In Memoriam: Milton Cardona 1944 - 2014

Milton Cardona 

1944 - 2014

R.I.P.-Q.E.P.D.

Iba ayé ba yé t'orún.

In memoriam: Armando Peraza.

In memoriam:

Armando Peraza
R.I.P. - D.E.P. - Iba ayé ba yé t'orún.
b; May 30th 1924 - Lawton Batista, Havana, Cuba.
d; April 14th 2014

Conjunto Kubavana - 'Sonaremo El Tambo' - 'Morforíbalé Al Tambo'

Armando Peraza: bongoes.
Carlos "Patato" Valdés: Tumbador.

In memoriam: Jorge Tapia

Jorge Tapia

Heart attack, 1/17/2014

 R.I.P. - D.E.P.

In this 1959 photo, Cuban conguero Jorge Tapia is sitting lower right, behind him is Lou Peréz with the group 'Los Mamboleros'. 
Jorge Tapia played on the classic LP "Eso Es Latin Jazz...Man!" - 1963

In 1986,'87 I met Jorge Tapia at the Rumba in Central Park, he invited me to his house, introduced me to his Mother and made me a watercress salad and we listened to Cuban music.

In memoriam: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

18 July 1918 − 5 December 2013

R.I.P.

In memoriam: Muere Senén Suárez - 1922 - 2013

Abdón Senén Suárez Hernández

b; Manguito', Matanzas, Cuba 1922.

d; Cuba, Oct. 6th 2013.

R.I.P. / D.E.P. Maestro.

Iba ayé ba yé t'orún.

In memoriam: World Trade Towers - Manhattan, N.Y.C. - 2001-2013

World Trade Towers
Manhattan, N.Y.C.
September 11
2001 - 2013

In memoriam: Álvarez Guedes

Álvarez Guedes 

1927 Unión de Reyes, Cuba

 July 30, Kendall, Florida 2013

In memoriam: Bebo Valdés fallece a los 94 años

Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro; a.k.a. 'Bebo Valdés'

Born; 9 October 1918 in Quivicán, Cuba.

Died; 22 March 2013 in Sweden.

R.I.P. / D.E.P.

 

'Cuba Linda'

Bebo Valdés

 Bebo Valdés y su Orq. Sabor De Cuba

In memoriam: Daniel Ponce dead at age 59

Daniel Ponce
Dead of a heart attack Miami Florida, March 2013

R.I.P. / D.E.P.

 *** Iba ayé ba yé t'orún ***

'Invación De 80'

In memoriam: N.Y.C. Mayor Ed Koch dead at 88

N.Y.C. Mayor Ed Koch dead at 88

1924 - 2013

R.I.P.

In memoriam: Pandit Ravi Shankar - Dead at 92

 

 Pandit Ravi Shankar

Born: April 7, 1920, Varanasi India

Died: December 11, 2012, San Diego Calif.

 Homage to Mahatma Ghandi

 Full Circle - Carnegie Hall 2000 (Live)

 At the Monterey International Pop Festival

In memoriam: World Trade Towers, Manhattan, N.Y.C. - 2001-2012

World Trade Towers
Manhattan, N.Y.C.
September 11
2001 - 2012

In memoriam: Gore Vidal - "A true American"

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal

October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012

R.I.P.

A true "American", Gore Vidal once said the U.S. Constitution is a "Peculiar and dismal document" in "desperate need of revision", he said "the states should call a constitutional convention before the nation is bankrupted by short-sighted big business and military leaders".

In memoriam: Frisner Augustin, Haitian Vodou Drummer, Dies at 63

Frisner Augustin
1948-2012

Master Haitian Drummer, Dies at 63.

N.Y. Times article

Sadly, I only heard of Frisner's death 2 days ago.

1976 Brooklyn, N.Y

L-R: John Amira, my Father,

Howard Levy, Frisner Augustin.

After playing a Haitian ceremony from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., we came up from the basement and it was snowing.

My Father, Howard Levy, John Amira, playing
a Haitian ceremony in 1976 Brooklyn, N.Y,
with  Frisner Augustin.

Playing for a dance class in Manhattan, 1976
L-R: John Mason, Frisner Augustin,
John Amira, Howard Levy.

Playing for a dance class in Manhattan, 1976
L-R: Myself, my Father, Frisner Augustin,
John Amira, Howard Levy.

Frisner Augustin in videos YouTube

Frisner Augustin Google

In memoriam: Falleció Luis Abreu Integrante de Los Papines

 

Luis Abreu 

De Los Hermanos Abreu, integrante de Los Papines

Died in Havana at age 73 from heart 

failure in the middle of surgery April 19th.

R.I.P. - D.E.P.  
*** Iba ayé ba yé t'orún *** 

Video aqui

Luis 2005

Photo: Dejavu