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JUNE/JULY 2012 ISSUE

FROM THE EDITOR You are entering the musical world of Latin Beat Magazine Online. This is our Volume 21, Number 5, June/July 2012, issue featuring the New York City-based salsa singer/bandleader and producer Gilberto Velazquez, aka "Don Sonero," who is currently enjoying the release of his debut CD as a solo artist.

Also in this issue you can read about the west coast Latin jazz of Joe Torres, get a taste of the "2012 New Orleans Jazz Festival", and enjoy a "Tribute to Club Havana San Juan" featuring Louis Bauzo’s Havana San Juan Orchestra. Also enjoy a pictorial on this year’s 14th Annual Los Angeles Salsa Congress. And as always, stay up to date with our monthly columns, national and international hit parades, CD reviews, calendar of events, and music news. Check out our video corner and streaming music tracks.

We dedicate this summer issue to the memory of salsa singer Junior Gonzalez, who recently Bloque 53 departed this world bound to that big stage in the sky. Cogelo Ahi Windows Media Musically yours, Rudy & Yvette Mangual Quicktime

Chico Álvarez El Indio Caonabo GILBERTO VELAZQUEZ "DON SONERO": A YOUNG SALSA Windows Media Quicktime SINGER WITH AN OLD SOUL

By Rudy Mangual Bio Ritmo La Muralla Club and Performance Photos by Ramon Cabrera

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Streaming Music

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 Don Sonero is one of the top young lead singers/soneros (capable of instant improvisation) in Luis González the current salsa music environment. His original scores are a throwback to the past with a fresh Spain modern feel that adds innovative hooks and colors to the already explosive rhythms that Windows Media characterize salsa. As head of his record and film company "Ainaff Inc." and his publishing Quicktime company "Don Sonero Music and Entertainment", he is ready to take on the world with his endeavors. The following is an interview with the young music entrepreneur from his home in the Bronx, New York. Rolando Sanchez Vamonos De Fiesta Rudy Mangual: Where are you originally from? Windows Media Gilberto Velazquez: I was born in Barrio Buenaventura in Carolina, Puerto Rico and raised from Quicktime an early age in the Bronx, New York.

Steve Pouchie RM: How did music come into your life? Watch Ur Wallet GV: My father Gilberto Velazquez Sr. is a singer. As long as I can remember, he always had a Windows Media band. "Gilberto Velazquez y Revelación 78" was one of his bands from the 1970 and ’80s.There Quicktime were always people in my house rehearsing, jamming and singing. Music has always been a big part of my life and that of my family. As a kid, I met many musicians that worked with my father, such as percussionist Papo Pepin and singer Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, among many others. Somos Son My parents were always playing all the LPs of Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, and Machito, as well Bilongo as all the Fania artists and bands of the 1970s. Indirectly and by coincidence this early

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Windows Media mega-exposure to tropical music gave me a profound love, and passion for salsa. Quicktime

The Estrada Brothers Mr. Ray Windows Media Quicktime

Manny Silvera Bassed in America Windows Media Quicktime

RM: While growing up in the Bronx as a teen, were you interested in salsa? GV: I was into salsa music at home and with the family but in the streets none of my friends listened to salsa. Everyone was mainly into hip-hop. They considered salsa as the music of the elders and many times tried to make me feel ashamed of it. But I didn't care what they thought. Some of them didn't even what to speak Spanish. But I always loved the music and felt proud of my Puerto Rican heritage. I dressed and followed the hip-hop culture of my generation but continued to listen and stay in touch with my culture.

RM: At what point in your life did you start singing salsa? GV: At age 14, I did my first gig as a background vocalist for Pete "El Conde". I did the gig without worrying about getting paid. The rush of being onstage with Pete "El Conde" was more

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than enough pay for me. After the gig I went to my hood and told all my friends "I just sang with a salsa legend, Pete "El Conde" and they all asked, "who the hell is this Pete?" I told them they didn't know anything and headed home and celebrated with my family. Soon thereafter I started singing with a high school band called "La Rosa" which led to recording and writing some songs for a band called "Grupo Magia" produced by Isidro Infante. I was 15 years old and really getting into the music and the scene. I started working with other musicians in the city such as Charlie Garcia and Ray Colon. They helped me get gigs backing up iconic salsa singers such as Cano Estremera, Tito Allen, and Adalberto Santiago, among many others. Just about every weekend I was onstage performing with some of the best artists and bands from the salsa world. It was an amazing learning experience and it gave me lots of confidence and ideas that I use with my own band and has helped shape and better mold me as a salsa singer.

