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Profiles in greatness: Marcelo González a.k.a. 'Marcelo El Blanco'

Marcelo González a.k.a. 'Marcelo El Blanco'

Selected bongó solos.

 'Marcelo El Blanco' legendary bongocero

Selected bongó solos and his playing with 

Celina y Rutillio 1947-1949.

And with 

"A La Loma De Belén" Fidels Eyeglasses 22 version compilation

"A La Loma De Belén"

22 versions.

A Fidel's Eyeglasses compilation

1. Sexteto Habanero 1925
2. Septeto Nacional en Madrid Spain 1929

3. Septeto Habanero 1960's
4. Septeto Habanero 1970's
5. Septeto Habanero 2010
6. Cuarteto Caney con Miguelito Valdés
7. Cheo Belén Puig
8. Grupo Sierra Maestra
9. Carlos Barberia y Su Orq. Kubavana
10. Israel "Cachao" Lopéz
11. Neno Gonzaléz
12. Sonero Classico De Caribe
13. Vieja Trova Santiaguera
14. Roberto Borrell y Conj. Tipico Cubano
15. Maravilla Yunqueña
16. El Gran Combo de P.R. 1963
17. Sol y Son de Santiago de Cuba
18. Miguel Quintana y Son Habanero
19. Felo Bergaza
20. Pedrito Martinez
21. Pedro Celestino-Fariñas
22. Manuel Martinez Olivera 'El Llanero'

Photo: Enrique Bonne

Great photo of Enrique Bonne

with Mo' Fini en Santiago, Cuba

Tambores De Enrique Bonne

LP recorded in Santiago De Cuba
Fea La Jicotea

Maximo Gustavo Valdes y Juan De Dios N.Y.C.

Maximo Gustavo Valdes y Juan De Dios 

Photo May 15th 2012 in N.Y.C.

(Maximo wearing "the Eyeglasses")

 El Dia Que Me Quieres / Ingrato Corazón
Juan De Dios cantando
(late 70's en vivo, Londres, U.K.)

Jesús Caunedo - La Habana - New York - Puerto Rico

Jesús Caunedo

b; La Habana,Cuba,1934
d; Carolina, Puerto Rico 2006

Jesús Caunedo fue mentor de una
generación de jazzistas puertorriqueños

"Fire & Sugar"

Vinyl LP - 1973

"Salsa Sexy"
Vinyl LP - 1975

"Charanga"
Vinyl LP -  1980

Jesus Caunedo - sax/clarinet/bandleader; Juancito Torres - trumpet Luis  Aquino - trumpet Tommy Villariny - trumpet Mario Ortiz, Jr, - trumpet  Amuni Nacer - keyboard Miguel Rodríguez - sax Victor "Papo" Candelario -  trombone Ismael Hernandez - trombone William Cepeda - trombone Freddy  Miranda, Sr. - sax Miguel Rodriguez - sax

Sambrasa Trio - Em Som Maior - Hermeto Pascoal, Airto Moreira & Humberto Clayber 1966 Brasil

Sambrasa Trio

"Em Som Maior" 

1966 LP

Hermeto Pascoal - Acoustic piano - Melodica - Flute

Airto Moreira - Drum set / Bateria

Humberto Claybe - Acoustic bass

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Ebay auction: Junior Tirado Cuban style mahogany Tumbadora

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

Photo: Pello El Afrokan y Su Grupo 1963 LP cover

Pello El Afrokan y Su Grupo 1963

I wonder how much that hat would sell for on Ebay?

13th Havana Film Festival New York City 2012

Video: Cuba Frank Fernandez piano con Los Muñequitos De Matanzas

Sexteto Occidente - Cuba

Sexteto Occidente
1926
"Miguel, Los Hombres No LLoran"

In memoriam: Cecil Carter

Cecil Carter
(Photo taken by me)

Born in New York City
Died in San Francisco, California March 13 2012
R.I.P. / D.E.P
Iba ayé ba yé t'orún mi hermano.

We were friends since we were teenagers.

Cecil Carter.. a great Rumbero, a humble wonderful person.

Will be very much missed by all of us who knew him, played

Rumba with him, both here in N.Y.C. as well as San Francisco and actually..... all over parts of the U.S.

Those of us who knew Cecil well, knows that he was a master at "riding" freight trains all over the United States, from N.Y.C. to California, New Mexico, Tucson Arizona, Florida, the Carolinas, practically everywhere!
During the years I lived in New Orleans ('73-'86), Cecil came to visit me many times in the 1970's and 1980's.
In 1985, there was a large and dangerous hurricane coming close to New Orleans... it pouring heavy sheets of rain with lightening and thunder.... 70 mile an hour winds outside.... at about 12 midnight I heard someone knocking at my front door...
I opened the door and there was Cecil.... soaking wet literally down to the bone!!!
He looked like a soaked street cat.... I let him in and we smoked some good herb and laughed about it for the next 25 years!
I really will miss him very much.

Central Park Rumberos
1982 N.Y.C.
Cecil Carter on the left wearing the black shirt.

Cecil Carter playing Tumbadora.
Central Park 1981-'82

Grupo Erékusú.
1976 - New Orleans
A rumba group I put together in New Orleans.
L-R: Humberto "Pupy" Menez, Rubén González,
Cecil Carter & Myself.

Central Park, N.Y.C. 1974-'75
Cecil Carter playing his Chekere made for him by my dad.

Photo: Senén Suárez y Celia Cruz - La Habana, Cuba

Senén Suárez y Celia Cruz - La Habana, Cuba

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Video: Jack Costanzo and Ann Miller

The drum on Jack's right was
made by Gonzalo Vergara.

Photos: Musicos en Cuba

Lecuona, Mojica, Ackerman, Pratts, A. Roldan - 1940's

Beny Moré, Olga Guillot, Brindis