ENGLISH: Chicago-based not for profit HotHouse, which has presented several events related to Cuban music for many years including livestreaming support for two earlier virtual concerts from Cuba this year, will be livestreaming sessions from Jazz Plaza, which will be essentially a virtual event, this year due to COVID. This will be the first time that sessions from the festival will be livestreamed beyond Cuba. This will be presented on the streaming platform HotHouseGlobal January 21-24. Tickets and more details are now available at Hothouse.net 

ESPAÑOL:  HotHouse, una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Chicago, que ha presentado varios eventos relacionados con la música cubana hace muchos años, incluido el soporte de transmisión en vivo via Internet para dos conciertos virtuales anteriores de Cuba este año, contará con sesiones de transmisión en vivo via Internet desde Jazz Plaza, que será esencialmente un evento virtual esta años debido al COVID,. Será la primera vez que sesiones del festival se transmitirán en vivo más allá de Cuba. Se presentará en la plataforma de HotHouseGlobal del 21 al 24 de enero. Los boletos y más detalles ya están disponibles en Hothouse.net

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It's not PBS, but thanks to the internet, it doesn't have to be...
Toni Basanta, an immigrant to Vermont from Cuba, where he had been involved in various aspects of the music and broadcasting sectors, hosts a television program there, the Havana Fairfax Connection, which frequently features fine Cuban music videos as well as some US music videos  (he also has a radio program, The Cuban Bridge, which is currently on a COVID-related hiatus).
During December, every day of the month at 12 Noon Eastern Standard Time, the Havana Fairfax Connection will be playing music videos. The dates which have Cuban music videos are listed below. Worth watching if you are able. If you can't do it at broadcast time, these are also archived on the station's website. 

HAVANA FAIRFAX CONNECTION episodes @ LCATV Channel 1075 
LCATV means Lake Champlain Access Television  
http://lcatv.org/havana-fairfax-connection 

Dec 2nd  Lázaro Moisés Valdés and Bamboleo (Ep.59)
Dec 4th Juan Formell y Los Van Van featuring Havana Queen Dancers  (Ep.7)  
Dec 8th  Kono with Oscar Valdés II & Diákara Group (Ep.72 / AfroCuban Jazz @ its Best w versions of Chano, Dizzy, Coltrane, ... )  
Dec 9th  Argelia Fragoso w Havana Jazz Quintet and Camerata del Son (Ep. 26 / The Golden Voice of Cuba)
Dec 12th Feliciano Arango "Bass on Cuban Timba"  (Ep. 63) 
Dec 14th Ruy López-Nussa y La Academia (Ep. 56)
Dec 16th Canela Group (Ep. 52) 
Dec 19th  Pablo Menéndez y Mezcla with The Cuban Jazz All-Stars (Ep. 44) 
Dec 21st  Dúo Buena Fe  "Cuban Rock y Nueva Trova"  (Ep. 3)
Dec 23rd  Ivette Cepeda y Grupo Reflexión Live in France (Ep.19)  
Dec 24th  Jesús Fuentes feat. Canela Group (Ep. 58) 
Dec 29th  Yumurí y sus Hermanos Live in Havana (Ep. 70) 
Dec 30th  Hilario Durán Big Band Live in Toronto (Ep. 10)

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Sue Taylor passed this weekend. She was a huge friend to Cuban music, putting up entire bands at her home, working tirelessly on promotion, and -- on a personal note -- proofreading the Beyond Salsa series and providing her house for the filming of the Calixto project. She'll be greatly missed.

with Paulito FG & Calixto Oviedo

with Juliana Álvarez Thumas, Emiliano Echeverría & members of La Colmenita.

with Iván Melón Lewis

with Ismael Berriel, Orestes Vilató,  Rafael Navarra Pujada, & Walfredo de los Reyes

with Patricia Morgovsky & Bill Martínez

all photos by Tom Ehrlich

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ENGLISH:  This CD/DVD, an eloquent musical statement  about the  quality and scope of the current  jazz of the younger generation in Cuba  that uses 55 of its musicians,   is currently only available as digitial audio outside of Cuba, but the music is so vital  and its context so important that our review includes the Making Of Video AND a translation of the producer's notes into English.  You can read the review, the notes and some supplemental material about JoJazz  in English here. 





ESPAÑOL: Este CD / DVD, una elocuente declaración musical sobre la calidad y el alcance del jazz actual de la generación más joven en Cuba que utiliza a 55 de sus músicos, actualmente solo está disponible como audio digital fuera de Cuba, pero la música es tan vital y su contexto tan importante que nuestra reseña incluye el video Making Of y las notas de la productora. Puede leer la reseña, las notas y algunos materiales complementarios sobre JoJazz aquí.

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