RM: Were you a member of the salsa band "La Excelencia"? GV: Yes I was. I was their lead vocalist for a couple of years. I came into the band right after they released their first album "Mi Tumbao Social." I toured abroad with them throughout Europe and here in the U.S. They are an energetic and hardworking bunch of guys. I really enjoyed the time I spent with them.

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RM: Tell our readers about your debut production as a solo artist. GV: The production is titled "La Verdadera Escena," which I started writing and composing material for about three years ago. It was produced by Carlos Velasquez and Adan Perez and myself, with arrangements by Perez, Efrain Davila, Willy Torres, Ivan Heredia, and Humberto Ibarra. Along with pianist Adan Perez, we worked very hard in our studio whenever we could, making the best possible production. Inspired mainly by the negativity of all those people that told me that salsa music was dead or that it was the music of old folks and not happening at all, we created a production composed of hardcore salsa dura scores along with selections that exhibit an urban-tinged sound to appeal to a younger generation of music lovers.

RM: How did you get the nickname "Don Sonero"? GV: I created an image that is somewhat in sync with the classic salsa scene but at the same time appeals to the younger salseros. I’m not trying to be gangster or disrespect my peers. I’m simply trying to connect the old salseros with the younger generation of Latinos and Latin music aficionados from all walks of life.

The CD opens with the selection "Don Sonero Llegó" (a hard-core salsa) featuring the popular salsa trombonist Jimmy Bosch as my special guest. I follow with my composition "Todas Las Mujeres" (featuring timbalero Daniel "Deecoy" Antonetti) rapping over a more contemporary salsa score. This balance of two worlds is what Don Sonero brings to the stage without

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compromising one style or the other. In the end, I"m just trying to keep this music that I love and deeply respect alive, while exposing it to younger audiences. Having had the opportunity of working with the great Paul Simon in his stage production of "Capeman" as an actor and singer under the musical direction of Simon and Oscar Hernandez, I learned so much, especially about vocal harmonies and stage presence, which I was able to bring into my new production.

RM: Do you have any formal music education? GV: I took some vocal training classes from Thelma Ithier (El Gran Combo’s Rafael Ithier’s daughter). She trained me in proper breathing and vocal techniques, but after a few lessons she told me to go out there and gain experience performing. And that’s what I have been doing for the past decade. I have performed with over 50 artists and bands as a background vocalist and sang lead with a couple dozen bands. My writing and compositional skills I initially learned from the New York City-based composer Marin "Lefty" Medina, who took me under his wing in my teens and taught me a bit about writing and composing Latin music. But in the end it was all the music that I heard in my home from my parents as a child (Tito Puente, Bobby Capo, Rafael Hernandez, Machito, and Ismael Rivera, etc.) that help develop my musical palette, taste and passion for Latin music.

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RM: Aside from your musical director/pianist Adan Perez, who else heads your band? GV: The core group is Adan Perez (piano), Manny Lanzot and Carlos Henriquez (bass) and percussionists Marco "Ito" Arguinzoni and Daniel "Deecoy" Antonetti.

RM: Are the percussionists Italian-American? GV: No, they are Puerto Ricans, but I call them "Los Mafiosos de la Salsa" especially when they are joined by Erik Piza on bongó (another Puerto Rican, all with Italian last names). In the recording I have top caliber players including Pete Nater, Jonathan Powell, and Richie Viruet (trumpets), Jimmy Bosch, Charlie Garcia, and Ronald Prokopez (trombones), Ali Bello (violin), Mitch Frohman, Billy Carrion Jr. and Carlos Orduz (saxophones), and background vocalists Willie Torres, Eddie Rosado, and Danny Presz, among other excellent musicians.

