Salsa meets jazz for the benefit of Puerto Rico
Click here: The emergency in Puerto Rico is not over: How to help
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
Composition “La Cartera” by Arsenio Rodriguez.
Featuring Gerardo Contino (vocals), Larry Harlow (piano), Eddie Montalvo (congas), and Gabrielle Garo (flute) with Bobby Sanabria’s Multiverse Big Band live at Le Poisson Rouge.
Video production and post production services contributed by Jazz on the Tube and Guava Records. Additional footage provided by Alfie Alvarado.
And for people who think conga drumming is just random banging on skins, here’s a lesson from Eddie Montalvo on just a little of what’s involved.
All these greats came out and donated their time and talents to help Puerto Rico. We invite you to do the same. The need is urgent. Thanks.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
“El Cumbanchero” was composed by Rafael Hernández Marín, born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico in 1892. He was a member of the “The Harlem Hell Fighters” which fought with such distinction during World War I.
He was recruited along with his brother Jesus by James Reese Europe. He and the rest of his group, the 369th Infantry Regiment, were awarded the French Croix de guerre by the President of France for their heroism in battle.
When you watch these videos, you’re seeing the contributions of dozens of people to the cause of raising money for the people of Puerto Rico in their time of great difficulty.
Bobby Sanabria, all the members of his Multiverse Big Band, all the guest artists, and all the camera people and post production people who brought this video to you donated their time for the effort.
Randy Brecker, who is featured in this clip, flew home a day early from China – a 15 hour flight – just to make it in time for this performance.
None of the interactions the guest artists had with the Big Band were rehearsed. There was no time. In these clips, you’re seeing jazz at its finest. “Here’s the tune. Go!” – and out comes artistry.
Now it’s time for little artistry from viewers who have not yet contributed.
Please share these clips widely and write the people you know who write about jazz and let them know these clips exist. Every jazz fan should be aware of them. Thanks.
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
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Thanks.
Antoinette Montague (vocals) and Valerie Capers (piano) rock the house with Bobby Sanabria’s Multiverse Big Band at a benefit for Puerto Rico on October 23rd, 2017 at Poisson Rouge in NYC.
Video documentation and post-production services contributed by Darren Hoffman, director of “Tradition is a Temple” and Jazz on the Tube. Additional footage provided by Alfie Alvarado.
For more information about Antoinette Montague: http://www.antoinettemontague.com
For more information about Valerie Capers: https://valcapmusic.com
Please share this and other videos from the series widely and help the cause!
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
“Caravan”, the jazz standard composed by the Puerto Rican composer Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, was first performed by the Ellington Orchestra in 1936.
This one-of-a-kind version starts off with Matthew Gonzalez on the pandereta, the frame drum from Puerto Rico used in plena.
Then National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master Paquito D’Rivera delivers a hilarious – and virtuosic – “lecture” on the true origins of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Be prepared to be enlightened!
D’Rivera, born in Cuba in 1948, is the winner of fourteen Grammys and as you can see a true friend of Puerto Rico.
Thanks to Darren Hoffman, director of “Tradition is a Temple,” and his company Guava Records for collaborating with us on documenting this event and for contributing thousands of dollars worth of his services to bring this and other clips from this show to you. Additional footage provided by Alfie Alvarado. Also, thanks to all Jazz on the Tube supporters. Your support this year gave us the resources to underwrite this important project.
Please share this and other videos from the series widely and help the cause!
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
P.S. Our unique programming is made possible by help from people like you. Learn how you can contribute to our efforts here: Support Jazz on the Tube
Thanks.