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The best marimba band found in Los Angeles
Every day there are more Latin bands that leave the music of our countries in the highest and one of them is Marimba Tropical and the great talents who make up this group. To know a bit of this project, we have made contact with its current director and one of its founders, Lucas Critchfield, with whom we have been able to talk via email about his life and the group he leads.
Lucas’ beginnings in music and marimba
Like many other artists, he had an interest in music at a young age. In his particular case, he used to imitate animal sounds such as roosters, crows and other typical animals from the rural area of New Mexico, where he spent practically his entire childhood. In addition to that, he was always very curious about the Native American drums because of their particular sound, although this was not the first instrument he would play, but the bells.
When he joined the school band, Lucas wanted to play the drums, but first he had to play the bells for a while. He was in that band from sixth through twelfth grade and was also in his college marching band, which was his springboard to a more professional path in music.
Some time later, he managed to play in international bands Troopers and Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps in the state of California, where he played quad drums for about five years and toured all over the United States.
His first contact with what would become his main instrument, the marimba, was in the University of New Mexico band, something that did not convince Lucas completely since he did not think he had the ability to take on a challenge like that. Fortunately, he dared to do so and did so well that, two years later, he became the leader of the band, which played the Mexican style and whose mentor, Steve Chavez, owned a multitude of Mexican marimbas.
By 1993, his father took him to Chiapas, Mexico, where he met numerous marimba makers and was encouraged to buy his first marimba to start playing marimba professionally.
Lucas’ first band
Lucas’ first band was Marimba Dulce in Albuquerque in around 1997. The group lasted 10 years and he shared the project with Mike Anaya on bass and Anthony Bacca on drums. At the same time, he studied music education and earned a master’s degree in percussion.
In addition to all that, he was also fortunate enough to play with steel drum bands, reggae groups, symphonic orchestras, among many others.
Back in 2008, he also taught music classes in high school and middle school and did the same in the state of California, where he would return to teach percussion in elementary schools.
Marimba Tropical’s founding
The group Lucas created and currently leads receives is called Marimba Tropical, which was founded in 2009 and short-lived because of the difficulties of a nascent group without many resources to stay in the market for a long time. It all started with Lucas meeting a couple of musicians in the Pacific Crest Drum & Bugle Corps, with whom he got to play at some dive clubs and at blues festivals.
In those years, they did not have a large repertoire, so they did repetitive shows and even repeated several songs in the same concert, so sometimes they did not get a chance to eat. Group’s conditions were not the best, so Lucas and the young musicians who accompanied him did not have a very good time and it was very difficult for them to take the project forward.
Years later, specifically in 2015, the band became a duo only composed of Lucas and his partner Jasenia Ruvalcaba Morningstar, who is a Southern California native, plays the bootom of the marimba and also the maracas, the güiro and the flute. She is also a music teacher.
While both Lucas and Jasenia are the key players in the group, they also have Aaron Leutwiler in San Diego, while talented musicians Nancy Guzman and Horacio Peralta support them in Los Angeles when they are busy with other commitments.
What Lucas aspires to achieve from Marimba Tropical in the future is to spread love to the marimba as much as he can and to make it as common in the United States as it is now in Chiapas, Oaxaca and Central America. Similarly, the artist wants to keep offering memories to the natives of these places, whose smiles when he plays ”Las Mañanitas” make him feel very honored to be able to represent so many places at the same time.
Read also: ‘‘La Chiqui Some’’ and ‘’El Some’’ in International Salsa Magazine
Meet the venezuelan Oeste 11 orchestra
Latin America / Venezuela / Caracas
Did you know that tropical music arises from the region surrounding the Caribbean Sea and the Antillean region of the American continent, where there is a mixture of rhythms from the African continent, fused with folklore and rhythms from the different American countries?
In this edition we can say that many music and dance lovers tend to choose Salsa and/or Tropical music, since they are musical genres that people enjoy as a couple or in a group, whether at an event, party or festival. giving it essence, life and sharing among all the members, for this reason there are many singers and members of orchestras that specialize in these genres, today we have as a special guest the Oeste 11 Orchestra from Caracas, Venezuela.