RM: What's next for Don Sonero? GV: Currently, I’m enjoying the release of my debut production as a solo artist with several record release parties happening throughout the Tri-State area. I’m also celebrating the latest release of the New York City based group "The New Swing Sextet," which I front as lead vocalist. As a matter of fact, I was in California performing with The New Swing Sextet on Labor Day weekend, starting in Los Angeles at The Conga Room on Thursday, May 24, 2012, as part of this year's Los Angeles Salsa Congress. After Los Angeles we headed to San Francisco and so on.

Back in our studio with Adan Perez, we just completed a recording for the Puerto Rican band "N-Klave". This past winter we also recorded several tracks for the "Our Latin Thing" Christmas Special recording. And we are currently also working on several other projects for bachata and hip-hop groups. There is always something creative happening in our studio. We just got a new grand piano and are working on making the facility capable of recording live performances.

RM: What’s the name of the studio? GV: Allertone Studios in the Bronx, New York.

Joe Torres: An Unsung Hero of West Coast Latin Jazz By Luis Tamargo

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Featuring a talented cast of jazz musicians and Latin percussionists, the Nuyorican timbal- playing bandleader Joe Torres recorded in L.A., back in 1966, an inventive and pioneering Latin jazz LP for World Pacific, reissued by the label Pacific Jazz (a trademark of Capitol Records) in 2003 as a compact disc under the title of "Latino con Soul". It is unquestionable, without any doubt, that Torres' legendary World Pacific session must be regarded as one of the most outstanding Latin jazz recordings of the mid-1960s*. This is why I felt honored to conduct the following interview with the abovementioned L.A. Latin jazz pioneer, currently residing in Las Vegas (Never mind that he refused to reveal his date of birth!)...

Luis Tamargo (LT): I have been informed that you were born in El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) and received your first timbal lessons from your brother-in-law Pete Terrace, who was better known as a vibist. What was Pete's real last name? Joe Torres (JT): His real last name was Gutierrez. Back in those days, there was a lot of discrimination against Latinos in New York, so he changed his last name to "Terrace."

LT: It is true that you played timbal with the early Latin New York bands led by Charlie and Eddie Palmieri? JT: Yes. I played timbal with Charlie, before he organized the charanga called Orquesta Duboney. Charlie was a phenomenal pianist, endowed with a tremendous swing. I was also Eddie's first timbalero for about six months, when he was starting out a bandleader and we played at Buffalo's Hilton Hotel, long before he formed La Perfecta and hired Manny Oquendo.

LT: In addition, it appears that you worked extensively with Arsenio Rodríguez's N.Y.-based conjunto. JT: It was an incredible experience! I also played with La Playa Sextet and other Latin groups at the Catskills, whose vacationing upstate venues offered four months of well-paid, steady work for many of New York City's Latin bands.

LT: Everything changed, geographically speaking, when you joined Noro Morales' touring group. JT: I traveled with Noro Morales to the Far East, providing musical entertainment to the U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, etc., before returning to Southern California, where Noro decided to settle down and open a nightclub. As a result of Noro's worsening medical condition, such plans were not successful and he moved to Puerto Rico, although I stayed in L.A., where I resided for the following ten years. I played timbal and bongó with practically every Latin band in L.A., including the ones led by René Touzet and Johnny Martínez. Not to mention the visiting groups from México, such as Lobo y Melón. I also organized my first band (the Latin All-Starts), featuring bassist Humberto Cané and pianist Alfredito Valdés, among others. After they left, I formed my own Latin jazz group, which included such talented jazz players as pianist Víctor Feldman, bassist Max Bennett, and saxophonist Steve Hoffsteter.

LT: Your World Pacific debut featured a fabulous and innovative Cuban singer, Ric DeSilva, whose gritty style combined son and scat elements (a la Fellove). Whatever happened to DeSilva?

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JT: He had a horrible accident at a laundrymat that he owned in California, and eventually moved to Oregon, where he continued to perform with his daughter, a very talented vocalist. That's the last I heard about him, quite a few years ago, when the filmmakers of "Piñeiro" had to contact him, in order to obtain authorization to include his tune "Get Out of My Way" in the soundtrack of their movie.

