The following text was sent to me via an email, it was from the daughter of one of the musicians in 'Conjunto Saratoga'. I thought it would be nice to post it here:
"Oh my goodness, I cannot believe it!! I wound up on your site and reading through it because I got linked there while searching for my father's old band and picture, Conjunto Saratoga. It is late night as I type this (the wee hours of July 3) and today marks the 20th anniversary of my father's death. He is in the picture you have of the band. He is leaning down sitting all the way on the right, bottom row. I too am a musician, piano player, singer, songwriter. My mother was a pianist in Cuba and the two of them met at a radio station in Havana. Heidi.
Every month Cuban LP's and recordings are added to the blog. Which include particular "styles" and "forms" of (playing & singing) "Cuban" music that unfortunately have become, or are on their way to becoming lost art forms. As well as related materiel which may not be "directly" from Cuba.
Mostly LP's that are either long out of print and-or obscure and music from "my own personal collection".
Occasionally some Brasilian things will be added that are hard to find, even on the other great Brasilian blogs, many that are listed in my Blog links. And maybe some things that have nothing to do with Cuban or Brasilian music.
It takes time to do all this, scanning the covers, resizing and uploading, often changing & correcting the info in each MP3 so it shows up right after you download, then see the info in a media player.
Have fun! "The water always tastes freshest at its source" For those of you not familiar with navigating through music blogs, you can either look through the monthly "Blog Archive" (listed on the left of this page) or, you can click on the words "older posts" at the bottom right of each page. ***You can always get to the most recent post by clicking on The Eyeglasses in the photo at the top of this page.
Mark Sanders: Musician / percussionist.
Living, working and teaching in Manhattan, N.Y.C., U.S.A.
Born and raised in Manhattan, N.Y.C.
Lived in New Orleans from 1972 to 1986.
Had the first Cuban music radio program in New Orleans on WWOZ from 1980-1986.
Been back in N.Y.C. 26 years and planing on getting the hell out very soon.
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The following text was sent to me via an email, it was from the daughter of one of the musicians in 'Conjunto Saratoga'.
I thought it would be nice to post it here:
"Oh my goodness, I cannot believe it!! I wound up on your site and reading through it because I got linked there while searching for my father's old band and picture, Conjunto Saratoga. It is late night as I type this (the wee hours of July 3) and today marks the 20th anniversary of my father's death. He is in the picture you have of the band. He is leaning down sitting all the way on the right, bottom row. I too am a musician, piano player, singer, songwriter. My mother was a pianist in Cuba and the two of them met at a radio station in Havana. Heidi.
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