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Paquito D’Rivera Joins the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for Elio Villafranca’s “Tres Aguas” & Edmar Castaneda’s “Music & Colombia”

Paquito D'Rivera (Hostos)

Paquito D'Rivera is a 14 Grammy winning jazz and classical music legend. The Cuban-born clarinet, saxophone, flute player, composer, and band leader plays one of the happiest horns you may ever hear. Paquito was a founding member of Irakere (1973), the Cuban jazz band that mixed bebop with rock and Cuban folk. Irakere was an important step in the transition from Cuban son … [Read more...] about Paquito D’Rivera Joins the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for Elio Villafranca’s “Tres Aguas” & Edmar Castaneda’s “Music & Colombia”

The Carlos Henriquez Nonet Plays Jazz at Dizzy’s Including New Year’s Eve

Carlos Henriquez (Lawrence Sumulong/JALC)

Carlos Henriquez is a New York Puerto Rican jazz bassist, composer and leader. As a teenager, he played for New York salsa legends like Tito Puente and Celia Cruz. Henriquez studied at Julliard under the old Tito Puente scholarship. Wynton Marsalis chose Carlos for his ensembles in 1998, right out of high school. Today Carlos holds the bass chair of the Jazz at Lincoln … [Read more...] about The Carlos Henriquez Nonet Plays Jazz at Dizzy’s Including New Year’s Eve

Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band Holidays 2022

Big Band Holidays (Isara/Adobe)

Big Band Holidays has the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis playing big band holiday favorites. Buy tickets early because these concerts sell out every year. The concert swings with holiday classics like Count Basie's "Jingle Bells," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and Billie Holiday's "I've Got my Love to Keep me Warm." Imagine the entire Time … [Read more...] about Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band Holidays 2022

Columbus was Evil, but Columbus Day was Founded to Stop Confederate White Supremacists from Lynching Italian Americans

Columbus statue in Columbus Circle, New York City

The NYC Department of Education now celebrates "Columbus Day" as Italian Heritage Day / Indigenous Peoples Day. The US national holiday is still called "Columbus Day." It will take an act of Congress to change it. The same is true in New York State. Columbus Day NYC 2022 It's a busy long weekend in NYC. This year's big celebrations are: Friday, October 7, 2022 New … [Read more...] about Columbus was Evil, but Columbus Day was Founded to Stop Confederate White Supremacists from Lynching Italian Americans

Edmar Castaneda to Celebrate “Family” Album Release

Edmar Castañeda in 2011 (Diana Bejarano/Artist)

Edmar Castaneda is a New York-based Colombian harpist who makes otherworldly Jazz based on the folk music of Colombia and Venezuela. Castaneda makes music of the angels. He is the Jimi Hendrix of the Andean harp. His emotional range would be exhausting if it wasn't so sweet. Castaneda switches gears naturally like he is driving through the mountain neighborhoods of his … [Read more...] about Edmar Castaneda to Celebrate “Family” Album Release

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Frédéric Zaavy

Frédéric Zaavy bracelet detail (courtesy Taylor & Dubler)

Frédéric Zaavy was an extraordinary Parisian jeweler whose short career launched him into the stratosphere as the lead designer of the legendary house of Fabergé. We are literally made of stardust. The more we learn about the tiny universe smaller than the atom, and the great universe where stars are born, the more we understand that everything in nature is connected, … [Read more...] about Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Frédéric Zaavy

Fashion donated by celebs, socialites & designers benefits Women Together

Weaving Together

The Weaving Together: Yours and Ours for Them benefit sale, of fashion donated by celebrities, socialites and famous designers, is at the Museum of Art and Design in Midtown, Manhattan on Thursday, November 8, 2018 from 11 am - 9 pm. FREE Women Together https://youtu.be/5JJZlXV5Fu8 Women Together promotes sustainable social development projects for women in the poorest … [Read more...] about Fashion donated by celebs, socialites & designers benefits Women Together

Dorantes

DORANTES ~ Adam Ben Ezra, Dorantes, & Tim Ries. Courtesy of the Flamenco Festival / Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola.

Dorantes is an award-winning Flamenco Jazz pianist and composer who blends Classical, Celtic, Brazilian and other World sounds with his own Spanish Romani essence. Dorantes is known as "the Paco de Lucía of the keys." His combination of influences makes his music Pop in a way. Dorantes' has Deep Romani Roots David Peña Dorantes was born in Lebrija, Spain, a small town … [Read more...] about Dorantes

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Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano NYC "El Barrio Project" (courtesy)

The Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano Orchestra Plays Colombian Salsa for Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage

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