Zon del Barrio

Zon del Barrio


Article on Zon del Barrio:http://latinmusic.about.com/b/2009/07/27/revolu-chaos-its-a-crazy-world-rihanna-video.htm

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Official Webpage:http://www.zondelbarrio.com

Where History Becomes Music
Zon del Barrio:Music from the Streets of Latin N.Y.

Promoting family and Youth centered activities

Jamaica JAMS Arts and Music Summer Festival

Yomo Toro & Zon del Barrio
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Jamaica JAMS
Arts & Music Summer Festival


Saturday, August 1, 2009
Kings Park
Jamaica, Queens
6 p.m.

JAMS Festival

Originating in 1996, JAMS is currently held during the first weekend in August along ten blocks of Jamaica Avenue, which are closed to vehicular traffic. Attracting upwards of 150,000 people. The JAMS festival showcases the diverse cultural and ethnic talents, foods, arts & crafts of the Borough of Queens, promoting family and Youth centered activities, the work of Collaborative members, community partnerships and tourism for Jamaica. A highlight of the festival is the JAMS under the Stars evening concerts.

Originated in 1996 at York College , JAMS is currently held during the first weekend in August along ten blocks of Jamaica Avenue , which are closed to vehicular traffic. Attracting upwards of 150,000 people. The JAMS Festival showcases the diverse cultural and ethnic talents, foods, arts & crafts of the Borough of Queens, promoting family and Youth centered activities, the work of Collaborative members, community partnerships and tourism for Jamaica. A highlight of the festival is the JAMS under the Stars evening concerts.

Cuban Party Weekend!

High On Life: Sunday Rooftop BBQ Dance Party

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 - 4:00pm - 11:00pm

High On Life
Sunday Rooftop BBQ Dance Party

Featuring DJ Medina & DJ Pepe
Special guest performance by Pepito Gomez

Cuban music and more, plus dancing on a beautiful rooftop with city views, greenery, a great international crowd and a nice large dance space. DJ Medina will be spinning and Pepito will do a few traditional numbers.

FREE with RSVP please email Shabi at silkbedroom@yahoo.com with your full name to be put on the guest list.


High On Life
251 West 48th St. at 8th Avenue
New York, NY

Free Grilled Corn on the Cob
Special $4 Coronas and $7 Caipirinhas

For more info contact your host Shabi at:
Email: silkbedroom@yahoo.com
Tele: 917-439-4331



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Cuban Salsa On The River!

Saturday, August 1st, 2009 - 8:00pm to 12:00am


Cuban Salsa On The River!


Don’t miss this SALSA ROOTS Boat Party!

400 people, tickets going fast!


This is one of the best Salsa parties in New York City, this BOAT PARTY takes place only once a year. Together with LaFarrany we present the best floating dance party with a Cuban Salsa band and two simultaneous DJ's. This year we will have LIVE MUSIC by Grupo Cachimba. Cachimba is a unique New York based band, mixing traditional Afro Cuban rhythms with Salsa creating an unmistakable sound. Featuring the lead vocals of the great Abraham Rodriguez, Cachimba Inolvidable fuses Santeria chants, Rumba and Afro-Cuban folklore with Son, mambo and descarga as it keeps the crowd dancing to a vibrant, pulsating beat at each performance.

Abraham Rodriguez - Voice and Percussion
Hector 'Papote' Jimenez - Voice and Percussion
Itai Kriss - Flute, arrangements
Rafi Malkiel - Trombone
Jack Glottman - Piano
Carlos Velasquez/Louie Arona - Bass

Our 2 DJs DJ DAVID MEDINA & DJ Andre & Guest DJ Alejandro Bouza will be spinning on the two decks for your dancing pleasure. One floor with Cuban music and Salsa and one floor with Brazilian, World Groove, Colombian hits, Rock, Pop, Vallenato and Cumbia.

Learn the roots of SALSA with Sita and Carlos.

Pier 40 [Houston & West Side Hwy]
Boat Star of Palm Beach
8:00pm to 12:00am
For info call 212-924-7077 or 347-556-1884

TICKETS IN ADVANCE * $25
Buy securely at: www.LaRumba.net

Boarding at 8:00pm

Jimmy Cobb

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Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival this Weekend

Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival

Starts now!!!

http://www.milwaukeeavenueartsfestival.org/Home/tabid/661/Default.aspx

Different Music Festival

“Different Music” Festival & World Beat Dance Party

To Benefit the Creative Music Studio’s Archive Project

Saturday August 8, 7 PM to Midnight

The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Rd., Woodstock N.Y.

