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MAY 2012 ISSUE

FROM THE EDITOR In this Volume 21, Number 4, May 2012, issue of Latin Beat Magazine Online, we introduce you to a singer/composer/flutist Cali, Colombia native, who calls Washington, D.C. home. Spanish professor Verny Varela is our featured artist of the month, currently putting the final touches on his third and latest CD recording. A true salsaero, this multi-talented artist pours into his music the passion and love for salsa that he grew up with as a child in his native Colombia. Contributing photojournalist and very good friend of Latin Beat Magazine, Mark Holston once again delivers his take on this year's "Panama Jazz Fest." Check out our columns, national and international hit parades, calendar of events, music news, and CD reviews.

Musically yours, Rudy & Yvette Mangual

Bloque 53 Cogelo Ahi Windows Media Verny Varela: From Cali, Colombia, to Washington, Quicktime D.C. By Rudy Mangual Chico Álvarez El Indio Caonabo Windows Media Quicktime

Bio Ritmo La Muralla

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Louie Cruz Beltran Paint the Rhythm Windows Media Quicktime

Cintron Band Live Human Nature Windows Media Quicktime

Vanelis Como Lo Extraño Windows Media Quicktime

Nayibe Borinquen Windows Media Quicktime

Luis González Spain A native of Colombia, Verny Varela is an arranger, composer, singer, flutist and bandleader who Windows Media keeps salsa and other Latin American musical forms alive in the U.S. capital. Although Varela is Quicktime a language professor by occupation, music remains his first love and passion. The following is a chat with Professor Varela, from his home in Washington, D.C.

Rolando Sanchez Rudy Mangual: Where are you originally from? Vamonos De Fiesta Verny Varela: I was born and raised in Cali, Colombia, in an area known as Barrio Obrero. Windows Media Quicktime

Steve Pouchie Watch Ur Wallet Windows Media Quicktime

Somos Son Bilongo

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The Estrada Brothers Mr. Ray Windows Media Quicktime

Manny Silvera Bassed in America Windows Media Quicktime

RM: When did you initially get into music? VV: My father is a singer of traditional Colombian music and always led a band or other musical groups. As a child, I was surrounded by music in the house, as I was exposed to my father's rehearsals, the radio, LP records, and music permeating from the neighborhood. Cali has a very active musical landscape. It's actually a bit crazy. Everyone loves salsa music and dancing. People are very knowledgeable about the history and evolution of salsa, its artists, bands, composers, arrangers, and so on. While Colombia enjoys a fruitful wealth of traditional and folkloric music such as cumbias, vallenatos, bambucos, and porros, as well as the new electro- cumbias and psycho-tropical rhythms of today's youth, its people love, respect and practice the rhythms of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Salsa rules in Cali, and the pioneers of the movement are considered superstars. Within this wonderful environment I was raised and taught to love music in general. By my teen years, I was playing bongó in my father's band, "El Nuevo Son", while admiring the sounds and styles of Puerto Rican salsa bands like Willie Colón, Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound, El Gran Combo and La Sonora Ponceña, among others.

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RM: Do you know how salsa became so popular in Colombia? VV: Statistics from local musicologists indicate that the music of the Caribbean entered Colombia through the port city of Buenaventura on the Pacific coast. Buenaventura is about a two and a half hour drive from Cali. Sailors and travelers brought the early vinyls of bands such as La Sonora Matancera and Cortijo y su Combo, for example, and these recordings would be enjoyed and taken from one town to another, making their way to Cali and beyond.

RM: Who are some of the pioneering Colombian salsa bands and artists? VV: Probably Fruko y sus Tesos and Joe Arroyo (who initially sang with Fruko). Fruko was the main salsero influencing all the local artists and bands.

RM: Do you have any formal music education? VV: Prior to graduating from high school, I was mainly playing percussion, which I learned on the street and from friends. After high school, I went to college to study computer technology and systems, basically to please my parents who did not want me to simply be a musician. After completing my college courses I enrolled at the University of El Valle in Cali to study music, earning a bachelor's degree.

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RM: What instrument did you major in? VV: Besides composing, arranging and singing, I studied the flute.

RM: Why did you prefer the flute? VV: Since my dad’s band rehearsed in our home, there were always instruments lying around. One day a flute turned up in the house and I was attracted to it for some reason. I started to fool around with it and fell in love. From that point on I started listening to the sounds of Johnny Pacheco, Néstor Torres and Orquesta Broadway. In one of Orquesta Broadway’s visits to Cali, I befriended master flutist Eddy Zervigón, who gave me pointers on playing and who I was privileged to join on stage as a vocalist. In 2002, in New York City, I had the honor to sing on the 40th Anniversary CD of Orquesta Broadway.

RM: Was this the beginning of your career as a vocalist? VV: Not really, I had always enjoyed singing chorus as a percussionist, but was more into playing an instrument than singing at the time. One day, my father’s band needed a vocalist and I stepped up to the challenge. I think that from that day on, I felt good about singing lead with a band. In 1996, the opportunity presented itself to sing chorus for a Fania All-Stars concert in Cali

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and in Tulua as back-up to Ismael Miranda, Adalberto Santiago and Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez. Sometime after that, I started singing lead with the Gabino Pampini Band, followed by a stint with the popular Tito Gómez Orchestra in Cali as a background vocalist. It was a very special time in my music evolution. Tito Gómez was an amazing singer/bandleader who always allowed his background singers to shine on stage with him. I am very grateful to him and his musicians. I toured all over the world with Gómez and got to truly hone my vocal skills.

RM: Obviously, you inherited the singing genes from your father? VV: Indeed I did, even though my father always favored more traditional styles.

RM: When did you relocate to the United States? VV: I first visited the U.S. was while touring with Tito Gómez in 1997. We performed in several main cities throughout the east coast. In 1999, I initially relocated to Maryland with some relatives to start a new life in the USA. For the past decade, I have been a resident of Washington, D.C.

RM: Like most musicians, you also have a day gig?

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VV: I do, I'm a professor at Howard University in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, College of Arts & Sciences in Washington, D.C., where I teach Spanish.

RM: Do you enjoy teaching? VV: I do, especially teaching Spanish in an African American institution. While I probably would have been more comfortable teaching music, this opportunity is just as fulfilling.

RM: When did you release your debut album as a soloist? VV: In 2004, I released my first production as a leader, "Amar de Nuevo," which earned a preliminary spot in the 2005 Latin Grammy list under the "Best Tropical Album" category. The recording had the participation of Colombian salsa superstar Diego Gale, among other great local musicians.

RM: Was this production recorded in the USA? VV: No, it was recorded mainly in Cali with the participation of many musician friends located there. Economically it's a lot cheaper to record and produce an album in Colombia. I do have a working band in Washington, D.C., which I use to perform locally. The band varies in size from as many as 5 to 12 members, depending on the gig. I have also recorded with the D.C.-based group "Thievery Corporation" in its albums "The Richest Man in Babylon," "The Cosmic Game," and "Radio Retaliation," featuring some of my compositions and vocals. I also sang and wrote a

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score for the hip-hop CD production "The 51st State." In 2007, I released my second production titled "Gracias," which I also recorded in Cali and features a repertoire of mostly self-penned scores and arrangements. One song from this album, "Pa'l Mundo", has been translated into four languages (English, French, Italian, and Japanese), becoming a truly international salsa tune. On this recording, I had the special participation of the Murillo Brothers, iconic salsa musicians from Cali.