It was made up of young musicians belonging to the Venezuelan Orchestral Movement, among them the Venezuelan percussionist Alejandro Alfonzo who baptized it in 2007 with the name “Oeste 11” for all the musical experiences they shared since childhood, because most of their members were formed together in said parish.
It is currently made up of 13 musicians, who specialize in the musical genre “Salsa”, giving life to 2 discographies, the first entitled “AL NATURAL” that came out in 2015, consists of 8 unreleased songs and a cover. “With his songs I lie, Al natural, I forgot about you, Forget you, Medicine, You made fun of me, I have decided to forget you, My sweet friend and Dancing”
And for this month of May their second discography “Amor y gusto” will be available, which will be composed of 11 unreleased songs, and to give a preview of the new album they already presented us this March 31 their first single (theme), titled “ I want you to feel Mine”, which is accompanied by a music video that you can enjoy on her YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpleKvxCg9Y.
And over the years they had the opportunity to share on stage with several well-known artists and/or groups, such as the Latin Dimension, Rafael el Pollo Brito, Proyecto A, Los Satélites, Magia Caribeña, Grupo Mango, and other national artists. of different musical genres.
Among their achievements, they mention that in the National Festival of Salsa Orchestras Dile no a la Payola de PDVSA la Estancia were the winners in 2014, they were also selected to honor the Sonora Ponceña for her 60 years of artistic career and were in the Festival Sounds Caracas.
If you want to listen to their discographies “Al Natural” and “I want you to feel mine”, they are available worldwide on the platforms Amazon, Itunes, Spotify, Tidal, Google Music, among others.
For more information:
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Oeste11/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/oeste11?lang=es
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oeste11/?hl=es-la
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR-wi3ybnoTbLH9C3-8keMA
- Phones: +584242251360 / +584265161630 del manager Alejandro Alfonzo
The Granada LA
North America / USA / Los Angeles
The Granada LA is the home to a Ballroom, Latin, Salsa & Bachata dance studio with Los Angeles hottest dance instruction with classes a week and private lessons available by appointment. Offering several nights with live entertainment and dancing to show off all you have learned.
Tuesday is Salsa & bachata Nights, Thursday is Bachata Tropical Nights with 3rd floor Hip Hop/Reggaeton, Friday and Saturday Nights the main dance floor becomes Los Angeles Best Live Salsa Club! Enjoy an extra room on Saturday for bachata and Hip Hop/Top on patio.
Also the first and third Sunday of the month, live music for the Ballroom Dinner Dance with Two’s Company with all your favorites. Also, offering other special nights once a month on different nights.
Group Classes & Private Dance Lessons go on throughout the building, but it is important to remember that the Granada LA has other activities and groups sharing the space day and night.
The restaurant is open Thursday thru Sunday for dinner, in addition to being the caterer for rentals. Just as most clubs in Hollywood, enjoy different theme nights, so will the Granada LA.
Friday and Saturday night Salsa dance club, Ballroom Dinner Dance, Thursday night Bachata dance club, Cuban Timba party 2nd sunday of the month, Chicago stepping platinum club 4th sunday of the month, Special Dance performances, Concert nights & special events throughout the week and on weekends.
Teaching and choreographing for shows, events, parties, celebrations and your first dance. The Ballroom Dance Studio is located in Los angeles and specializes in Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Salsa & Tango dance classes and instruction both privately and in groups.
Offering an elegant beautiful Banquet Facility in Los Angeles for your upcoming Wedding Reception, Quinceanera, Birthday Party, Anniversary or a Special Occasion in Alhambra.
The “Patio de Tula”
Latin America / Venezuela / Yaracuy
In the Yaracuy state of Venezuela, where nature reigns, salsa is also danced
Meeting point: El Patio de Tula in the city of San Felipe
In the patio of a house in an urbanization in the city of San Felipe, since 2013, there has been a salsa scene that is worthy of recognition. The Patio de Tula is the name of the place, named after the Buena Vista Social Club song: El Cuarto de Tula. It is a space created by music lover and cultural promoter Yony Padilla, inspired by some night spots in Caracas where salsa was danced, such as the emblematic “El Maní es Así en Sabana Grande.”
Apart from having become a point of reference in the Yaracuy state and a meeting place for musicians and passionate salsa lovers, or simply a place to de-stress or have a delicious soup on Sundays, in El Patio de Tula We work diligently to rescue the salsa genre and become an engine of dissemination and a teaching center for the musical education of children, young people and adolescents.
