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Joe Bataan - upphovsmannen till Latin Soul! 2016-05-09 15:15 CEST Joe Bataan & Setenta på Nalen 14 maj Ingen artist har mer oklanderlig streetcredd än Joe Bataan, upphovsman till New York Latin Soul stilen! Hans musikaliska bana började med doo wop på gatuhörnen under 1950-talet, och kom att omfatta en av de första raplåtarna som gick upp på listorna, 1979’s ”Rap-O, Clap-O.” Mellan dessa milstolpar, spelade han in klassiska album som Saint Latin’s Day Massacre, en favorit på salsamarknaden, SALSOUL, som gav skivbolaget sitt namn och bidrog till en explosion av urban dansmusik och Afrofilipino med en av de allra tidigaste New York discohitsen, en instrumental version av Gil Scott-Heron ”The Bottle”. Joe Bataan föddes Bataan Nitollano med filippinsk far och african-american mor. Han växte upp Spanish Harlem där han under en kortare tid ledde The Dragons, ett lokalt puertoricanskt gatugäng, innan han skickas till Coxsackie Correctional Facility för att ha stulit en bil. Vid sin frigivning 1965 la han sin energi på musiken och bildade sitt första band, Joe Bataan & The Latin Swingers. Bataan påverkades av två musikstilar: Latin boogaloo och African American doo wop. Även om Bataan inte var den första eller enda artisten som kombinerade doo wop sång med latinska rytmer, uppmärksammades hans talang av legendariska Fania Records. Efter att ha signat avtal med Fania 1966, släpptes ”Gypsy Woman” 1967 (titelspåret är en latin dans cover på ”Gypsy Woman” av The Impressions). Härefter kom Bataan att släppa åtta originaltitlar på Fania som bla. innehöll guldsäljande Riot! Som sångare var Bataans berömmelse inom den latinska musikscenen på den tiden bara rivaliserad av Ralfi Pagan. Oenigheter med Fania Records ledde så småningom till att Bataan att lämnade bolaget. 1973 var han delaktig i myntandet av frasen ”SALSOUL”, som även gav namn till hans första post-Fania album. Tillsammans med Cayre bröderna Kenneth, Stanley, och Josef var han med och grundade SALSOUL labeln. Han spelade in tre album för SALSOUL och flera singlar, bland annat ”Rap-O Clap-O” från 1979 som blev en tidig hiphop hit. Efter hans album, Bataan II (1981) tog han en paus från musiken för att tillbringa mer tid med sin familj och började arbeta som ungdomsrådgivare i en av de uppfostringsanstalter han själv hade tillbringat tid i som tonåring. 2005 bröt Bataan den långa pausen genom lanseringen av Call My Name, ett väl mottaget album för Spaniens VAMPISOUL label. 2006 ingick Joe Bataans sång ”Subway Joe” i videospelet Driver Parallel Lines soundtrack, och i början av 2009, var han tillsammans med artister som Nas, Jay Z, Ghostface, Notorious B.I.G., Laurence Fishburne, Samuel L. Jackson med i Kenzo Digital-producerade experimentella ”ljudfilm” City of God’s Son. Joe Bataan har satt sitt avtryck på populärkulturen genom sina realistiska latin-soul texter, hans identifiering som en ”vanlig kille”, och hans högst personliga sammanslagning av latin och soul influenser. Under kvällen: DJ Nathan Hamelberg tar dig till Spanish Harlem á 1970 med Mambo, Boogaloo, Soul och Rythm&Blues och Salsa fram till stängning står team Skaram för! Dörrar: 20-02 Showtime: 22.00 Selam är sedan 1997 en etablerad aktör på Stockholms kulturscen. Med visionen att skapa en gemensam plattform för musik och kultur arrangerar vi konserter, festivaler och seminarier för lokala och internationella nätverk. Genom vår verksamhet öppnar vi upp för världsartister från bl.a. Afrika, Latinamerika och Karibien samt driver arbetet för kulturella utvecklingsfrågor framåt både ur ett svenskt och internationellt perspektiv. www.selam.se Kontaktpersoner Mam Foon Presskontakt Presskontakt, Selam Press/Media [email protected].

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