RM: Is there an active Latin music scene in Washington, D.C.? VV: Yes, there is. Salsa has always been very popular in D.C., especially with the dancers, and more recently, bachata music has gained popularity. There is a large Central Americans and Caribbean community in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

RM: What is Verny Varela currently up to? VV: I'm currently working on my third production to be titled "Evolución" (Evolution). This production captures my current level of artistic and personal maturity. My compositions mirror the events that have affected my life, as well as the lives of those around me in the last few decades. Some of my favorite tracks so far are "Barrio Obrero" - which talks about Cali, the place I grew up in - and a salsa version of the Michael Jackson hit "You Are Not Alone." I may also include a bachata, due to the current popularity of that genre. It will also be mostly recorded in Cali, with the vocals recorded in Washington, D.C.

RM: When can we expect the release of the new production? VV: By the middle of the summer, around July of 2012.

Verny Varela's Bandleading Discography: Amar de Nuevo (2004) Gracias (2007) Evolución (to be released in July, 2012)

Annual Panamá Jazz Fest Puts Accent on Education Story & Photos by Mark Holston

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Judging the amount of local media attention garnered by the annual Panamá Jazz Festival as a measure of its success, the creation of native son Danilo Pérez is indeed one of his country’s most important events of the season. Every year, for the better part of a week in mid-January, the face of the ever-smiling jazz pianist and educator is seldom missing from evening television newscasts and from the pages of Panamá City’s most important newspapers. During festival week, glowing stories of Pérez's efforts to provide educational opportunities to the economically disadvantaged youth of his country and reviews of evening concerts saturate the capital city‘s media outlets. Festival news even manages to overshadow the customary reports on Panamá’s murky politics, including the latest attempts by the nation’s meddlesome president to exercise more executive authority. Such is the power – and poetry – of jazz.

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Visitors from abroad attending Pérez's annual Panamá Jazz Festival are in for an array of experiences that will stay with them for a long time. Although modest in terms of programming, the annual festival’s four nights of concerts feature an intriguing variety of iconic figures from the jazz and Latin music worlds (this year’s lineup includes pianist Jesús “Chucho” Valdés, singer Omara Portuondo and guitarist John Scofield), complemented by lesser known but equally singular artists (trumpeter Charlie Sepúlveda and trombonist Luis Bonilla, among them), and ensembles comprised of faculty members and students from several noted conservatories. For those interested in witnessing inspiring examples of music-making at the source, a packed schedule of clinics and master classes designed for students of all academic levels offered a chance to watch Panamá’s jazz stars of the future in action. And, late in the evening, the festivity of sounds continued through nightly jam sessions, when Patricia Zárate (Pérez’s Chilean wife and the festival’s executive director) was featured on sax, fronting an ensemble of visiting musicians her native land.

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All of this would make for a compelling experience anywhere, but being staged in exotic Panamá City easily doubles the quotient of pleasure. In recent decades, Panamá City has evolved from a sleepy tropical capital into a bustling metropolis of over a million souls, noted for its dazzling and ever-expanding skyline, sumptuous hotels, inviting cuisine, and multi-ethnic populous. Add to that inviting mix of attributes such world class attractions as the fabled Panamá Canal, Casco Viejo (the city’s historically inviting, colonial-era sector), and the Metropolitan National Park, a slice of tropical rainforest in the midst of the urban jungle. While the chaotic traffic, lack of coherent planning, and the lingering presence of impoverished neighborhoods are all indicators of the city’s chronic urban woes, there’s no question that la Ciudad de Panamá and all it offers makes for an arresting cultural backdrop to the week of music events.

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What truly separates this event from most other jazz festivals is the focus on youth music education. Indeed, the Panamá Jazz Festival largely exists to bring attention to and sustain the educational outreach of Danilo Pérez's foundation. It offers yearlong opportunities for Panamanian youth to develop their skills in jazz, folkloric and classical idioms.

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Workshops and lectures take place at a former U.S. Army base that’s now called the “Ciudad del Saber” (City of Knowledge), where a number of Panamanian educational institutions and NGOs have been relocated. Teachers for the sessions come from both the faculty and student ranks of the Berklee College of Music, the New England Conservatory, the San Juan (Puerto Rico) Conservatory of Music, and the Golandsky Piano Institute. Aspiring musicians with a wide variety of skill levels can get practical experience in everything from learning the basics of blues and gospel singing to improving their technical and improvisational abilities.

Pérez, whose mind always seems to be racing in a dozen directions at the same time, pulled me aside one afternoon in the cafeteria to give a sneak preview of what might be in store for next year’s festival. “Look out there,” he said, his face alight with enthusiasm as he gestured to a horseshoe-shaped open space boarded by three, red tile-topped former U.S. Army barracks built in the 1930s. What was once destined as a military parade ground would be, in the pianist’s grand scheme, the perfect place for the festival’s traditional closing activity, a series of outdoor Saturday-afternoon concerts.

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Since the festival started nine years ago, the popular free-of-charge concluding event has been conducted in the history-drenched surroundings of the colonial sector's Cathedral Plaza. The setting is accented by street vendors selling native delicacies and enough beer and rum to fill one of the locks at the Panamá Canal. The well-to-do, taking it all in from the balconies of their recently renovated apartments, have a to-die-for view. Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli showed up this year and made the rounds, sporting a traditional Panamá hat, while hugging supporters and having his photo taken with visitors.

While picturesque, the plaza is typically crowded beyond capacity. Traffic congestion on the narrow, mostly one-lane streets of Casco Viejo has also become a problem. And this year, for the first time, the city government was not one of the festival's sponsors, perhaps revealing some fraying of the long-running key partnerships that have keep the ambitious undertaking alive for almost a decade. So, although it would be a strikingly different aesthetic setting, moving the signature event to the more functional parade ground might make sense.

The festival's opening night is one of Panamá City's most important social events of the year.

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The VIP-studded gala event is staged at the Teatro Nacional, the Colonial sector's 18th Century French-style opera house. This year, Chucho Valdés and Omara Portuondo were the sole attractions, eliciting a wild response to their interpretations of classic boleros, especially "Historia de un amor" by Panamanian composer Carlos Eleta Almarán. The after-concert gathering on the vintage structure's Pacific Ocean-fronting balcony, enjoying the warm tropical air and a cold bottle of Cerveza Balboa, is but one of many festival memories that will long linger.

The following two nights take place in the modern Teatro Anayansi de ATLAPA, a spacious contemporary theater with excellent acoustics. Three groups a night are on the menu, a combination consisting of certifiable headliners, talent deserving more attention, and student- fortified ensembles. Trombonist Bonilla, for instance, fronted an exceptional group of New England Conservatory (NEC) student musicians, including the truly impressive Brazilian pianist Henrique Eisenmann, performing intricate charts from the leader’s recent I Talkin’ Now album. Bonilla, truly one of the best trombonists on the scene today, was a revelation. Likewise, trumpeter Sepúlveda proved to be a crowd pleaser with his virtuosic yet funky brand of Latin jazz. The slimmed down and physically revitalized Puerto Rican jazz master’s haunting version of the ballad “Tus Ojos” mesmerized the audience of over 1,000.

