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John Santos: Breaking Down Barriers in the Latin Music Continuum
Bay Area based percussionist-bandleader-educator John Santos is one of the most authoritative musicians I know when it comes to multiple facets of the Afro-Cuban and Latino-Hispanic music continuum. Equally versed in the Latin-jazz vein, salsa and the historic implications of music from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, Santos' latest recording is the exciting folkloric La Esperanza. We sought ...
Jazz Is For The Birds: An Aviary In Song
by Dan Bilawsky
In jazz--as in all else in life--different words mean different things to different people. The way we associate words or sounds with meaning is unique to the individual, but certain words tend to draw similar thoughts from within the jazz community. “Bird" is one such word. Whether you're an avant-garde aficionado, a “moldy fig," a modernist ...
Cachao: Uno Mas
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Israel “Cachao" LopezCachao: Una MasDOC Film Institute2008 It's a cliché to say that any one man is largely responsible for a large part of modern music. But in the case of Israel “Cachao" Lopez--the Cuban-born, Miami-based bassist, composer and bandleader, who died in 2007 at around the age ...
AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival Continues Tradition of Great Music, Family Fun, and Affordability
San Jose Jazz announced the annual AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival to be presented August 7-9 in downtown San Jose. From Friday afternoon to Sunday evening, music lovers will converge on the heart of Silicon Valley to enjoy three days of jazz, blues, salsa, Latin, R&B, electronica and many other forms of contemporary music. The festival ...
John Santos: Perspectiva Fragmentada & La Guerra No
by Russ Musto
John SantosPerspectiva FragmentadaMachete2008 John SantosLa Guerra NoMachete2008 Despite an impressive resumé that includes early sideman stints with Tito Puente and Peter Escovedo and bandleading credentials for his long admired Machete ...
12th Annual Jazz on 4th St, Berkeley, CA Line-up Announced May 18, 2008
12TH ANNUAL JAZZ ON 4TH STREET FESTIVAL BENEFIT FOR BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ PROGRAMS Sunday, May 18, Noon - 5:00pm On 4th Street in Berkeley, between Hearst & Virginia, FREE! MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY E.C. SCOTT KHALIL SHAHEED QUINTET ...
Papa Mambo
By John Santos
Label: Machete Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Papa Mambo; Tercer Grado; Second Wind; Laneology; Alabi Oy
The John Santos Quintet: Papa Mambo
by Chip Boaz
In the musician's world, the end of one project signals the start of a new journey towards a unique musical destination. When percussionist John Santos and the Machete Ensemble bid the world farewell in 2006, it marked the end of an era in Bay Area Latin jazz. After more than twenty years with the large ensemble, ...
John Santos & The Machete Ensemble: 20th Anniversary
By John Santos
Label: Machete Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Commitment; Giant Steps; Perserverance; Oye Mis Consejos; Tumbando; Circle; Hacia El
Amor; Devuelveme Lo Mio; Kongo; A Los Bailadores; Omod
John Santos & The Machete Ensemble: 20th Anniversary
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
John Santos & The Machete Ensemble 20th Anniversary Machete Records 2005 When percussionist John Santos founded the Machete Ensemble in 1985--back then it was called the Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble--he probably had no idea that he was creating an institution. With a difficult mission of blending jazz, folkloric, and dance idioms ...