LT: Why did you decide to leave the L.A. scene and pursue a non-musical career elsewhere? Did you feel that your family was more important than your personal goals? JT: Yes, I had a wife and three children to support, so I decided to leave the L.A. music scene in 1967, when I settled in Rhode Island and was hired by the Speidel Company. Although I was initially employed in its shipping department, I was eventually promoted to the position of "area manager" for the entire Caribbean, South America, and Canada.

LT: After moving to Sin City, I was told that you switched to the vibes (as your primordial instrument) and enrolled at UNLV (University of Nevada at Las Vegas), to study piano, harmony, and composition. JT: That's right! Don't let anyone tell you there's no life after retirement!

*Torres' World Pacific session featured the following distinguished sidemen: Gary Barone (trumpet), Bill Hood (tenor sax), Victor Feldman (piano), and Max Bennett (bass), plus percussionists Bobby Torres, Orlando López (Mazacote), and Mario Tholmer. The lively and moving vocals of Ric DeSilva bilingually propelled the tracks "Get Out Of My Way," "Nightwalk," and "Yo Salí," while the outstanding guest trumpeter Steve Huffsteter was highlighted on a couple of his original compositions —"In a Greasy Bag" and "La Bruja Negra."

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.

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

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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.

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.

Historic 2012 New Orleans Jazz Fest Text and photos by Ricky Richardson

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When springtime comes to New Orleans, the days get longer, warmer, and brighter. It is also a time for renewal and rejuvenation. This translates to festival time in the Crescent City, whose inhabitants start dusting off their dancing shoes and walking around with a little more pep in their steps. They were likely to join millions of visitors arriving in New Orleans for the sights, sounds and tastes of the New Orleans JazzFest and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, presented by Shell. This year also marks the Bicentennial of Louisiana's statehood and pertinent commemoratory celebrations are taking place all over the state.

My enjoyment of New Orleans's JazzFest was initially ignited while witnessing a pre-festival free concert at Louis Armstrong's Congo Square, historical music epicenter of the city that gave birth to jazz. People United for Armstrong Park launched the First Annual Jazz in the Park/Treme Music Series, on April 26, with a concert featuring David Baptiste & Sons and Kermit Ruffins. The show got underway with the funky grooves of the Baptiste family, including drummer Russell Baptiste, who invited two special guests onstage (guitarist Leo Nocentelli and bassist Bill "The Buddha" Dickens). The show continued with a vocal interpretation of "Soulman" delivered by Lionel Talbert (The Soulman of Bourbon Street). Trumpeter Kermit Ruffins closed out the show as only Kermit can do. The crowd and I left the park looking forward to a wonderful JazzFest.

Not to mention that I got intellectually prepared for the JazzFest by attending the 5th Annual Sync-Up Conference. This year's edition kicked it up a notch by adding several movies (after the first JazzFest weekend) to the usual schedule of informative and educational seminars.

Each year, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival serves up an eclectic plethora of styles for a diverse crowd of music aficionados who travel from all over the world to the Crescent City.

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WORLD MUSIC

Conga Square Stage featured a diverse line-up of world music. Freddy Omar Con Su Band got the rhythmic engines in motion with its high-octane set of salsa, chachachá, bolero and merengue. A native of Honduras, Fredy Omar was crowned "Latin King of Frenchmen Street". His set got the dancers in motion with the tunes "La Vampirita," "El Tren," "Ojos Verdes," and "Como Tu Ritmo No Hay Dos."

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (currently on tour to promote their latest CD, "From Africa with Fury: Rise.") turned the Congo Square stage into the famous Shrine, a popular Nigerian club frequented by Seun's father, the legendary Fela Kuti. Seun has gained much international acclaim through this successful tour, as leader of Egypt 80, a band originally fronted by his famous progenitor. Seun came out blazing on his saxophone, expressing plenty of intensive passion. His conscious-rising lyrics address injustices in Nigeria and others parts of the world. Seun and his band worked the crowd into a dance frenzy while performing the songs "Zombie," "Mr. Big Chief," "The Good Leaf" and "You Can Run."