(Woodstock NY) July 22, 2009: This summer we celebrate music history generated from Woodstock. Another major Woodstock force in the history of music is the Creative Music Studio.

The Creative Music Studio announces a one-night only “DIFFERENT MUSIC” FESTIVAL, featuring some of the finest jazz and world-beat musicians playing together in small groups and orchestra, Saturday, August 8, 7p-Midnight at the Colony Café, Woodstock NY.

The evening concludes with a World Beat Dance Party to the music of Futu Futu, the popular jam band-fun-roots music ensemble that originated at CMS, the pioneering avant-garde jazz and world music school and performance center based in Woodstock from 1971 until the late ‘80’s.

The “DIFFERENT MUSIC” Festival is part of a series of events to benefit the CMS Archive Project to digitize the extraordinary collection of concert tapes featuring the giants of jazz and world music recorded in the heyday of CMS.

Festival ticket price: $20, $15 for students Different Music Festival schedule:

7pm- Small Group Conversations -Gems of improvised chamber music:

A set of solo/duo/trio delicacies featuring Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, Steve Bernstein, John Lindberg, Don Davis, Bob Selcoe, and special guests.

8:30pm- The legendary CMS Orchestra, an improvising music extravaganza, featuring all of the above players plus special guests Janet Grice, bassoon, Jane Scarpantoni cello, Jayna Nelson, flutes, Bob Selcoe, Joe McPhee, Paul Henderson, Nathan Brenowitz, trumpets, Joe Giardullo, sopranosax, Don Davis, Jorge Sylvester, altosax, Peter Buettner, flute and tenor sax, Tom Collins, Bill Ylitalo, baritone sax, Ted Orr, guitar, John Lindberg, bass, Tani Tabbal, drums, Chuck Ver Straeten, vocals, Ingrid Sertso, poetry, vocals, Karl Berger, conducting. 10pm-12am - World Beat Dance Party with Futu Futu!!! featuring Joakim Lartey, Percussion, Vocal; Chris Lané, Guitar,Fx, Vocal; Ted Orr, MIDI Guitar; Peter Buettner, Saxophone; guests- Alana Orr, Bass; Tani Tabbal, Drums, and other special guests from the CMS Orchestra.

This African Funk mix makes you dance, on your feet and in your head. - The Creative Music Studio Archive Project is preserving the large collection of live performances -more than 350 audio and video tapes - recorded from 1972 to 1986 at CMS facilities in Woodstock NY, as well as other concerts sites in the USA. CMS has joined forces with Columbia University’s Center for Jazz Studies to complete the project, which will be housed at Columbia as part of the CJS Jazz Studies Online program. Under the guidance of CMS-Director Karl Berger, master engineer and composer Ted Orr leads the effort to transfer and re-master the tapes. The new masters are being stored and backed up in 3 digital formats (Hard Drive, CDs, DVDs ).

Among the extraordinary artists featured on these recordings:Don Cherry, Anthony Braxton, Leo Smith, Sam Rivers, Ed Blackwell, Foday Suso, Abdullah Ibrahim, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Giuffre, Frederic Rzewski, Steve Lacy, Carla Bley, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Paulo Moura, Nana Vasconcelos, Pauline Oliveros, Karl Berger, Baikida Carroll, Trilok Gurtu, Steve Gorn, Ismet Siral, Fred Frith, Oliver Lake, Lee Konitz, Leroy Jenkins, George Lewis, Olu Dara and many other stellar talents (for a complete list, visit www.CreativeMusicStudio.org ).

Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman, The Creative Music Studio was the pre-eminent institution for world music and avant-garde jazz. Credited as the birthplace of Worldjazz, CMS was a hotbed of creativity and improvisation featuring some of the world's most renowned improvising musician/composers.

The CMS community now exists as a remarkable network of creative musicians all over the world.

For more information on CMS and the Archive Project – visit www.CreativeMusicStudio.org, and www.myspace.cm/cmsarchive.

For information on Futu Futu - www.myspace.com/futufutu.