Also on the concert stage were tenor-saxophonist Jed Levy (whose polished quartet delivered a stimulating set of straight-ahead originals), and Tito Puente, Jr., the former rapper who is now attempting to position himself as the rightful heir to his famous father’s legacy. While Junior’s presence may have been based more on economic than artistic considerations (he was underwritten by a corporate sponsor), his set of vintage Puente chachachás performed by a large ensemble of local musicians, was warmly received. His superficially flashy but technically perfunctory timbal work led the band through such chestnuts as “El Cayuco” and “Oye, Cómo Va,” Later, he yielded the sticks to a succession of local timbaleros, including Willie Panamá, who added a bit more of rhythmic fire to the performance.

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A hallmark of the festival is the annual selection of a noted Panamá-born jazz luminary to be recognized. This year, that honor was bestowed on 73-year old saxophonist and composer Carlos Garnett, who left his homeland in 1962 for a long and distinguished career in the U.S., where his blending of Panamanian folkloric influences and avant-garde jazz set him apart. His most recent spurt of recordings (including such 1990s sessions as Resurgence and Fuego En Mi Alma), are worth checking out. Happily, Garnett is still active today, living in Panamá and playing with conviction, his sound as earthy and soulful as ever. “When I was young,” he recounted, “I dreamed of the day we would have our own jazz festival. But the opportunities that are available to Panamanian kids today just didn’t exist then.”

What Pérez’s foundation and the festival have accomplished to make such opportunities available today is truly impressive. “The festival is really unique in the world due to the educational component,” says NEC professor, trumpeter, composer and arranger Ken Schaphorst. “When I return a year later, kids will come up and say, ‘Look, I’ve been practicing what you showed me last year’.”

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Considering that $1.5 million have been raised for scholarships to attend both Berklee and the NEC. Danilo’s wife (Patricia Zárate) witnessed how the opportunity to live and study in Boston has influenced the lives of young Panamanian musicians, some of whom have even ended up living in the Pérez home. “Many have come from extreme poverty here,” she added. “It’s a life-changing experience for them.” The high cost of sustaining this flow of students from Panamá to Boston, though, may ultimately dictate a different education model. “The goal,” Patricia continued, “is to someday have a great school right here so students don’t have to leave home and go to Boston. The culture shock that sometimes accompanies such a dramatic move can be harsh. It‘s not for every student.”

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The ceaseless task of preparing for next season's festival is already underway. Corporate sponsors have to be lined up and the support of key government agencies must be secured. Volunteers have to be recruited and trained. And the foundation's local education programs have to be planned and carried out. But after barely a decade of existence, Daniel Pérez's grand scheme has produced many surprising results. A Tourism Ministry official notes that the annual festival has become a model for how other local arts groups should organize their own activities.

Meanwhile, back at the Cathedral Plaza, which is located only blocks from one of the city’s most rough-and-tumble neighborhoods, the music washes out over a local audience that has had scant opportunities to hear live jazz. Patricia notes that there has never been an incident involving personal security and points out that even the street vendors have become jazz fans, thanks to their presence at the outdoor event. It’s that kind of happy confluence of multiple realities that should keep Pérez’s festival alive and prospering for many years to come.

MOLAA Celebrates Women's History Month Text and photos by Ricky Richardson

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Properly titled "¡Vivan Las Mujeres!" Target Sunday's@MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art) presented the annual Women's Day Festival in Long Beach, California.

Highlighting the enormous contributions of women to various forms of art, the festival was held on a windy, afternoon at the Balboa Events Center.

The entertainment portion of the program initially featured the charming vocal stylings of Yolanda Villegas. Accompanied by three amazing guitarists, she captivated an attentive audience as a sea of Ecuadorean flags were waved throughout her splendid set.

Spoken-word artist Marisela Norte and cellist María Elena Gaitán subsequently entertained the crowd with their original material. The stage was set up like a living room as Norte and Gaitán held a dialogue between two Chicanas to celebrate their thirty-plus years of friendship. Norte read a fragment from her latest book, "Peeping Tom Tom Girl". Her keen observations of Los Angeles can make you view things from a different perspective.

Suddenly, it appeared as if the entire museum came to a screeching halt upon hearing the pulsating sounds emanating from the stage, as Shine Mawusi offered an incredible show of dancing and drumming from West Africa. The all-female drumming/dancing ensemble set the tempo for the following (and final) act of the afternoon...

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Kati Hernández, a popular L.A. dance instructor, headlined a set of Afro-Cuban rhythms, featuring Lázaro Galarraga on vocals and percussion. Their group took the crowd on a spiritual journey through Cuba, as they sang and danced to the tunes titled "Elegua," "Ogún," "Ochún" and "Makuta." Vocalist Iris Cepeda and keyboardist Matt Auper joined the group to perform "Lágrimas Negras". The show concluded with two rousing selections —"Rumba" and "Comparsa"— that featured plenty of audience participation. Kati Hernández led a huge conga line as it snaked around the Balboa Events Center. Jesús "Cusito" Lorenzo Peñalver (percussionist with Los Rumberos de Cuba) was also present at the show, after performing during another event earlier in the day.

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Docent tours of the galleries, vendors, and art workshops contributed to a fun-filled afternoon for the entire family at Target Sunday's@MOLAA. Please visit www.molaa.org to find out about other upcoming events and exhibits. Or call (562) 437-1689 for more information. The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) is located at 628 Alamitos Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802.

Melena: A Cultural & Musical Journey into My Afro Cuban Roots By Jimmy Castro

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Melena: A Cultural & Musical Journey into my Afro Cuban Roots opened on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at the Sycamore Rouge Theater in Petersburg, Virginia. The cast consisted of Afro-Cuban percussionist Melena, playing herself in a story of a woman's journey to reconnect with her family through the culture and music of her native country, Cuba. The cast also featured dancers from The Latin Ballet of Virginia, Marisol Sotolongo, Antonio Maceo Sotolongo, Nicolas Maceo Sotolongo, Monte Jones, and 7-year old Shamyl Aponte, who played Melena as a child. Shamyl trained with Melena for six weeks before the play, learning how to play the shekere and congas! Also featured in the play were percussionists Kevin Davis and Raul Rodriguez.

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The theme of the play is based around the legendary sacred tree "La Ceiba" and that its roots cannot be cut. Melena relates to La Ceiba and how important it is to hold on to your roots. "How are we going to grow without our roots, without the strength of our ancestors? How do we know

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where we are going, if we don't know where we came from?" Melena recites through poetry and music how she learned about herself through the music...and how even though "I may have physically left Cuba at a young age, Cuba has never left me. Cuba lives in me and is expressed through my hands when I touch the skin of the drums. I am strong like La Ceiba tree, my roots will live on forever". She demonstrates how she held onto her culture and learned about herself through the music. Throughout the play, the audience experiences Melena performing percussion solos on congas, bongos, batá and timbal. It is full of colorful wardrobe, narration, poetry, monologues....and of course MUSIC, DANCE, AND SONG from the traditions of Africa’s congo, yoruba, and dahomey!

The play is a screenplay written by Melena and Jimmy Castro, and is a production of Yamile Music/Ritmo Caribe Promotions. The screenplay was submitted for a contest by the Sycamore Rouge Theater and was one of three screenplays selected for presentation out of twelve submissions.

