UPDATE: The Sunday show was sold out and a clinic (with lots of performing) has been added for Monday. Click here for more details.

Septeto Nacional will be in New York at Lehman College on January 16th (Orquesta Broadway opens) and at Brava Theatre in SF on the 17th. Stay tuned for other dates.

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Aisar Hernandez in the studio
Photo ©Roberto Ruiz. Used by permission

Today Aisar Hernandez, director, composer, arranger and bassist of El Expresso de Cuba – the newest group on Havana's popular dance music scene – held a press conference about this fledgling musical project. Sadly, Timba.com was not there. But Aisar did take time out of his busy schedule to do an interview for Timba.com. I also want to give a special thanks to Roberto Ruiz for allowing us to use some of his photos to bring some visuals to the interview.

For those of you who may be new to Timba, Aisar was musical director of the great orchestra Elito Revé y su Charangón for ten years, during which time they released the hit CDs "Fresquecito", "De que estamos hablando" and "La aplanadora de Cuba". In 2008 he also released four songs under the name El Expresso de Cuba, but Aisar stayed with Revé until December 2015 when he announced he would finally start his own band.

Knowing Aisar's talent as a composer and arranger and his command of Cuban popular dance music ranging from timba to more traditional music such as son, I have great expectations for this band. In the interview Aisar tells us not only about the band and how we can expect it to differ from the Charangón, but also about what it takes to be a good band leader and the difficulties of starting  a new orchestra in times such as these.
Click here to read the English translation of the interview.

Dale cliq aquí para leer la entrevista en el español original.

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Get ready salseros of Los Angeles! Calixto Oviedo and TIMBA LA are bringing classic 90s timba to the land of LA Style Salsa. Calixto has put together a team of ten musicians to offer the City of Angles an authentic taste of what timba was like when the Havana scene was at it's most creative. The rhythm section is drums with timbales, congas, bass and piano. The horns are two trombones and two trumpets, and the vocals are by Julio César Bouza (Orquesta Reve and Tumbao Habana) and Lily Hernnández. TIMBA LA will have their debut performance on Saturday March 6th at La Trattoria 25. Book your table now!

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ENGLISH:  EGREM has been very productive with some excellent new Jazz releases, all of which are worth listening to.  You can read reviews in English in our Reviews section
ESPAÑOL:  La EGREM ha estado muy productiva con unos excelentes lanzamientos del Jazz, todos los cuales que valen la pena escuchar.  Puede leer reseñas en Español en nuestra sección Reseñas. 
ENGLISH: Also,  a review of Gotas de Sabor by Magic Sax, Santiago de Cuba's answer to Habana Sax
ESPAÑOL:  Además, una reseña de Gotas de Sabor por Magic Sax, el equivalente santiaguero de Habana Sax

ENGLISH: Eliades Ochoa & Barbarito Torres entertained Chicago last weekend, you can read about it and view photos here. 
ESPAÑOL:  Eliades Ochoa y Barbarito Torres entretenieron Chicago el pasado fin de semana, puede leer al respecto y ver las fotos aquí.

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