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Maestro Jorge Anselmo Barrientos Silva, conductor, arranger and composer
He is one of Mexico’s most important musicians and cultural heritage, recuerdos del Son with Jorge Anselmo Barrientos Silva.
Jorge Barrientos was born on November 14, 1953 in Mexico City. He studied music at the Escuela del Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de la Música del Distrito Federal. Groups and orchestras in which he has worked: Mocambo, Horóscopo Tropical, Jorge y su Boogaloo, Sonora Brasilia, Sonora Mayoral, Yímbola Combo, La Justicia, Sonora.
In 1980 he founded Recuerdos del Son (director, arranger, and composer), whose group is already part of our cultural heritage of Afro-Caribbean music in Mexico. This group has participated in festivals, conferences, concerts, and courses, in the most important auditoriums and theaters of the CDMX and the interior of the country. It is worth mentioning that it has been the only Mexican group invited to Nicaragua.
Within his musical career he has been a commentator on radio stations such as Radio D, Radio Educación, La Tropi Q and XEB. He has published several works on Afro-Antillean music and especially on Cuban Son -among others- El Son Raíz y evolución, La Clave en el Son cubano, Método de Tres and a didactic disc on the variants of Son.
Jorge Anselmo Barrientos Silva y Erika Muñoz
Regarding pre-Hispanic music, he published the research: ANALOGÍA ENTRE LOS INSTRUMENTOS DE PERCUSIÓN PREHISPÁNICOS Y LOS DEL SON CUBANO (ANALOGY BETWEEN PRE-HISPANIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS AND CUBAN SON). He has given conferences, concerts and workshops in several cultural spaces such as Faculties of the Universidad Autónoma de México, Cultural Centers in Mexico City, as well as in the interior of the Republic.
He has participated in the Cervantino Festival twice, the Caribbean Festival in Managua, Nicaragua in 1984, Festival de las Artes in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, etc, etc. Jorge A. Barrientos Silva was an advisor in the Chamber of Deputies, and commissioner of the Musicians Union.
He has been Secretary of Political Action and in charge of the Legal Department. In the Musicians Union, he was a founder of the Afro-Antillean music workshop, besides having given countless lectures on the Cuban Son and its variants.
Jorge, how many productions have you recorded?
FIRST PRODUCTION OF MR. GENARO ÁLVAREZ (R.I.P.D.)
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION, OWN BRAND, EL SON RECORDS
Among those productions, which is the one that has left a mark in your musical history?
All of them have been important and, for example, the album HOIMENAJE PEREGRINO, is a product that record collectors look for and has a special value.
The album, recorded live at the Teatro de la Ciudad, is a document that contains compositions and arrangements by the members, including music and piano solos by Mexican jazzman Héctor Infanzón.
We know that you participated in a festival in Nicaragua, can you share with us about that great experience?
It was something special, since several groups from all over the world participated, among them, Italians, Venezuelans, Cubans, etc. and when playing “al tocar al tú por tú”, the Mexican musicians did not shrink.
You participated in several recordings of your musical partners, to mention a few Tony Camargo, Linda Vera, Wuelfo Gutiérrez, (former member of the legendary Sonora Matancera), what did these great musicians leave you as a musician?
Participating with great music legends is an unforgettable experience since they ask you to interpret the scores, according to the recordings that have left their mark.
Were you in the golden age of Afro-Antillean music, how did Afro-Antillean music develop in those years?
Without underestimating the work of today’s musicians, the era I lived in was very special, because each group tried to put its “stamp” on each performance, nowadays, regularly and with honorable exceptions, most of them “sound the same”.
In the present time, do you consider that Afro-Antillean music has transcended?
Yes, it has transcended, but, with the globalization of culture, sometimes there are few novelties.
Jorge, which show do you remember that alternated with the salseros from abroad?
In the fever of the ’80s, fortunately, the businessmen looked at us to alternate with the great figures, among these I can mention: Irakere, Orquesta Aragón, Gran Combo, Sonora Matancera, Sonora Ponceña, Son 14, Adalberto y su Son, etc.
¿Recuerdos del Son is already a cultural heritage of the CDMX did you imagine that someday it would happen?
The work in the cultural area has been the goal of our efforts. How nice to receive the affection and recognition of the people, who are ultimately the ones who make our career.
As director and musician of your own orchestra, has it been difficult to get to where you are?
Music and being in the show business is a daily battle, and if it has been difficult, of course, no one has the formula for success, we will continue in the daily struggle, preparing ourselves and presenting our new productions,
How did your love for the guitar, the bass and the Cuban tres come about?
First, I am a descendant of a bohemian family, where the guitar was never missing, then with time my love for the bass and then the Cuban tres began.
Are you still performing?
I’ve been performing on Saturdays at the Salón Caribe and other dance halls for 4 years. The cultural activities have been suspended for some time now (by covid) but, hopefully, the presentations in festivals and theaters will be reactivated.
Do you still feel the same adrenaline rush when you step on a stage?
Fortunately, it’s the same emotion, you never know if the public is receptive or ignores your efforts.
In your musical career, have you been honored or received recognition?