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Ivoire Spectacle - featuring Senegal's Seguenon Koné — took the attendees on a musical journey through West Africa. The dancers were vibrant and colorful, and the syncopated rhythms were pulsating and infectious. This lively set took place on the Jazz Heritage Stage.

Los Angeles-based conguero Poncho Sánchez, in conjunction with trumpeter Terence Blanchard, continued the imaginary musical journey all the way to Havana's Tropicana Nightclub. Their version of "Cubano Be, Cubano Bop" paid homage to Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo. The band laid down some simmering Latin jazz grooves that compelled all bodies to move.

The Senegal-born Cheikh Lo alternated between guitar and timbal, playing a high-voltage set of original tunes extracted from his latest CD ("Steel Pulse"), to be followed by an enormously entertaining set of reggae. His socially conscious lyrics are known to address various cases of contemporary injustice.

Los PoBoy Citos set the Gentilly Stage abuzz with a soulful set of Latin boogaloo drenched in tabasco sauce. This tight New Orleans-based band was recently chosen to receive the Best Latin Band Award at the Big Easy Awards Show. The band consists of Dave Greengold (vocals and congas), Jason Brettel (drums), Gabriel Velasco (timbal/bongó), Dan Cutler (bass), Matt Sakekenny (guitar), Jack Pritchell (trumpet), Luke Hudleston (trombone), and Jacob Leland (sax). I was fortunate to listen to their crowd-pleasing set which included the tunes "Dollar Bill" "Fat Mama", "Come Dance with Me" (enhanced with a few bars of "Mother-in-Law") "Dance With Me (Baila Conmigo)," and a number that serves as proper summary of their hybrid sound — "Their Cooking."

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Bill Summers & Jazalsa raised the temperatures on the Jazz Heritage Stage with a spicy Latin set that kept the crowd dancing for the next 45 minutes as a collective reaction to the tunes "Stop Watch," "Manteca", "Oye Como Va," "El Cuarto de Tula," "Fósforo," and "Sin Control."

Debo Band Ethiopian Groove Collective propelled the musical euphoria at the Jazz Heritage Stage to greater heights through a tight set comprised of the following numbers —"Gedawo," "Belomi Benna," "And Lay," "Ney Ney Weleba," and "Lantchi Biye."

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THE BLUES IS ALRIGHT Like the good doctor ordered, thousands of blues fans patiently waited in the cavernous Blues Tent for their hourly dosage of blues, punctually delivered by Willie Dixon, Little Milton, and Joe Bonamassa. Since there is no cure nor recovery, blues aficionados have come to realize that blues condition is a fact of life. When the blues comes knocking, they have learned to open the door and let it in.

Pianist Henry Gray & the Cats played a wonderful set in the Blues Tent. Gray is a veteran pianist of the Muddy Waters group from back in the day. I was fortunate to see and hear their vocalist, Brother Tyrone, as he delivered a soulful collection of blues, including the amazing tunes "New Millenium Blues," "If You Ain't Cheating, You Ain't Trying, "When It is Gone, It is Gone," "Love Brought Me Back," and "I'm a Blues Man."

Guitarist/harmonists/vocalist Bobby Rush's set was joyfully entertaining and contained a huge dose of double entendre lyrics complimented with appropriately appealing dancers.

The Grammy Award-winning group Carolina Chocolate Drops continues to mesmerize audiences at each and every venue in which they perform. This group could easily have played in the Blues Tent or all over the festival, considering their sensational repertoire of blues, bluegrass, folk music, old-time spirituals and impressive musical traditions from North Carolina's Piedmont region. Their set featured such numbers as "Black Annie," "Don't Get Trouble in your Mind," "Boodle de Bum Bum," "No Man's Mama," and "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad." Check out their latest release ("Leaving Eden"), as well as other CDs found in their discography.

Last but not least, blues lovers were properly entertained by Jeremy Lyons and members of Morphine, Ernie Vincent & The Top Notes, Corey Harris & Phil Wiggins, Iron Board Sam, and the Gary Clark Jr.