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Melena: A Cultural & Musical Journey into My Afro Cuban Roots ran for three consecutive nights at the Sycamore Rouge Theater, April 12 - 14, 2012. The response by attendees to the presentation was overwhelming. Many of those attending mentioned that the play was much more than they could have ever anticipated. An elder Cuban woman cried in Melena's arms after the second show on Saturday, April 14 and told Melena that she felt as though she was back in Cuba! Emotions were extremely high throughout the three showings of this moving play, with an extremely limited budget for its production. As stated by the producers, "We are confident that this production will raise an interest for sponsorship and future productions in other cities, including Los Angeles... it’s definitely THAT GOOD"!

Excerpts from the play:

I Remember (Poem written and recited by Melena):

My memories are alive in these skins, these

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Drums that make the most beautiful sound! I remember! I remember where I'm from. I know you…I know you through my hands that touch these drums. You live in me, in my heart!

The land where I was born…The Caribbean, The Music of Son. La hija del Caribe regresara!! The land where I was born, The Caribbean, The Music of Son. De Pinar del Rio, hasta La Habana...Memories are in my Tambor!!

Message from Melena to her grandparents (Recited in play): "Mujer Tambolera Soy Yo y los Cueros de Mi Tambor Cantan en Tu Honor!"

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Hard Salsa Classic Salsa, Mambo, Son Montuno, Charanga, Latin Soul, Boogaloo and New Artist USA and International Salsa Artists. Fridays Only Classic R&B slow jams. Time: On The Air 24 Hours www.HardSalsa.com http://www.hardsalsa.com/schedule http://www.facebook.com/hardsalsaradio http://www.hardsalsa.com/contact_us To Send New Music Electronically For Airplay: www.HardSalsa.com/airplay To Send CD and Press Kits: Hard Salsa Radio 1905 Vyse Avenue Bronx, NY 10460 Website Established: June 2006 Andy Harlow Fusion Latina [Tuesday 8pm - 11pm] Fusion Latina [Monday 8pm - 11pm] Andy grew up in a musical environment in Brooklyn, New York and paid his dues as a sideman in the orchestras of Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Ismael Rivera, Xavier Cougat, Machito and Joe Cuba while attending New York University. Andy's musical travels brought him to Miami in the late 1970s. [email protected] Arturo Gómez

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Music Director/Librarian Jazz89 KUVO/KVJZ www.kuvo.org [email protected] Monday Thru Friday 1pm - 2pm Sundays: Salsa con Jazz Re-current substitute host for Jimmy Trujillo (also new re-current substitute Janine Santana) In 1989 I began my radio career when I moved from Southern California to Southern Florida. I commenced hosting the renowned Fusión Latina show for Miami's community-public station, WDNA. In 1992 I was appointed Music Director for the station and remained there until 2003 when I relocated to Denver to assume duties as Music Director for Jazz89KUVO, "The Oasis in the City". I have been a contributor to Latin Beat Magazine since 1995, first, submitting the Miami Hit Parade and now the Denver Hit Parade. I am also a founding member of the Latin Jazz Discussion List. 2900 Welton Street Suite #200 Denver CO 80205 303-480-9272 ext 17 Avotcja

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KPOO 89.5 FM La Verdad Musical Friday 12noon - 3pm Bebop, Cubop and The Musical Truth with Avotcja-Radio Host, Poet and Musician Tuesdays at 8pm PST Explores a variety of textures with a cross pollination of jazz, world and Latin influences P.O.Box 8757 Emeryville, Ca. 94662 (510) 658-7995 www.avotcja.org Studio (415) 346-5373 Awilda Rivera Evening Jazz / Monday to Friday 8pm - 1am EST Latin Jazz Cruise - Tuesday / 8pm - 10pm EST WBGO - JAZZ 88.3FM http://www.wbgo.org http://www.facebook.com/AwildaRiveraFanPage http://www.twitter.com/AwildaRivera Email: [email protected] In July 1999, Awilda Rivera, host of WBGO Jazz 88.3FM's Latin Jazz Cruise and Weekend Jazz After Hours, was named host of Evening Jazz, Monday through Friday, 8pm - 1am. Rivera, a longtime member of the WBGO family, worked her way up through the ranks through hard work, perseverance, and talent. Her involvement in the station began in 1982 as a volunteer in the Membership and Music Departments. Her WBGO on-air debut was in 1992 as a fill-in announcer for the weekly program Latin Jazz Cruise. In 1993, she went on to host her own show Sunday

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Morning Harmony, the Latin Jazz Cruise in 1994 and Weekend Jazz After Hours in 1998. In addition to hosting Evening Jazz, Rivera, hosts the weekly Latin Jazz Cruise on Tuesdays, 8pm. Awilda Rivera 54 Park Place Newark, NJ 07102 973-624-8880 - ext 513 Cary Alexander

Latin Jazz Quarter [Monday 12pm - 3pm] Latin Jazz Quarter [Wednesday 12pm - 3pm] Cary Alexander has become a well-known spokesperson for Latin jazz in South Florida and can be seen in the community on a regular basis serving as Master of Ceremony. Cary is originally from Havana, Cuba. [email protected] Carlos Flores WMSE Radio 1025 North Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202 Chata Gutierrez

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KPOO 89.5FM Con Clave Saturdays 12noon - 3pm Chata Gutierrez is one of the Bay Area's foremost self-taught musicologists of Latin music. She began her musical career over 26 years ago when she walked into KPFA and asked Jeff Emiliano Echeverria to teach her to work in radio. Currently a DJ at KPOO (89.5 FM) with her Saturday afternoon show called Con Clave, from 12 noon to 4 pm, Gutierrez has had a weekly show in the Bay Area since 1973. She has one of the longest running Latin music programs in the United States. 1760 Orchard Ave. San Lisandro, Ca. 94577 510-586-4286 Cuban and Latin American music. The format is mostly music, but includes interviews with prominent (established), rising (up and coming) and new (undiscovered) artists. 7108 Broadway North Bergen, NJ 07407 Chris Heim Global Village KMUW (an NPR affiliate) and nationally distributed to public and community radio stations through the Public Radio Exchange. Global Village is a world music show that includes Latin music in a wide array of styles. Chris Heim, the host/producer of Global Village, has been doing world music on public radio since 1989. Global Village is now available to public and community stations nationally through the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and this year was named one of its Top Ten nationally distributed series.