Different Music Festival, contact: Stanton Warren creativemusicstudio@gmail.com (845) 679-5616

Jon Turk "A Tribute To Motown"

Jon Turk "A Tribute To Motown"

Ok This is it: Jon Turk "A Motown Tribute" will be officially released on Tue Sept 1 for Turk Productions to the general public! Online fans can get a jump by prepaying now and you will get the first wave as soon as cds are manufactured. Preferred online payment will be through Paypal or personal check.

CD is $15 postpaid to the US. Contact Jon Turk for postal address. If you want a signed copy please specify!

Here's the Track List:
1. The Way You Do The Things You Do--Temptations
2. My Girl
3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
4. How Sweet It Is--Marvin Gaye
5. Superstitious
6. I Just Called to Say I Love You--Stevie Wonder
7. Billie Jean--Michael Jackson
8. I'll Be There--Jackson 5
9. Tears Of A Clown--Miracles
10. Ooh Baby Baby--Miracles
11. You Keep Me Hanging On--Supremes
12. Stop In the Name of Love

*And one or two bonus tracks!--Jon

Jon Turk
www.JonTurkMusic.com

Actual Proof CD release party this Friday

"Hello All,

We just wanted to send out a reminder about our CD release party this Friday night (7/31) at the Double Door Inn.

It will be a jazzy, funky, rhythmic, life-changing experience. (and there will be drink specials!)

Show starts at 10pm.
18 and up.

Thanks for supporting live music in Charlotte"

- Actual Proof

Hot Summer Nights at The South Okanagen Events Centre

Marianas Trench will be playing Hot Summer Nights in Penticton on August 1st!

Hey Everyone,

We've had a crazy, busy summer for us playing HUGE shows all over the country. However, for those of you in our home province of BC you haven't had a chance to see us yet. Well we are F I N A L L Y playing a show for you this summer. It's August 1st in Penticton kicking off the long weekend!!!!

The show takes place at The South Okanagen Events Centre. We will be joined by our label mates, Faber Drive and The Armchair Cynics, as well as The Latency. This is a killer show with some of the best new bands around.

Hope to see you there.
Love,
Mike, Ian, Matt and Josh

Ticket info can be found at: http://www.soec.ca/events/purchase_tickets.html

Latin Jazz All Stars at Creole NYC

Latin Jazz Legacy Series

Presents

LATIN JAZZ ALL STARS

Brian Lynch
Little Johnny Rivero
Willie Martinez
Hans Glawischnig
Peter Brainin
John Di Martino

Friday, August 7th & Saturday, August 8th

Showtimes 8:00pm & 10:00pm

NEW YORK – Creole Restaurant and Music Supper Club continues to invigorate the Harlem Jazz scene with its Latin Jazz Legacy Series featuring – LATIN JAZZ ALL STARS – Friday, August 7th and Saturday, August 8th, Showtimes 8:00pm and 10:00pm at Creole, 2167 Third Avenue, Corner of 118th Street, NY, NY 10035. (212) 876-8838.

Featuring a stellar cast of musicians: Grammy-winning Brian Lynch (trumpet), Little Johnny Rivero (conga), Willie Martinez (drums), Hans Glawischnig (bass), Peter Brainin (saxophones), John Di Martino (pianist, musical director) –Combining rhythms from African and Latin American countries with jazz and classical harmonies, these six masters will light your fire.

Creole (www.creolenyc.com) is known for its bright management, quality food and music and for bringing Jazz, Latin Jazz and R&B back uptown. Located in the heart of East Harlem, its ambiance is reminiscent of the nostalgic era of jazz supper clubs that spawned careers of countless jazz and blues artists who went on to make history. At Creole, one is immediately comforted by warmth and hospitality, as well as international cuisine, which features dishes such as blackened spice catfish, sweet potato beignets, and 20 variations of classic gumbo. Proprietor Kevin Walters prides himself on this unique environment that marries art, music, culture, entertainment, food and a sense of community in one location.

Please join us for the hot and energetic sounds of the LATIN JAZZ ALL STARS at Creole.

RESERVATIONS STRONGLY SUGGESTED.
Tickets available at the door.
$15.00 Music Charge.
Showtimes 8:00pm & 10:00pm.
For reservations call: 212-876-8838.