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SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING GOSPEL The Gospel Tent and Congo Square Stage found the audience singing cheerful praises and expressing gratitude for the Lord's blessings. Gospel vocalist Yolanda Adams delivered an inspiring set of empowering tunes at the Congo Square Stage, while Israel Houghton and New Breed got the crowd to rejoice, up on their feet, at the Gospel Tent.

It was appropriate to conclude my visit to the Crescent City by celebrating International Jazz Day during a sunrise concert conducted at Louis Armstrong Park's Congo Square. This all-star event featured performances by Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Stephanie Jordan, Ellis Marsalis, Kermit Ruffins, Treme Brass Band, Jeff "Tain" Watts and Dr. Michael White.

Top Photo caption: Several hundred thousand music fans attended the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival from April 27 to May 6. Everyone had a great time thanks to the smorgasbord of musical selections on twelve different stages. Their musical enjoyment was augmented by the simmering sounds of Latin music provided during the first weekend of New Orleans' JazzFest (April 27-29,2012).

Tribute to Club Havana San Juan, Featuring the Havana San Juan Orchestra

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Directed by Louis Bauzo May 12, 2012 Photos by Allen Spatz

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As part of The Harlem Jazz Shrine Festival Program and Harlem Stage Spring Program 2012, Harlem Stage and Genco presented "A Tribute to Club Havana San Juan" featuring The Havana San Juan Orchestra directed by Louis Bauzo.

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Geno Chaviano, along with artistic director Louis Bauzo, created a traveling homage to Club Havana San Juan, originally located on 138th Street and Broadway.

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Geno’s uncles, Wilfredo and Renato Diaz, along with Miguel Angel Perez and Pachan, owned and operated the club for two decades. Opening in 1964 to rave reviews, and immediately embraced by the community, the home of a divine mix of Mambo, Son, Chachacha, Bolero, Bomba, Plena and Merengue it became a mecca for diverse cultural and musical exchange, in other words, a dancer’s paradise.

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Louis Bauzo assembled an impressive array of twenty six musicians and dancers to form this aggregation; among whose members are alumni of the orchestras of legendary pioneers, Machito, Mario Bauza, Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Mongo Santamaria, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

The event was hosted by the Harlem Stage Gatehouse as part of Harlem Jazz Shrine Week.

About Geno Chaviano, Producer and co-founder of the Havana San Juan Orchestra

As an Entrepreneur, Producer, and Philanthropist, Geno Chaviono has been said to be a "soldier of his culture." A native of the Bronx, New York, he grew up in a cross-cultural home of Cuban, Puerto Rican and Jewish influences which included his two uncles Wilfredo and Renato Diaz who with their partners Miguel Angel Perez and Pacha were the original founders of the nightclub Havana San Juan (HSJ) in New York.

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His love for family and passion for his culture drove him to create today’s Havana San Juan Orchestra directed by Louis Bauzo, with an 18-piece orchestra that pays homage to the legacy of many gifted artists that frequented the nightclub in the 1960s, such as Benny More, Tito Puente, Vicentico Valdes, Machito, Tito Rodríguez, Mario Bauza, Celia Cruz and Cachao. In addition to producing Havana San Juan, Geno is active with non-profit foundations as a board member for Voices Against Brain Cancer and Jack’s KidZ, a non-profit organization he founded in honor of his late brother Jack to continue the legacy of supporting and inspiring inner city youth.

Geno spent sixteen years in the fine jewelry industry and later held positions in the film/entertainment as well as the executive protection industries. He was a founding partner for Working Reality Entertainment, an independent television and film production company. Prior to Working Reality, he was the founding partner of the Entertainment and Cinematic divisions of Merreves. He was a consultant for direct response television initiatives and new product development merchandising and promotions group for Telemundo Network and became an integral part of the team that launched Telemundo Music and Entertainment. Most recently, he co-founded PossAbilities LLC, a company dedicated to creating a better lifestyle for the global disability and aging markets known as the PossAbility community.