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Mailing address: c/o KMUW 3317 E. 17th St. N. Wichita, KS 67208 [email protected] 316-978-7176 Chris Springer KSDS Jazz 88.3FM Latin Grooves [email protected] Saturdays 1pm - 3pm No sense in having a blasé Saturday when you can get the moves going with Chris Springer's Latin Grooves. Affectionately known as C-Love, he delivers two hours of the hottest Latin, Salsa, and Afro-Cuban jazz in stock. Bring a cool drink. Also, you can connect to his Facebook page. 1313 Park Blvd. San Diego, Ca. 92101 Chuck Herrmann

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Club Latino Salsa-Music for 7 1/2 years on a local radio station in Munich, called RADIO LORA (Local Radio) FM 92.4 once a month on the second Thursday from 22.15 to midnight. The music is mostly salsa / Latin jazz but also Merengue/Bachata/Cumbia and sometimes Folklore of Latin American Countries. Before I did 12 years on Radio "Jazzwelle Plus" in Munich weekly presenting Salsa and Latin jazz. I'm DJ-ing Salsa in Munich regularly in clubs since about 1972 and I started DJ-ing in the late 1960s in Soldiers Club of the US Army for Puerto Rican and Mexican Soldiers. Contributor to Latin Beat Magazine. Danny Garcia KJAZ 98.1FM Garcia's Latin Grooves Mondays thru Fridays 6pm - 8pm Bermuda Blues Saturdays 10am - 2pm kjazfm.xanga.com David Ortiz WRTI 90 FM El Viaje Saturday's 9pm - 12 midnight For over 30 years, David has been connecting thousands of loyal WRTI listners to the sounds of salsa, mambo, and Latin jazz via his popular radio program, El Viaje. Temple University 1509 Cecil B. Moore Ave. 3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19121 [email protected] DJ El Chino Solar Latin Club Calle 3c #63A-45 Bosques de Puente Palma, Sector B App.305 Cali, Valle Colombia [email protected] DJ Gonzalo 'Klave Latina' The Web Site of Latin jazz, Timba Cubana, Bolero, Son, Salsa Brava, Rumba Cubana, Tango, Jazz, Flamenco, Nueva Trova, and everything in between. The name comes from a pretty good radio program done back in the 1990s by the great DJ. Gary Dominguez from Cali-Colombia (Taberna Latina) and the capital letter "K" is a tribute to the groups Ketama from Spain and Klimax from Cuba. Feel free to communicate with us at [email protected].

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P.O. BOX 572 Englewood, New Jersey 07631 DJ Gury Gury Listen to Viejoteca every Tuesday night from 7pm - 8pm on CFRU 93.3 FM in Guelph, Ontario, Canada or online at http://www.cfru.ca Check out the offical DJ GURY GURY site and listen to Viejoteca 24 hours a day @ DJ GURY GURY 24/7 DJ Gury Gury 76 Eramosa Road Guelph, Ontario N1E 2L6 Canada DJ Luis Speedy Gonzalez Latin Jazz & Salsa Saturday 6pm - 7pm WMNF 88.5 FM, Tampa, FL Luis Speedy Gonzalez Latin Jazz & Salsa / WMNF 13605 Fawn Ridge Blvd Tampa, FL 33626 [email protected] [email protected] http://www.wmnf.org/programs/show/263 Live: http://www.wmnf.org 813-786-3447 Earl Hall "El Caobo" Radio Salsa Clásica / El Tornado Tropical con El Caobo Thursdays 4pm - 5pm (Central) WHPK, 88.5 FM On the radio for 11 years. http://www.whpk.org/stream Studio Phone: (773) 702-8424 Earl Hall El Caobo Internacional 7631 S. Merrill Avenue Chicago, Ilinois 60649 Cel: 312-287-8763 Eddie 'Love' Rodriguez

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WHCR 90.3FM Salsa Con Sabor P.O. Box 227 NYC, NY 10026 [email protected] Saturday 8pm-12am R&B Corner Attn: Eddie Love WHCR 90.3 FM The City College Of New York 160 Convent Ave NAC - Room: 1/513 New York, NY 10031 El Latin Club de Andy Duran

Con Latin Jazz y Algo Más -Por 95.5FM JAZZ El objetivo fundamental es promover el Latin Jazz mundial y nacional, considerando que es una música especial y artística producto del rediseño del jazz en el caribe. Vamos para 6 aãos de transmisiones los Sábados en la noche, antes estábamos en Radio Ateneo 100.7 FM y desde hace justo 2 aãos en 95.5 FM JAZZ. En cuanto a mi, nací en Caracas/Venezuela - 1949 - Estudié en la Escuela Superior de Música José Angel Lamas - Aparte de la teoría y solfeo, también estudié piano complementario, sin embargo mi instrumento primario fue el timbal. Luego tomé los estudios de orquestación, dirección y composición. El Latin Jazz es una de mis pasiones y eso es el motivo principal que me lleva a la radio para promover este concepto. www.andyduran.com / Facebook / 0426 336 3209 www.latinclub.com.ve La excelencia, para gente de buen gusto. También en la red: www.jazzcaracas.com Sábados de 8 a 10pm

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Elmer Gonzalez WRTU 89.7FM Son Del Caribe Friday 9am / Sunday 12pm Son De Cuba Monday - Friday 2pm-3pm Elmer is a long-time contributor to Latin Beat Magazine and other publications and he is a professor in Sagrado Corazon University in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Son Del Caribe began in July 2000 and Son De Cuba began in January 2003 P.O. Box 12383 San Juan, PR. 00914 Erick De Icaza Viva La Salsa Saturdays 2pm - 6pm 8 years of programming and 20 years on radio. Erick De Icaza P.O. Box 0832 1010 World Trade Center Panama, Rep. De Panama Erick De Icaza Mundo Latino Promo Panama Latino Salsa Cel: 507-6880-6585 Erik Chico Manqueros Gozando with Chico EastLArevue. Com www.gozandowithchico.com/Gozando [email protected] Writer for Latin Style Magazine; LatinJazzClub.com (818) 956-2426 (323)724-2270 (323)724-2271 Gozando with Chico is proud to present the finest in Musical Pan Dulce. Join us as we continue to celebrate the spirit of Ritmo with a brand new show, with musica that will touch your heart and soul and that will get you in the mood to toe-tap. As the Chico Theme suggests... this show is to bailar y a gozar (to dance and enjoy). Chico delivers a show with a mixture of Latin Soul jazz, the sounds of congas, timbales, saxophones, trumpets, guitars and the best in suave rhythms. Ernesto Portillo Jr. ¡Goza la musica! Onda Suave KXCI-FM, 91.3 Wednesdays, 8pm - 10 pm Tucson, AR [email protected]

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Listen live @ www.kxci.org http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kxci/guide.guideadmin Felipito Palacios

Onda Nueva WUSB 90.1 FM Stony Brook University www.wusb.fm Saturdays 3pm - 6pm On air since - Oct 16, 1978 - (33 years) On Air ph # 631-312-1652 Frank Rivera Latin Jazz Quarter Weekend [Saturday 8pm - 11pm] [email protected] Frankie Piñero The Afro Cuban Jazz Edition WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, Florida Every other Thursday 10am - 12 noon wslr.org guisandocaliente.com 4526 Emerson Ave. South St. Petersburg, Fl 33711

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727-687-3389 Franco Silva

Mondays 10pm - Midnight [email protected] Twitter: @CaribeLatino Henry Brun "There's no substitute for live music" KRTU/KXTX P.O. Box 12545 San Antonio, Texas 78201 The Latin Jazz Brunch- Sundays from 11am - 2pm on KRTU 91.7 FM - www.krtu.org Ritmos del Mundo - Saturday evenings at 10pm on KXTX 89.1 FM - www.tpr.org Texas Public Radio [email protected] Stations: - KRTU (Trinity Univeristy) - KSTX (Texas Public Radio) - KROV (San Antonio Community Radio) Richport Enterprises Entertainment Consultants Voice 210-733-3806 Fax 210-738-8664 Mobile 210-445-1444 Ibrahim Gonzalez