Yes, I have received countless recognitions, both for the trajectory of RECUERDOS DEL SON and for the research work I have done.
Jorge before saying goodbye we want to thank you for being and existing as the cultural heritage of the CDMX.
Would you like to close this talk with a few words?
Some say that Son is dead, Don Ignacio Piñeiro used to say: “Son is the most sublime thing for the soul to have fun, it should die, who for good does not judge it.
MAY THE SON NOT DIE, WITH CLAVE AND BONGO, MEMORIES OF THE SON.
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Casa de la Música, Playa / Miramar in Havana Cuba
The month of January 2022 in this prestigious and exclusive place in Havana the best talents, orchestras, singers of the island are being presented, every weekend a different artist with the musical quality that characterizes the Cubans.
Aila Mompie, Asi Son, Tanin Pantoja, Quinteto Maden, Lazarito Valdez y Bamboleo, Papucho y Manana Club, El Hijo de Teresa y la Llegada, Leonel Limonta y Azúcar Negra, Yvan y la Leyenda, La Octava Nota, Zule Guerra, Maykel Hores y RB Salsa, Charanga Latina, Waldo Mendoza, Yordano y el Hermano, Giraldo Piloto y Klimax, Vania, Ronny, Casabe, Max Max, Pascualito Cabrejas y Tumbao, among others.
Since it opened in the mid-nineties, this concert hall has consolidated itself as the temple of salsa and Cuban son in the capital. The best bands have played on its stage and the programming continues to be irreproachable.
It is a beautiful place in Havana, where orchestras from different artistic catalogs of the country perform, a spectacular place to enjoy good popular dance music in its halls.
The house was built in the 40’s in one of the most aristocratic neighborhoods of the capital and was the headquarters of a lodge of the Masonic Foundation. It had two floors of masonry and tiles and included in its ample distribution a party room, stage, and auditorium, a premonition of what it would be half a century later. The Irrumpe Theater Group and the Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales (Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods) also passed through it, then sadness came over every corner of the House until EGREM knocked on its doors to break the silence and turn it into the House of Musicians and Cuban Music.
It began with the EGREM Award Gala in April 1995 and in October of the same year, with the concert of the great Cuban musician Chucho Valdés and the group Irakere, it passed the test of fire because this concert was recorded live in the memory of the House thanks to the latest technology equipment it has.
The House was created to exhibit and commercialize the Cuban discography in different media and to promote the recognition of the work of our artistic talents through live presentations, and as a complement to this, the gastronomic offer, always preserving the most genuine values of the national culture.
“International Salsa Magazine is SalsaGoogle.com“.
We are an organization that from the hand of its Founder, Director, and Editor Eduardo Guillarte, in force since 2007 has been working nonprofit helping to promote:
Orchestras, Singers, DJs, Clubs, Plastic Artists in North America, Europe, and Latin America and Asia and with the contribution of volunteers in various parts of the world, which at the same time invite and recommend all lovers, dancers of our Latin music to visit the Casa de la Musica, Playa / Miramar in Havana Cuba.
How to get there: Dale Click Aqui
Calle 20# 3308 cya Havana, Cuba 10400orner of 35 Miramar Pla
+53 7 2026147
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Fuente: www.ecured.cu
Long live music and its unique and great protagonist, La Salsa y el Son Monte Adentro.
Article Interest: Quinteto D’Amore of Havana – Cuba
From Zurich-Switzerland MERCADONEGRO Orchestra presents its latest song titled “Que Ironia”
Since Friday, January 21, 2022, is available on Youtube the new video clip from the Mercadonegro.
Mercadonegro was Created at the end of 2000 with influences from Salsa Dura thanks to their experiences working with artists such as Celia Cruz, Alfredo de la Fe, Cheo Feliciano, Tito Nieves, and many more.
Orquesta Mercadonegro titled “Que Ironia” song that is part of the production SOMOS DEL BARRIO, returning to the radio waves and digital platforms, a song that had been on hold, but now takes off from this group of Latinos based in Europe.
SOMOS DEL BARRIO is the 4th production, of which stand out songs like: Triste y Solo, Quien a Hierro Mata, Rumba Negrito and also this current song “Que Ironía”, as always the boys of Mercadonegro highlight their work by the mixture of different cultures and Latin roots that enrich their musical style.
“Que Ironía” was born from the inspiration and ideas of Rodrigo Rodriguez Puerta & Eddie Villanueva Chininin, which relates the daily experiences of human beings, in their day to day nonconformity, and as the same lyrics say
“Nobody knows what he has until he loses it”.
This time it is Oscar “Chucky” Cordero who is in charge of the musical arrangements and even participates in the trumpet solo.
Mercadonegro, based in Switzerland, was founded on November 15, 2002, since then they have participated in the biggest Latin/Salsa and Jazz Festivals in Europe, and they have toured China (Asia), Colombia and Mexico (Latin America).
Its Directors : Armando Miranda ” El Moro ” was born in Havana – Cuba, with studies in the conservatory and participation with different Cuban artists. He is the lead singer of the orchestra and composer of some songs.
