Produced by Calabar Radio
Ivor Miller spins Cuban classics recorded in Cuba and New York City, points out the Abakua codes within them and translates them with the help of his Nigerian co-host, Mr. Ene Ita, a professional Master of Ceremonies with Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC)
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P.S. The program number on the streamed player is inaccurate.
Jose Andro Mella Bosch, voice and leader, and Pedro Cardenas Valdes, cello, prepare new material for the next round of Live from Matanzas.
If you missed the series so far, here’s what we’ve got
https://www.jazzonthetube.com/live-from-matanzas-episode-1/
https://www.jazzonthetube.com/live-from-matanzas-episode-2/
https://www.jazzonthetube.com/live-from-matanzas-episode-3/
https://www.jazzonthetube.com/live-from-matanzas-episode-4/
https://www.jazzonthetube.com/live-from-matanzas-episode-5/
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The lockdown in Cuba has been as disruptive as anywhere else, in fact even more extreme than most places.
The impact – skyrocketing food prices, the devastation of small businesses serving tourists, and yes hunger – has been severe.
Even before the lockdowns, times were economically tough in Cuba, Depression-level with cash and opportunities to make money very limited.
I can’t imagine how bad it is now, though I am getting reports.
Particularly sad to me has been the decimation of opportunities for young musicians and students to continue their educations.
For example, the country’s National High School of Music (ENA) has been shut down and all the kids sent home. ENA is a residential school in Havana that recruits the best young musicians from around the country.
Working with Camilo Moreira, a long-time friend of jazz on the Tube and ENA’s’ jazz band director, we’re creating distance education and performance opportunities for the kids.
This was Camilo’s first experiment, using Whatsapp. To accomplish this we bought Internet connections for all the participating students. Camilo is the wizard who is making it all happen. I have no idea of how he’s pulling it off.
This is the kind of thing you support when you support Jazz on the Tube.
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DEEP history.
If you love the music, this deep dive into it is unparalleled.
Go here for more great content Bronx Music Heritage Center
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I only have one quibble with this movie.
It should be called Nuestra HERMOSA Cosa Latina (Our BEAUTIFUL Latin Thing)
Directed by Leon Gast (who went on to make “When We Were Kings”) and produced by Fania Records.
I had the great good fortune to grow up partially in the Bronx in the 1970s and this music and the energy it created was everywhere.
I was too young to go to the clubs, but this great music was the background of my life.
How wonderful that someone captured it. This was one of the greatest flowerings of creative music in New York City’s history – and that’s saying a lot!
Gest says the film was short entirely on the Lower East Side with the exception of the club footage which was shot at Cheetah’s which was located at Broadway and 53rds Street in Manhattan.
The Track List
1. Estrellas de Fania (Practice) – Fania All Stars (4:11)
2. QuÍtate Tú – Fania All Stars (9:40)
3. Anacaona – Fania All Stars (19:08)
4. Ponte Duro – Fania All Stars (31:10)
5. Abran Paso I – Larry Harlow Y Su Orquestra con Ismael Miranda (43:40)
6. Abran Paso II – Larry Harlow Y Su Orquestra con Ismael Miranda (48:07)
7. Lamento De Un Guajiro – Larry Harlow Y Su Orquestra con Ismael Miranda (51:05)
8. Estrellas de Fania – Fania All Stars (1:12:05)
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April 2021. Produced by Andro Mella for Jazz on the Tube.
Personnel:
Yordanka Alfonso de Leon, viola
Guillermo Barbaro Alfonso Novo, violin
Hector Cabrera Pino, violin
Pedro Cardenas Valdes, cello
Luis Cancino Morales, cajon
Lenier Licea Suarez, cajon
Lazaro Barbaro Licea Morales, chequere
Guillermo Barbaro Alfonso de Leon, cata
Jose Andro Mella Bosch, voz lider
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