Radio Cuba Canta

This month's Radio Cuba Canta presents our special mix of Afro-Cuban music seasoned with a tribute to Orquesta Aragon; including rare airchecks from Cuba in anticipation of their visit here next month. Also there will be ticket givaways and, in addition, our Community Music Calandar is permenently moved to 9:30 (12:30) starting with this program. Heard on KPFA FM in the SF Bay Area and on the Web at www.kpfa.org.




Produced by Emiliano Echeverria

Live Broadcast: Saturday - July 24, 2010
9 pm PST - San Francisco Bay Area
12 midnight EST - NY/Miami/San Juan PR/ y la Habana, Cuba
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen:
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, July 24, 2010


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, July 24, 2010


KPFA FM live on the web at:
www.kpfa.org


more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/48247

Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

This week, Radio Cuba Canta offers a special broadcast during KPFA's summer fund drive, including the music of Peruchín, Orquesta Melodias del 40, Casino de la Playa, Nelo Sosa, and Conjunto Matamoros, as well as Cuban Jazz sounds from Chucho Valdez and Irakere, Tata Guines and Walfredo de los Reyes with Ricardo Abreu of Los Papines.

For your support to the station, also offer tickets to the Bay Area appearance of Orquesta Aragon on Friday, August 13th at Zellerbach Hall (at the U.C. Berkeley Campus). Please call and become a member today, or pledge on-line at www.kpfa.org.





Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Engineer Clay 'C-Tone' Leander at the controls.
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast: Saturday - July 31, 2010
9 pm PST - San Francisco Bay Area
12 midnight EST - NY/Miami/San Juan PR/ y la Habana, Cuba
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen:
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, July 31, 2010


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, July 31, 2010


KPFA FM live on the web at:
www.kpfa.org


more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=55


Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

http://www.AragonAtZellerbach.com





More information:
http://www.AragonAtZellerbach.com


Orquesta Aragon - en VIDEO:

"El Tiki Tiki" - 1964




"Pare Cochero" - 1964




"Baile Descarga Danzon"



"Tema de Orquesta Aragon" (Theme)

Radio Cuba Canta welcomes the summer with a potpurri of some of that great Cuban music “you can’t get enuf of!” We’ll begin with some music for the Orishas then to some Rumba and early Son. We’ll hear some Danzones from the near and distant past plus some 1950s Charanga sounds, and feature a tribute to the life and music of Francisco Aguabella.


We will also be joined by Cuban visa attorney Bill Martinez to discuss the current efforts to bring Cuban musicians to perform in the United States, include a mix of some 60s and 70s Cuban sounds, the Community Music Calendar from Ron Flores, and conclude with some great Timba and Cuban Hip-hop……..

Visit us at our new Facebook page: Radio Cuba Canta-KPFA-FM

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Engineer Clay 'C-Tone' Leander at the controls.
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast: Saturday - June 26, 2010
9 pm PST - San Francisco Bay Area
12 midnight EST - NY/Miami/San Juan PR/ y la Habana, Cuba
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen:
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, June 26, 2010


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, June 26, 2010


KPFA FM live on the web at:
>www.kpfa.org


more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/48247

Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

LISTEN to previous broadcasts & specials of Radio Cuba Canta with Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria from his collection of rare and vintage Cuban music recordings:

90th Birthday Tribute to Benny Moré
Listen NOW:   Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, August 29, 2009


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, August 29, 2009



Mujeres de la musica cubana / Women of Cuban Music
Listen NOW:   Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, March 28, 2009


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, March 28, 2009



Tribute to Ricardo Abreu - aka Papin of Los Papines
Listen NOW:   Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, May 30, 2009


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Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, May 30, 2009


Tributo a Joe Cuba and 'Cachaito' Lopez
Listen NOW:   Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, February 28, 2009


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, February 28, 2009


Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C'Ton" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores


Live Broadcast:
Last Saturday each month -
9 pm PST - San Francisco Bay Area
12 midnight EST - NY/Miami/San Juan PR/ y la Habana, Cuba
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

KPFA FM live on the web at:
www.kpfa.org


More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315


Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

She was known as "la gran dama de la música cubana", and "The First Lady of Afro-Cuban Jazz.".
Tonight, Radio Cuba Canta pays tribute to the memory of Graciela Perez.