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WBAI 99.5FM Radio Libre [email protected] Sunday's 2pm - 4pm alternates with: Con Sabor Latino hosted by Nando Alberrici and Mickey Melendez 3390 Wayne Ave. #G62 Bronx, NY 10467 JacQueline Mestre aka "JacQui TOMA!" Fusion Latina, Wed's 8 - 11pm ET 88.9 FM, WDNA Miami, FL I've been with WDNA since January 2011 and produced my first solo show on February 1, although I have hosted and produced radio since about 2004. I was offered Fusion Latina's regular Wednesday evening program and took it over in April 2011. The program airs 8-11pm ET and is simulcast live worldwide via the stations site, http://www.WDNA.org. JacQueline Mestre 100 Lincoln Road, Suite 1438 Miami Beach, FL [email protected] & [email protected] 646-418-6699 Javier Rivera Esencia Latina Sat. 6 - 10am NY Time Rochester's Jazz 90.1 FM http://www.jazz901.org [email protected] Jesse 'Chuy' Varela

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KCSM 91.1 FM Latin Jazz with Jesse 'Chuy' Varela Sundays at 2pm - 6pm Also 'Jazz In the Afternoon'- Mondays & Tuesdays 2pm - 6pm KCSM TV & FM No one knows Latin Jazz like announcer, jazz columnist and jazz extraordinaire Jesse 'Chuy' Varela. Join 'Chuy' as he presents the rich, enduring musical partnership of Latin music and jazz. Longtime contributor of Latin Beat Magazine. 1700 West Hillsdale Blvd San Mateo, California 94402 Main line: 650-574-6586 On air: 650-574-9136 Jesse Varela 2619 62nd Ave. Oakland, Ca. 94605 [email protected] www.kcsm.org Jimmy 'C' Carter

"Planeta Latino Ohio"

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WJCU 88.7FM Thursday 6pm - 8pm Playing the best Latin in the universe, including salsa, merengue, bachata, Latin beats 10805 Florian Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44111 Jimmy Castro The Latin Jazz Show "The Voice of Latin Jazz & Salsa" Sweet Lou Hidalgo, Co-Host: Miguelito "El Guiro" Lebron WCLM 1450 AM - Richmond, Virginia Every Friday from 6pm - 10pm (EST) Webcast: www.thelatinjazzshow.net www.ustream.tv (Search: The Latin Jazz Show) Studio Call-In (Live): 804-231-7685 Initially, the founder and host, "The Voice of Latin Jazz" Luis (Sweet Lou) Hidalgo, was interested in buying advertising time on a local radio station in the Richmond area for his family owned and operated company, and was asked to host a show by the owner. With no radio experience "under his belt,", but a substantial knowledge of Latin music, Mr Hidalgo decided to take on this new venture, and so The Latin Jazz Show was born and aired for the first time on April 6, 2005 on WCLM 1450 AM in the City of Richmond, Virginia. The show was an instant hit, and because of the limited radio broadcasts featuring Latin music in the Richmond/Tri-Cities area, continues to be a hit to this day. The staff of The Latin Jazz Show now consists of Host: Luis "Sweet Lou" Hidalgo, Co-Host: Miguelito "El Guiro" Lebron, Producers: Jimmy Castro and Willie "Don Pepin de La Salsa" Rodriguez, and Engineer: David Aponte, Sr. Mailing Address (Latin Jazz/Salsa Artists Productions) Jimmy Castro 6710 Lakepoint Drive Prince George, Virginia 23875 804-399-8760 Joe Diaz Latin Jazz Quarter [Friday 8pm - 11pm] [email protected] John Child & DJ Tomek Aracataca Totally Radio.com Aracataca-Sampling the harder edges of Latin music and featuring exclusive brand new cuts, live slices, rare gems and fusions. Plus, news, interviews, features on legends and upcoming artists. A Polish Londoner, Tomek was hijacked by salsa when a soul and jazz pilgrim in NYC in 1973. Aracataca on the airwaves first started celebrating musica latina in London in 1984. John Child in 1986 became involved in writing entries on Latin music, salsa, Latin jazz and calypso and soca for The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music - now available on the Internet as The

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MusicWeb Encyclopedia of Popular Music. John is an editor and journalist for www.descarga.com. 23 Clyde Road Woodgreen, London N227AD-WC Contact: [email protected] Johnny Conga Al Lado Latino/On the Latin Side KBCS 91.3FM Bellevue WA http://www.kbcs.fm Bellevue Community College Saturdays from 6pm - 8pm PST USA I created this radio show in 2005 and is now 7 years in the making. [email protected] Johnny Conga 13234 1st ave.SW Burien WA 98146 Jorge Quintana WVKR 91.3FM Jorge Quintana y su Tumbao Por La Noche Monday 9pm - 11pm EST Veteran for many years of one of New York's longest running Salsa shows 'Latin Voyage' out of Fordham University in the Bronx. WVKR-FM Vassar College Box 726 Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 [email protected] 845-437-7178 Jose Masso

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WBUR 90.9FM Con Salsa [email protected] Saturday's 10pm - 3am On June 22, 2010, Jose celebrated 35 years as host/producer of "¡Con Salsa!" on WBUR 90.9FM in Boston. During this period "¡Con Salsa!" has served as "part music show, part party, part community center and the program is a mecca for Latinos and lovers of all things Latin. 19 Bradley Court Hyde Park, Mass. 02136 Jose Rizo KJazz 88.1FM Jazz On the Latin Side Fridays & Saturdays from 7pm - 10pm (PST) [email protected] [email protected] Rizo began hosting "Jazz on the Latin Side" on KLON (now KJazz) on January 6, 1990. He was intricately involved on KLON's "Latin Jazz Club Caravans" and served as a member of the Grammy's Screening committee for Latin jazz. 562-697-3457 Josian Bruno Gomez

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WRTU 89.7FM Salsoteca Sundays 1pm - 3pm In April of 2007 César Colón Montijo y Josian Bruno Gómez take over the program Salsoteca giving it a youthful touch during the afternoon at Radio Universidad. Also Carlos Camuñas "Latinorama" - Monday 9 - 10am since January 1994. Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico Apartado 21305 San Juan, PR 00931-1305 Juan Camarillo Latin Jazz Connection KTEP 88.5 FM I have been doing the show three years. University of Texas at El Paso 500 W. University Ave. Cotton Memorial Ste. 203 El Paso TX 79968 [email protected] 915-345-5788 website: www.ktep.org Katharine A. Diaz

KPFK 90.3 FM (also heard in Santa Barbara, Northern San Diego & Ridgecrest) "Canto Tropical" 8pm - 10pm "Canto Tropical", that just celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2011, is a trilingual fast-paced music show focusing on salsa, mambo, Afro-Cuban, & Latin jazz from throughout the world. The show offers exciting new selections each week, insightful interviews with local and visiting artists, and CD/ ticket and other weekly giveaways. Kathy "La Rumbera" Diaz, along with Armando "El Caballero Salsero" Nila, take great pride in bringing diversity to each of the weekend shows. 3980 Cazador St.