The aim is to create an African-American percussion and dance school, where rhythm and dance are connected in a vital and artistic encounter, through Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Venezuelan percussion workshops and Caribbean dance (salsa) and traditional Venezuelan dance classes. It is important to highlight that this training proposal will be called the Juan Carlos Marín Percussion School, as a living tribute to this musician from Yaracuya, who throughout his career has dedicated himself to the study and research of Latin music and the Yaracuyan drum. It would be well worth it for this project to be taken into account by the region’s cultural organizations to support it.
There are various personalities and groups linked to the salsa and urban music scene that have visited El Patio de Tula, among them we can mention: Edgar “Dolor” Quijada, Orlando “Watussi” Castillo along with Mandinga Star Band, Rodrigo Mendoza, Carlos Hurtado , Jóvito Eduardo, Wilmer Lozano, Edgar “El Abuelo” Rodríguez, Alejandro Mayora, Ray Herrera, David González Jr., Ronald Gómez, Cheo Linares, Aquamarina “La Sirena de la Salsa”, DJ. Augusto Felibertt, Sonora Yambú, Orquesta Salsa Cinco 25, Orquesta Salsa Libre, Orquesta Malecón, the Mango Group, Dame Pa Mátala, Y de Cuba, Sixto Llorente and the Yoruba Andabo Folkloric Group.
Yony Padilla tells us that the salsa scene in the Yaracuy state is on the rise. To do this, they have the Hermandad Salsera de Yaracuy Foundation, which goes hand in hand with El Patio de Tula and at the same time is linked to the radio program Expresion Latina, produced and hosted by Hermes Mejías, and broadcast on the 102.9 FM dial from the central area of San Felipe. Another location that is leading the scene in the area, as Yony tells us, is El Rincón de La Salsa. The large number of musicians and orchestras in Yaracuy are proof of what was said above. Among the musicians the following stand out:
- Domingo Bracho – piston trombone
- Jorge Yujere – trombone
- Harry Ramos –piano
- Luis Reyes –percussion
- Kendri Siso –percussion
- Asael Hernández – piano
- Darwin González – Cuban three
- Domingo Suárez – percussion
- Jimmie Graterol – percussion
- Jesús Mieres – percussion
- Manuel Mieres –trombone
- among others.
The salsa orchestras are: Sonora Yambu, Elegua Son, Yaracuy es Salsa, Orquesta Los Gullet de Marín, where Sonero Orlando “Watussi” Castillo, residing in Milan, Italy, participated as a special guest, Orquesta Trombosis and Escala 78. Among the DJs are: Diego Music, Jesús (Drupy) and Robert Villalobos.
Further, investigating the salsa scene in the states surrounding Yaracuy, we were able to verify with the promoter Padilla that salsa is picking up in Aragua, this, if we measure it by the number of orchestras that he mentioned to us: Orquesta Mangue, Orquesta Primera Clase, La Foca and his Caribbean Sextet, Enmanuel Orchestra, Latinos Orchestra, Mondys Band, Fascination Orchestra (Recognition from the Universidad Bicentenario de Aragua –UBA–), Sono-Star Orchestra and Roberto Monasterios and his Orchestra.
Likewise, in other nearby states there are orchestras such as Malecón, Sazón Latino, Soneros Latinos, Líder, La Nor-Star in Lara; Osaona, Juramento, Sorongo, Batakum, Son Colón, Adrenalina Latina Puerto Cabello in Carabobo; and the Piri Salsa Orchestra in Falcón.
We invite you, therefore, to attend one of the tremendous rumbas that take place in El Patio de Tula, in a family and calm atmosphere, and in the process visit the greenest and most vibrant state of Venezuela. The Exotic Tropical Flora Park, the San Felipe El Fuerte Archaeological Historical Park and the Cumaripa Reservoir Recreational Park are an exemplary example of how, in Yaracuy, nature reigns.
ADDRESS: El Patio de Tula is located on 3rd street, San Rafael, Independencia, Yaracuy state, Venezuela.
Note: We highly appreciate the collaboration received from Yony Padilla and Augusto Felibertt in the preparation of this text.