Producer Emiliano Echeverria will present recordings from his collection of rare and vintage Cuban music featuring Graciela from her first sessions with the Orquesta Anacona with founder Yolanda Castro (who also passed away, on April 4th), through her career with the orchestra of her brother Machito, her continued work with Mario Bauza, and her last sessions with master percussionist, Candido Camero.

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Engineer Clay 'C-Tone' Leander at the controls.
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast: Saturday - April 24, 2010
9 pm PST - San Francisco Bay Area
12 midnight EST - NY/Miami/San Juan PR/ y la Habana, Cuba
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

KPFA FM live on the web at:
www.kpfa.org

Listen NOW:
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, April 24 2010


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, April 24, 2010


more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=55

International Womens' Month

Tonight we present a commemoration of  International Women's Month with our second annual program dedicated to presenting some of the women who have contributed to the music of Cuba. We will hear early singers such as Maria Teresa Vera, Sexteto Anacaona, Paulina Alvarez, Rita Montaner, Celeste Mendoza and Las Hermanas Marquez, as well as contemporary singers like Vannia Borges, Yeny Valdes, Halia Mompie and Myra Caridad Valdes.

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores
Engineer "C-Tone" Leandro at the controls.


Audio Archive

Listen:  Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, March 27, 2010


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, March 27, 2010


Original Broadcast:  Saturday, March 27, 2010
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

KPFA FM live on the web at:
www.kpfa.org


more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=55


Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

TONIGHT: Saturday, December 26th!

Tonight, Radio Cuba Canta presents our 22nd Anniversary Broadcast Tribute to the 'Father of Salsa'", El Ciego Maravilloso", Arsenio Rodriguez!


Broadcast veteran and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria will present gems from his rare and vintage collection of Arsenio's recordings throughout his career from Cuba to the United States.

Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "CTone" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Audio Archive

Listen:   Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, December 26, 2009


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, December 26, 2009


Original Broadcast:  Saturday - December 26, 2009
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

KPFA FM live on the web at: www.kpfa.org


Original Broadcast: December 26, 2009
KPFA 94.1 FM - San Francisco Bay & Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno



More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315

Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

Tonight, Radio Cuba Canta presents a tribute commemorating the long-awaited arrival of the great Cuban musical institution, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro!



Host and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria is joined by Luis Medina of KPFA's Con Sabor to present a special interview with members of Septeto Nacional, discussing the group's history since its formation in 1927, and its original founder,  Ignacio Piñero.

Septeto Nacional was finally allowed to enter the United States and bring their classic Cuban son to enthusiastic audiences in New York, Miami and California. Their performances at Yoshi's Jazz Club in San Francisco quickly sold out. Other performances have been added, but are going fast!

The program will also feature a jam session in the KPFA Studios recorded by our own C-Tone with members of el Septeto joined by Bay Area Cuban son-fusion group Pellejo Seco, with special guest Tito Gonzalez.

'Radio Cuba Canta' broadcasts Saturday 9pm Pacific in the San Francisco Bay and Northern California (12 midnight Eastern). For more information about the upcoming program and others, visit: www.RadioCubaCanta.net

Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C'Tone" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Audio Archive

Listen: Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, November 28, 2009


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, November 28, 2009


Original Broadcast: Saturday - November 28, 2009
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

KPFA FM live on the web at:
www.kpfa.org


Articles about Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro U.S. tour:

San Francisco Chronicle:
Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro at Yoshi's

New York Times:
Cuban Musical Pioneers Celebrate an Island’s Soul

Opening Arms and Ears to Cuban Music

Miami Herald Blog:
Septeto Nacional play Hoy Como Ayer; music, family, no drama.

San Jose Mercury News:
Havana dance-music band Septeto Nacional makes first U.S. visit in 76 years

Esta Noche/TONITE: Saturday, October 31st!


This month's Radio Cuba Canta has a potpurri that we hope you will enjoy. Beginning with some musica guajira with Nico Saquito, then we move to some great Conjuntos like Casino, Kubavana, and some nice surprises. Later we get into a Charanga vein then on to some live airchecks from the 1950s building up to one of the most important descargas ever recorded. Following the Community Music Calender, we conclude the show with some great contemporary Cuban music.

Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C'Ton" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast:
Saturday October 31, 2009 - 9pm Pacific
    (12 Midnight Eastern)
KPFA 94.1 FM - San Francisco Bay & Northern California -
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

Live on the web at: www.kpfa.org

Listen NOW:
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, October 31, 2009


Mp3 Playback:
(iTunes/ WinAmp/ Windows Media)
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, October 31, 2009



More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315

Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

Esta Noche/TONITE: Saturday, August 29th!

This week, Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts a special tribute commemorating the 90th Birthday of "El Barbaro del Ritmo", Benny Moré!


Broadcast veteran and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria will present his rare and vintage collection of Benny Moré, from his earliest recordings with the Conjunto Matamoros in 1945 to his final recording made in his home a few weeks before his death in 1963.

We will feature Benny with popular orchestras of the late 40s and early 50s in Mexico and Cuba, including Rafael de Paz, Mariano Mercerón, Conjunto Humberto Cane, Ernesto Duarte, and, of course, Damaso Perez Prado. In addition, we will feature Benny’s Banda Gigante in both studio and live settings, as well as seldom heard recordings from early in Benny Moré’s career.


Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C'Ton" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Audio Archive

Listen:   Radio Cuba Canta - August 29, 2009


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, August 29, 2009


Original Broadcast:  Saturday, August 29, 2009
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

KPFA FM live on the web at: www.kpfa.org


More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315

Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

Con Sabor guest host Emiliano Echeverria brings the monthly installment of Cuba Canta on KPFA FM. Features a bit of Danzon, seasoned with Conjuntos, a dash of Jazz Bands, sprinkled with Carnaval & Charangas, and cooked with Timba. Community Calendar at 10:30, Station Electorial news following a little bit of Celia.

Highlights include: the original version of the Danzon "La Mora” from 1919 on the last recording made by Pablo Valenzuela, to the Timba of today. Arsenio Rodriguez, Chano Pozo, Miguelito Valdes, Orquesta Melodias del 40 & Orquesta Sencsacion bring the sounds of Afro Cuban music at its finest for you tonight. Also a rare, seldom heard recording of Beny More near the beginning of his career.

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Co-host and Broadcast production operator: C'Ton
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Broadcast: June 27, 2009 - 9 pm PST / 12 midnight EST
KPFA 94.1 FM - in SF Bay Area & Northern California -
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

Live on the web at: www.kpfa.org

Listen NOW:
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, June 27, 2009


Mp3 Playback:
(iTunes/ WinAmp/ Windows Media)
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, June 27, 2009



More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315

Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

Falleció Jesús Alfonso Miró de Los Munequitos de Mantanzas

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June 03, 2009

(de Jorge González) :

Hermanos todos, lamento informarles de esta sensible pérdida de la cultura cubana.

Jorgito

. . .

"Comunicado:

A las 6 y 45 minutos del día de hoy, 3 de junio de 2009, a los 60 años de edad, falleció en su ciudad natal, Jesús Alfonso Miró, director musical de Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, compositor y percusionista excepcional. Hijo de padres matanceros, único varón de la familia Alfonso Miró y padre de 8 hijos, todos dedicados a la rumba como músicos o bailarines. Dos de ellos han sido parte de esta agrupación y en la actualidad Freddy Jesús Alfonso Borges, dotado también de la destreza de su padre, es el quinto del grupo y ya comienza a seguir también su camino como autor de sentidas rumbas.

Como músico de Los Muñequitos Jesús conoció casi todos los continentes; donde quiera que estuvo sembró amigos, discípulos, brilló en cada escenario, pero nunca olvidó su raíz y vivió toda una vida orgulloso de su estirpe rumbera, saboreando cada esquina de su barrio: la Marina. Desde los siete años hasta la fecha, participó como músico y bailarín en la Comparsa La Imaliana, fundada por su padre y por Félix Vinagera. Por un tiempo fue integrante de la Orquesta de Música Moderna de su ciudad y el grupo de Papa Goza. Desde 1967 es Director Musical y quinto del grupo Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, agrupación a la que amó profundamente y dedicó la mayor parte de su vida.

Como compositor fue imprescindible en el repertorio de esa agrupación, siendo conocidas sus obras en el mundo entero, como autor de Congo Yambumba, la Llave, Chino Guaguao, Lengua de Obbara, Saludo a Nueva York, y muchas otras que ya son clásicos de la rumba cubana. Muchos intérpretes prestigiosos como Eddy Palmieri dan cuenta de la sabrosura y popularidad de sus obras, incluyéndolas en sus discos y mencionándolo como un imprescindible en la música de nuestro continente.