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Los Angeles, Ca. 90065 [email protected] Linda Yohn

WEMU 89.1 FM Monday - Friday 9am - 12:30pm P.O. Box 980350 Ypsilanti, Mi 48198-0350 [email protected] "Cuban Fantasy" with Marc Taras on Saturday's from 7pm - 9pm Lino Roldan 'Taino' KBZQ 99.5FM Will be celebrating 20 years on the air in 2012 La Brisa Tropical 1006 N.W. 47th St.- Ste. B Lawton, OK 73506 Sundays 11am - 3pm Luis Medina Music Director - KPFA 94.1FM Con Sabor Saturdays 9pm - 11pm Luis has been in radio since 1974 1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way

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Berkeley, CA 94704 Station Phone: 510-848-6767 Ext 219 On-Air Studio Line: 510-848-4425 [email protected] and [email protected] Also at KPFA- Art Sato's "In Your Ears" Saturdays 4pm - 6pm Luis Raul Montell Jazz Caribe nace por la pasión de su creador, Luis Raúl Montell, por el Jazz Latino, y por su perseverancia y deseo de difundir al mundo los orígenes, valores, instrumentos, conciertos y festivales en que se hace presente ese extraordinario género musical. Jazz Caribe se inició como un programa radial transmitiéndose en importantes emisoras venezolanas. En la actualidad el programa se trasmite por la 97.1 la FM de Barlovento, de 10am a 12pm. Atención Músicos: envíen sus promociones a la Casilla de Correos No. 66205, Plaza Las Américas, Zona Postal 1061, Caracas, Venezuela, o escríbenos al correo: [email protected] [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] Tel (58 414) 2354090 Mike Bongard The Latin Train "The Latin Train/El Tren Latino" features some of the best in Afro-Cuban jazz, New York, Puerto Rican and Colombian salsa, timba, and Cuban son and is heard every Saturday evening from 8pm - 10 pm EST/EDT on CHUO 89.1 FM, the campus and community radio station of the University of Ottawa. [email protected] [email protected] 396 Dieppe Street Vanier-Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1L 6V4 http://www.myspace.com/latintrainradio http://www.facebook.com/michael.bongard http://www.chuo.fm http://www.myspace.com/chuofm Miguel Berrios aka DJ Chilly Willy Sunday Salsa / House Show www.shoutcast.com/internet-radio/housemason and for the chatroom is: www.123flashchat.com/soul-santuary-chat. I have been a DJ for 40 yrs. and on 'Housemasons Internet Radio' for 13 months P.O. Box 7182 Jersey City, NJ 07307 Cell #: 201-667-3433

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email: [email protected] Nancy Ortiz

KWAI 1080 AM Alma Latina Radio Show Tune in Every Sunday 1pm - 4pm - KWAI/K-108 1080AM Nancy Ortiz, host of the "Alma Latina Show", gives Hawaii a spicy Hispanic program, and definitely one of the most popular shows of its kind, bringing the finest in Latin/salsa music and highlighting local Latin performers and many cultural events as well. Celebrating "30"+ Years on Hawaii's Airwaves! www.almalatinaproductions.com [email protected] 45-551-A Paleka Road Kaneohe, HI 96744 Studio (808) 524-1080 or (808) 285-0072 New Segments: 1pm - 2pm - New and classic Salsa/Merengue/Bachata/Reggaeton and more! 2pm - 3pm - featuring Christian Salsa/Merengue and "La Palabra de la Semana" (The Word of the Week) by Pastor Jorge Torres brought to you by Word of Life en Espanol. 3pm - 4pm - Hispanic Scoops, special guests and more music from the Latin world. Nelson Radhames Rodriguez

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WHCR 90.3 FM - The Voice of Harlem ESSENCE & RHYTHM - Traditional Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz and Latin (Bilingual English/Spanish) The Program Essence& Rhythm ("E&R") is a unique music program specializing in Latin American music and Afro Cuban Jazz broadcast. E&R educates a broad and diverse audience, thus helping to bridge ethnic and cultural divides. Essence & Rhythm was incepted on January 4, 1992 as a center to promote, explore and develop Latin American arts and culture by examining the folkloric traditions and modern tendencies of the music of Latin America and the Caribbean. Nelson graduated from the "Center for the Media Arts" in radio and television production in 1990. During that year, he started to work on the radio as co-host of the show "Jazz Plus" Sundays from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm on WHCR 90.3 FM. This responsibility prompted him to start researching about the fusion of Jazz and Afro-Cuban music called today Latin-Jazz. In January of 1992, he started his own Latin Jazz format show "Essence and Rhythm" as producer and host, which is still on the air at 90.3 fm WHCR Harlem Community Radio, every Saturday from 11am - 3pm. Also works as a substitute host at WBAI 99.3 FM Pacifica Radio show "New World Gallery". 2339 Bruner Ave. Bronx N.Y. 10469 [email protected] 917-859-9138 Nelson Rodríguez

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"Saturday Night Salsa" at KCLU 88.9FM (Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Santa Barbara) Saturdays: 12 Midnight - 2am (some nights from 1am-3am) PST "Alma Del Barrio" KXLU 88.9 Fill-in from 10am - 2pm/2pm - 6pm usually Saturdays. Director of Promotions for TH Records (1980s) & RMM/TropiJazz Records (1990s) and Latin Beat Magazine columnist from NY and Los Angeles covering Afro-Caribbean Salsa & Latin jazz for over 20 years. Five years with both KXLU Alma Del Barrio Saturday & Sunday 6am - 6pm and KCLU (Thousand Oaks/Santa Barbara/ Ventura counties)…educating listeners on the new and old school salsa & Latin jazz. Nelson Rodríguez 9397 N. Burnet Ave. North Hills, Ca. 91343 [email protected] Orlando A. Lopez V. El Magazine De La Salsa Radio Aeropuerto 1.220AM Tuesdays thru Fridays 11pm - 12am Apartado Postal-10.581 Ipostel-Bella Vista Maracaibo- Edo. Zulia 4002 Venezuela [email protected] Orlando Suarez Latin Jazz Quarter On air host at WDNA for 15 years (Fusion Latina and Latin Jazz Quarter) WDNA (88.9 FM and www.wdna.org) 2921 Coral Way

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Miami, FL 33145 [email protected] http://facebook.com/LatinJazzSuarez Raul Rico, Jr.

KCLU 88.3 & 102.3 FM Jazz Latino Thursday nights 11pm - 1am PST www.kclu.org I have been hosting and producing "Jazz Latino" every Thursday night since October 1994. Jazz Latino KCLU" on Facebook KCLU 88.3 in Ventura County, 102.3 in Santa Barbara County and online at http://www.kclu. org/listen/ ?b=fm http://www.kclu. org/listen/ ?b=fm Jazz Latino KCLU PO Box 622 Oxnard, CA 93032 Ray Cruz KIPO 89.3FM Sabor Tropical Saturdays 5pm - 8pm I have been on radio supporting Afro-Caribbean music for 23 years, 22 of which have been at KIPO. 95-302 Hookowa Place Mililani, Hi 96789 [email protected]

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hawaiipublicradio.org (KIPO link) Ricardo Rafael Culque Fayffer

