At that age, she offered small concerts in which she was learning what she needed to pursue a more formal career in the future, something that she would achieve a few years later.
She also participated in a singing contest called ”Codigo Fama” and in some talk shows of the famous host Monica Zeballos on gifted children on Univision.
After completing her education, Laura moved to the United States when she was 17 years old, since she had many relatives living in California and already planned to move there at some point. That is how she, her parents and sister had been getting all the important immigration paperwork done for about ten years until they met all the requirements to be able to travel. In that state, her aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents were already waiting for her and welcomed her immediately after arriving in the country.
Current groups
Laura is currently involved in a cumbia band known as La Explosiva Sonora MX, with which she recently played at Giants Stadium in Oracle Park while supporting her local baseball team. The band also has a large presence at events and private parties where it makes attendees dance to their happy and catchy tunes.
In addition to that, she also has her own acoustic duo called Laura and Ray, a project she has with her uncle for the past two years. With him, she has taken over the Summer Nights and Orchard Days at the famous Filoli Country House.
All this without mentioning that he has also been collaborating with the orchestra VibraSÓN for some time with great musicians such as Jake Jacobs, Manny Martínez, Luis Morales, Carlos Caro and many others.
Marco Diaz Y El Tren
Collaboration between Laura and the group Marco Díaz y El Tren started thanks to a mutual friend, percussionist Julio Pérez. Marco Diaz and Laura coincided in the same orchestra and he invited her to sing with his own band in a small concert at the San Jose Flea Market, which represented a first test for her in the group and was very successful.
The singer says she has so much fun playing with the guys, which she considers a very important part of the work she is doing with them. ”The guys are all extremely professional and it is an honor for me to be able to share this experience with them. I always learn a lot from Marco Diaz, Saul Sierra and Julio Perez’‘ said Laura about Marco Diaz and El Tren.
Although Diaz, Sierra and Perez have been playing together for many years and Laura was the last to arrive, they have all been able to mesh with each other without any problems and hope to stay together for many years to come.
The NAAM Show
Laura discovers her participation at The NAAM Show as a wonderful experience. At the time, she was collaborating with a local cumbia band called Sonora San Jose, which was invited to attend the event in the 2022 edition.
She says it was not easy to get to the event venue and she and her colleagues stayed in an Airbnb during those days. She remembers with a laugh how she would wake up the other guests with her vocal warm-ups very early in the morning to be ready for the show.
Sonora San Jose was the first group to perform at 11 a.m. and its members shared with many other very professional musicians from whom they learned a lot.
Genres Laura has worked with
Laura is well known for working with salsa, merengue, cumbia, rock, pop and many other Latin genres. The reasons why she has been so concerned with covering many genres is that she likes to nurture from the energy of all kinds of people and reach as many audiences as possible.
”I’ve been a person who has said yes to many things. Whenever the opportunity to learn a new genre presents itself, I take it without thinking” says Laura about her musical styles.
Laura Bravo is an artist who is always open to try new things and does not limit herself to what she already knows, which has been a big part of the key to her success. It is a pleasure to have talked to her and we invite you to listen to what she has to offer in all her projects.
Tony Succar Releases “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” Featuring Jean Rodriguez
Europe / France / Bahrain
Miami, Florida February 20, 2018: Tony Succar announces the release of “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti “ (I Fall More In Love With You) featuring Jean Rodriguez, adding another song to his ever-growing list of new flavors that are defining salsa-infused pop music.
The powerful combination created when these two work together has been a consistent formula for viral success. When Tony Succar and Rodriguez combine their talents, it’s a concoction of tropical goodness that has their fans loving their groove. The single is available now on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify. And, you can view Tony’s infectious “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti“ music video here.
“Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” is part of a follow-up project to Succar’s UNITY album, The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson that hit #1 on the Billboard Tropical Album Music Chart, iTunes’ #1 World Latin Chart, and Amazon’s #1 Latin Pop Music Chart.
It was that collaboration of Universal Classics and Universal Music Latin Entertainment that landed Succar a nationally televised primetime PBS special. Inspired by what Succar refers to as the “Unity Sound,” his production of “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” merges the unmistakable driving elements of Salsa with Pop.
It’s a blend of multi-cultural roots that results in a characteristic, retro sound with a full horn section, Latin rhythms and inspired vocals. This is Succar’s always-fresh approach of cleverly combining pure Salsa with super hip, funky and pop musical elements.
Tony Succar escalated to the top of the charts with Unity, but now it’s clear that Unity was only the foundation of his full vision.
“Many people have been asking me what would come after ‘Unity,’ or ‘when is Unity 2 going to be released?’ Fans have also asked when I would release some of my original compositions. The success of Unity really took my career to another level, and from that was born a new sound that I wanted to stick with.”
“So, I decided now is the time to hit the refresh button and surprise people with brand new material. This track is just the beginning. I won’t stop writing new arrangements of the amazing songs of Michael Jackson and other legendary artists I admire, but I love to create, captivate, and innovate new music.”
With that, “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” is just a taste of what Tony Succar has on the horizon. Make no mistake, Succar is committed to the essence of tropical music that catapulted him to how far he has come. It runs in his veins and he is devoted to creating new sounds without losing the very core of what the great Salsa artists who came before him produced.
Tony Succar’s production of “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” was co-written with Jorge Luis Piloto. Piloto has written hits for great artists such as Gilberto Santa Rosa, Victor Manuelle, Tito Nieves, Celia Cruz, Christina Aguilera, Olga Tañon, and many others. His prolific career also includes having led Sony’s Latin division and winning ASCAP’s Latin Songwriter of the Year award.
Tony Succar has been traveling a lot and performed at the Tempo Latino Festival Scène des Arènes in Vic-Fezensac, France and was a part of the amazing lineup of featured artists at the Desert Beats Music Festival in Bahrain. Succar and Unity; The Latin Tribute To Michael Jackson, shared the stage with Kool and The Gang and UB40, among others. You can see where Succar is headed next on his calendar.
Tony Succar has also collaborated with Latin Percussion (LP) Music to develop a “Tony Succar Signature ‘Unity’ Peruvian Cajon,” available in stores beginning in April. Just another indication of where the Peruvian-born musical talent’s heart lives.
Download “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” here: http://smarturl.it/MeEnamoroMasDeTi
WEBSITE: http://tonysuccar.com/
Contact: Nurby Lopez – Mixtura Productions 305-771-1014 [email protected]
Video For Single “Me Enamoro Mas De Ti” Click to watch: https://youtu.be/qQkS-1DDcJM