Siendo aún muy pequeño de edad, junto a otro de los grandes de Los Muñequitos: Ricardo Cané, Jesús Alfonso partió a las montañas de Cuba para alfabetizar a los campesinos, graduándose más tarde como joven maestro revolucionario. Por sus grandes aportes a la música y a su pueblo, le fue conferida la condición de Hijo Ilustre de la Ciudad de Matanzas.

Jesús Alfonso, perteneciente a la sociedad matancera Efí Irondó Itá Ibekó, respetuoso portador de la regla de Osha, será recordado por todo su pueblo y muy especialmente por los rumberos de todo el mundo. Su nombre nunca será olvidado, su recia voz indicando cómo tenía que vibrar la música y el sonido de sus manos en el cuero, perdurarán en la memoria de todos los que le conocimos y le reconocemos como uno de los más insignes músicos de todos los tiempos, porque Jesús fue a la rumba como Cuní o Chapottín al son. Jesús le dio a la rumba su vida toda. Su nombre está sin lugar a dudas, junto a Chano, Tata, Papín y todos los grandes de la música cubana.   "

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Foto: Los Muñequitos de Matanzas - 1955

Videos de Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Cántalo pero bailalo
"El marino": Yambú



De Cuba a Puerto Rico (De Parte De Jesus y "El Niño"


Issac Delgado con Los Muñequitos de Matanzas



Los Munequitos in 1988 Cajon



MUÑEQUITOS DE MATANZAS EN VIVO DESDE CUBA

Radio Cuba Canta - Broadcasting tonight on KPFA-FM: Tribute to Ricardo Abreu y Los Papines, los maestros de Guaguanco!


Tonight, Cuba Canta presents 2 hours of Guaguanco with Los Papines in a special dedicated to the late Ricardo Abreu, founder and leader of Los Papines.

Rarezas con Celeste Mendoza, Merceditas Valdes, Orquesta Aragon y otros.

If you're not in Bay area, we're streaming at KPFA.org or archived at RadioCubaCanta.net. We'll feature early and rare recordings along with some live surprises & some of their "big hits"....

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores
Engineer C'Tone at the controls.

Listen NOW:
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, May 30, 2009


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, May 30, 2009


Original Broadcast: May 30, 2009
KPFA 94.1 FM - in SF Bay Area & Northern California -
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

Live on the web at: www.kpfa.org


more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=55


Videos de Los Papines:

LOS PAPINES 1978 (gracias a plslcore)




LOS PAPINES - EN UN AVION (gracias a Shaktor)




Los Papines con Pupy y Que Son Son (gracias a igemellidicuba)

de CTon' -Latin Jazz Mecca :  
     http://LatinJazz Mecca.blogspot.com

Today, Maestro Armando Peraza celebrates his 85th Birthday!

  Armando, born in Havana, Cuba has been on the cutting edge of music spanning Afro-Cuban to Jazz to Rock with groups performers such as Conjunto Kubavana (with Potato Valdez), Slim Galliard, Machito, Perez Prado and Tito Puente.

While most of his Cuban compatriots settled in proximity of the 'Jazz Capital' - New York City - Armando has made the San Francisco Bay Area his home since the 1940s, becoming an imporant collaborator in the jazz scenes of the Fillmore District and the North Beach/Broadway area clubs of the late 50s/early 60s; and providing that Afro-Cuban rhythmic foundation for bandleaders such as George Shearing, Carlos Federico, Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader, Carlos Santana, The Machete Ensemble, and many more.


Two evenings of tributes to Armando are being held this weekend at Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland

Check out this week's article in the San Francisco Chronicle



...and enjoy a few of the many highlights from his illustrious career:

Armando Peraza with José Areas - Percussion solos
  (Live in Montreux Jazz Festival, 1988)




Armando se junta con Tata Güines despues 30 años para un Changüi con Cubanismo en San Francisco, 1998:




Armando with George Shearing and Peggy Lee
 (Armando's composition, "Mambo in Miami" starts at 2:45:)



Armando Peraza at the annual NAMM music convention, Los Angeles, January 2009:
  (with Giovanni Hidalgo and Jesus Diaz)



With Santana and Herbie Hancock in 1981: Percussion Jam
  (also featuring percussionists Raul Rekow and Orestes Vilato)



¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Maestro!