Director - Productor "Rumba & Son" 00 - 511 - 7172011 (Radio Planicie, en el horario del programa) 00 - 511 - 994761913 (Movil) 00 - 511 - 3878738 (Domicilio) [email protected] - [email protected] - [email protected] www.myspace.com/rumbaysonworld www.myspace.com/rumbayson http://rumbayson.hi5.com/ www.facebook.com/rumbayson Dirección Postal: AVENIDA GRAU 718 A, La Victoria, Lima, Peru Código Postal: Lima 13 Escucha "Rumba & Son" en Radio Planicie 91.5FM, si estas en el cono este de lima y en todo el mundo en www.radioplanicie.com.pe EL IP ES http://184.171.242.78:7108/ Lunes a Viernes 10 a 12pm, Sabados 8 a 12pm y Domingos 9 a 12pm (Horario Peruano) En Cablevision, Canal 6, Los Sabados De 2pm a 4pm (Horario Peruano) Robert Fernandez 'Cisco'

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The Roots and Relevance of Salsa (10 yrs and running Sundays from 2 - 4pm EST) WNHU (www.wnhu.net) University of New Haven 300 Boston Post Road West Haven, CT 06516 Cel: 203-996-7074 Rolando Sanchez KNDI 1270 AM La Onda Latina Sundays 3:30 - 5:30pm 808-946-2844 RSC Music Productions Hawaii Phone: 808-342-0911 [email protected] http://www.myspace.com/rolandosanchezandsalsahawaiiband RSC Music Productions Honolulu Hawaii Saúl Zavarce Presenter & Producer of "Fiesta Jazz" 106.7 PBS FM Melbourne - Australia http://www.fiestajazz.com http://www.pbsfm.org.au/fiestajazz http://www.myspace.com/fiestajazzradioshow Also find Fiesta Jazz on Facebook Sipho Dumasane WFSK 88.1FM Salsa Potente Celebrating this year his 40th Anniversary in radio and longtime DJ at Radio Voz WVOZ 1520 FM P.O. Box 281681 Nashville, TN 37228 [email protected] 615-512-0082 Wednesday- Jazz Latino with Sipho Dumansane (Latin Jazz, 7pm - 9pm) Thursdays - Super Salsa Potente' with Sipho (Hispanic Music, 7pm 11pm) Jr. 'Yun Yun' Echevarria- Dimension 103.3 FM Urb. Valparaise Calle 3, J-11 Levvitown Toa Baja, P.R. 00949 [email protected] Mondays thru Saturdays 7pm - 12am Sylvia Pferffenberger

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WXDU 88.7FM Azucar y Candela Santa Salsera P.O. Box 2714 Durhan, N.C. 27715-2714 Wednesdays 6pm - 8pm (EST) Salsa, Latin Jazz & Afro-Cuban Roots with Santa Salsera Tom Schnabel

KCRW 89.9FM Café L.A. Sunday's 12noon - 2pm Long time veteran known for his eclectic Latin grooves. [email protected] [email protected] Tony Vasquez

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Latin Perspective latin-perspective.blogspot.com WRUW 91.1 fm Cleveland (www.wruw.org) My shows are broadcast and streaming live at WRUW every Thursday morning from 10am - 12pm (EST). I am also a member of PRX http://www.prx.org, where my shows can be heard and bought. My shows are podcast from my UK Jazz syndication http://ukjazzradio.com/audio-slideTV /slideshow.html Blog: latin-perspective.blogspot.com all my info can be found there. 11220 Bellflower Rd Cleveland, OH 44106 216-767-3832 Vicki Solá

Que Viva La Música 89.1 WFDU-FM and www.wfdu.fm Saturdays 12noon - 4pm EST Her long-running radio program, that just turned 29 years on the air at Fairleigh Dickinson University, provides the New York metro community with salsa and Latin jazz produced by a singular mix of famous performers, plus artists rarely heard on commercial stations. Featured on American Latino TV, a program hosted at the time by Daisy Fuentes, Solá has served as an advisor to the Smithsonian Institution, and her articles have appeared in internationally circulated trade periodicals such as Latin Beat Magazine, for which she writes the column "A Bite from the Apple." Solá recently published a novel, The Getaway That Got Away (Full Court Press), and is working on a sequel. Vicki Solá 243 Edgemont Terrace Teaneck, NJ 07666

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[email protected] Victor Rosa

WICB 91.7FM Ritmo Latino Veteran radio and club DJ on the air since 1999. Ithaca, NY [email protected] Saturdays 6 - 8pm EST Vilma Gutiérrez de Piñeres Directora 'Concierto Caribe' Realizador: Rafael Bassi Labarrera / Locutor: Víctor Gonzalez Solano Jueves de 8 a 9pm Uninorte FM Estéreo 103.1 mhz Universidad del Norte Barranquilla www.uninorte.edu.co/extensiones/emisora www.uninorte.edu.co/publicaciones/huellas.index.asp Tel: 3509239 - 3509216 Fax: 3598852 ext. 123 Viviam Maria López Cubaneando on the air Wednesdays from 7pm - 8pm (EST) Online via www.wdna.org WDNA 88.9FM Viviam Maria Lopez's new specialty program "Cubaneando" is celebrating its 1st year on the South Florida airwaves and worldwide at wdna.org. Every Wednesday (7pm-8pm EST), Latin music lovers can enjoy an excursion through Cuba's music, its history and global expansion. Prior to "Cubaneando," Ms. Lopez produced and hosted "Fusion Latina," also on WDNA-Miami for 15 years. Viviam Maria Lopez

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2921 Coral Way Miami, FL 33145 [email protected] 305-984-5035 Wilfredo Seda Fusion Latina [Thursday 8pm - 11pm] [email protected] Willard Jenkins Ancient Future Thursday Morning Drivetime Jazz (part of the station's M-F Drivetime Jazz stream) 5am - 8am EST WPFW 89.3 FM serving the Washington, DC metro region Streaming live at www.wpfw.org 2390 Champlain St. NW Washington DC 20009 contact:[email protected] On-The-Air Studio: 202-588-0893 You should also know about our station's Latin Flavor Stream on Sunday evenings that consists of three separate programs by three different hosts, each offering their own perspective on Latin and Brazilian music. Jim Byers Latin Flavor: Classic Edition 6pm - 8pm Programmed since 1996 from my private collection of 18,000+ of vintage Palladium-era recordings, a typical playlist ranges from Machito, La Playa Sextet, Arty Jenkins and Marcelino Guerra, to Perez Prado, Charlie Palmieri, Alfredito, Eddie Bonnemere and Hector Rivera. I also embrace mambo's impact on broader pop culture of the 1950s and 1960s, also explored in my blog: Mambo-phoniC. A former Latin-jazz critic for The Washington Post, in March, 2012, I begin season three of my Latin-jazz concert/lecture series for the Smithsonian Institution, Metro Mambo. Nancy Alonso Salsa Dura 8pm - 10pm Since 1999, native New Yorker Nancy Alonso's program has picked up where the 'Classic Edition' leaves off, focusing on Salsa Dura from the late 1960s through today. Her typical playlist ranges from Eddie Palmieri, Willie Colon, Fania All-Stars, and Tito Puente. Tony Regusters & Zezeh

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Sounds of Brazil 10pm - midnight Brazilian music - past and present, fusion and folkloric. With combined skills and expertise - Zezeh, a highly respected samba school dancer and instructor; Tony a nationally known television producer and filmmaker (his latest, 'Obama in Ghana') - make for an engrossing weekly exploration of this rich heritage on a number of levels. Originating on the commercial DC station WHUR in the mid-1980s, the Latin Flavor segment was brought to public jazz station WPFW in the early 1990s by its creator - DC concert promoter and broadcaster Hector Corporan.

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