Rodrigo Rodriguez Puerta, born in Cartagena, Colombia, since he was a child he awakened his interest in music, percussionist, chorister, singer, composer and music producer.
In this most recent title “Que Ironía” participate the following musicians: Authors: Rodrigo Rodriguez Puerta / Eddie Villanueva Chininin
Arranger: Oscar ” Chucky ” Cordero
Piano: Oscar Ivan Lozano ((Oilo)) Bass: Dimitris Christopoulos
Full Percussion: Rodrigo Rodriguez Trombones: Johan Escalante Trumpets: Oscar ” Chucky ” Cordero Baritone Sax : Gills Grivola
Backing Vocals : Roberto Marcano ” El Chamo ” & Rodrigo Rodríguez Vocals : Rodrigo Rodríguez Puerta
Sound and Mix Engineer : Jose Mendoza
Pasterization : Fernando Álvarez at 440 Mastering, Madrid-Spain Recorded at GO STUDIO Zurich-Switzerland.
Site: Mercadonegro
Article of Interest: Mercadonegro Orchestra of Switzerland
“International Salsa Magazine is SalsaGoogle.com“.
We are an organization that from the hand of its Founder, Director and Editor Eduardo Guillarte, in force since 2007 that has been working non-profit helping to promote: Orchestras, Singers, DJs, Clubs, Plastic Artists in North America, Europe and Latin America and Asia and with the contribution of volunteers in various parts of the world, which at the same time invite and recommend all lovers, dancers of our Latin music to follow La Orquesta MercadoNegro from Zurich-Switzerland.
Long live music and its only and great protagonist, La Salsa.
Enjoy 4 Latin Events In Prague
The capital of the Czech Republic becomes the most Salsera in Europe during the month of love and friendship
Every month Prague becomes the center of the Salsero movement in the country. Latin music clubs are currently open, a traditional festival is scheduled to take place at the end of February, and a piano concert with a Venezuelan artist will take place on Monday 21st. So, continue reading this article created especially for you and find out about the details of each event related to Latin music.
La Bodeguita Del Medio
The most emblematic Restaurant / Bar in Havana (Cuba) located in “The City of One Hundred Towers” for two decades keeps its doors open and its hours this month.
La Bodeguita del Medio is designed in the colonial style of 20th century Havana and at the bar, in addition to the mojitos, you can also try more than 150 types of short and long drinks. Regarding the menu (in Spanish) you will find the typical Havana specialties, as well as seafood, fish, vegetables, and a variety of meat. Also, you can attend every day at noon and enjoy the European international menu.
This Restaurant/Bar features a live Cuban band (usually trios) and performances by Latin dancers every night. La Bodeguita del Medio is located at Kaprova 19, 1 10 00 in the Old Town, Prague.
La Macumba
Every day (except Sundays) is a day of continuous festivities lasting eleven hours, and the cost of entry is around five euros.
Saturday nights are more crowded, so it is recommended to go before 11:00 PM to dance on the dance floor with a large space. Also, to order your favorite cocktail you don’t need to know the national language because the waiters are Cuban and speak Spanish.
To attend La Macumba it is recommended to dress casually and not to carry excess belongings. The recommended minimum limit to have fun inside the bar is two hours due to a large number of activities, the best DJs in Prague mixing the greatest hits of Latin music (DJ Alejandro, DJ Chocolino, DJ Lázaro, DJ Mário, and others), Theme parties with programs and demonstrations several times a week, and various instructors who teach fans and enthusiasts to move to the rhythm of Salsa. This bar is located at Štefánikova 230/7 150 00 Prague 5-Anděl, Czech Republic. So, enjoy La Macumba in the month of love and friendship.
Prague Bachata Festival 2022
Prague Bachata Festival was created together with Bachata Souls (Pavel & Eli), two professional dancers who stand out in this Dominican rhythm. This Latin festival will take place from Friday, February 25th to Sunday, February 27th after a two-year break due to the pandemic. Here you will have the opportunity to enter the international dance scene in the Czech Republic, as well as meet new friends and gain progress in the current level of dance.
Prague Bachata Festival 2022 will take place at the Olympik Hotel, and the Full Pass is around 142 euros. There will be five international couples that will show their execution and perfect mastery of dance in shows and workshops with the combination of DJ Alejandro (Spain), DJ Husky (Israel), and DJ Dim5nsions (United Kingdom) doing their best mixes. Prague Bachata Festival 2022 is preparing this event for you.
Gabriela Montero In Concert
Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero is one of the most virtuous Latin women of classical piano. This exceptional artist has great improvisational skills and has performed with the world’s leading orchestras including New York, Los Angeles, Royal Liverpool, Rotterdam, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestras, the Canadian National Center for the Arts Orchestra, and many more.
This famous pianist released her most recent album “Latino” in the fall of 2019, and also she got the Latin Grammy for Best Classical Music Album for her first orchestral composition “Ex Patria”.
Gabriela Montero will offer a classical piano concert this Monday, February 21st at 7:30 PM, and you have the opportunity to enjoy it at the Rudolfinum located in Alšovo nábř. 12, 110 00 Josefov. This cultural center dates back to the 19th century and has concert halls, an art gallery, and exhibition spaces.