About Louis Bauzo, Co-founder/Musical Director

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Born in Puerto Rico, Louis Bauzo attended Juilliard School of Music and studied in South Africa, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. He has been a professional musician for over forty years. A member of the Tito Puente Orchestra for seven years during the 1970s, he has performed and/or recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Machito, Mario Bauza, Eddie Palmieri, Mongo Santamaria, Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow, Celia Cruz, Vicentico Valdes, Israel "Cachao" Lopez , Hector Lavoe, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, Johnny Colon, Jose Alberto "El Canario", Raul Marrero, Jimmy Bosch, Paul Simon, Manhattan Transfer, Joe Jackson, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Bob Mintzer Big Band, Pete Olatunji, Ladji Camara, Chief Bay, Katherine Dunham, and the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, among others. Louis has recorded on 12 Grammy award-winning albums.

He has extensive experience in theatre, film and television; Arthur Penn’s "Night Moves," Leon Ichaso’s "Crossover Dreams," Ang Lee’s "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman," "Kojak" and "Private Eye."

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founder and director of the "Patakin" and "Carambu" Folkloric Dance Ensembles which performed as part of Caribbean Cultural Center”s "Sacred Drums" Festival Tour (1991).

Louis is the Director of the Latin Percussion Department as well as The Harbor Latin Big Band and Curator of the "Raices Project Latin Music Museum and Archive" at the Harbor Conservatory for The Performing Arts in New York. In addition to playing advanced Folkloric Music, he is also a guided arranger, producer and educator.

Introducción a La Transcipción del Solo del Timbal de Amadito Valdés Nacido en 1946 en Habana y perteneciente a una valiosa estirpe musical*, Amado "Amadito" Valdés (hijo) es uno de los percursionistas más extraordinarios de nuestos tiempos, De hecho, Amadito ha demostrado con creces su distintiva exactitud rítmica y su técnica elegante a través de su amplia discografía, particularmente en su ilustre debut en solitario ("Bajando Gervasio", Caramba/Pimienta, 2002), así como en sus formidables colaboraciones con las Estrellas de Areito, el impactante Buenavista Social Club y las Afro-Cuban All-Stars dirigidas por Juan de Marco González (el imaginativo e irremplazable lazarillo de Ry Cooder), entre otras.

La siguiente transcripción sirve como homenaje apropiado a las aportaciones musicales de nuestro amado Amadito, calificado certeramente po Kip Hanrahan como "un poeta sosegado, brillante y expresivo que utiliza el timbal para lograr que la poesía sea audible"... (Luis Tamargo)

*Su padre fue uno de los primeros saxofonistas de jazz en la Llave del Golfo y su hija (Idania Valdés) es una de las más talentosas cantantes Cubanas de su generación (ofrezco la pista sonora de "Chico y Rita" como evidencia fehaciente).

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Latin Beat Magazine's Radio Host Listing By Nelson Rodríguez Today more than ever the future of the music that is constantly ignored by commercial radio is in the hands of independent and public radio DJs and radio hosts who defend and see the true value of all artists worldwide. Many of these radio hosts...some who have been on radio for well over 20 years...and the newer defenders of salsa and Latin jazz are the life line that give these recordings the exposure that is required. We have become a multi-tasking society of radio hosts who also promote events, DJ at clubs, book artists/events, etc. While the average show is only one to three hours, when you add it all up it is a powerful media for artists looking to introduce themselves and expose their talent. The following list contains some of the most innovative and best radio hosts in the world that live and breathe music solely for the love of the music and some of these very same hosts are pioneers in their respective areas. We will keep this list up till the end of the year and continue to add to it as the information reaches Latin Beat Magazine. Alma Del Barrio KXLU 88.9 FM One LMU Drive Los Angeles, Ca. 90045 (310) 338-5958 on air (310) 338-2866 On Saturday's & Sunday's from 6am - 6pm now in its 38th year DJs: Rosalva Lara, Guido Herrera (2pm - 6pm), Eddie Lopez (2pm - 6pm), Albert Price (10am - 2pm), Gustavo Aragon (10am - 2pm), Lily Marie Regalado (6am - 9am), Jose Cristobal (10am - 2pm), Joaquin Del Toro (6am - 9am), Cristina Banuelos (2pm - 6pm), Veronica Someillan, Nelson Rodriguez, DJ Frank and more. [email protected] www.kxlu.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alma-del-Barrio/156655071015135 itunes: itunes>radio>eclectic>kxlu Andres Padua

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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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