UPDATE: New video by Tom Ehrlich - "Havana D' Primera... SABROSO" - A Latin Jazz descarga loosely based on Cachao's "Las Boinas". Here Alexander employs a clever call and response maneuver with his trumpet and the audience, after taking a monster solo. Piano and percussion solos follow.

The first of three Tom Ehrlich galleries of Havana d'Primera in the Bay Area is now up: Friday at Yoshi's SF. Still to come are Saturday at Yoshi's SF and Tuesday at Kuumbwa Jazz Center. And don't forget Peter Maiden's great work from the Saturday show. Finally, several more super high resolution, LPM-mastered videos are coming soon.

                                          Keisel Jiménez - photo by Tom Ehrlich

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UPDATE: Lots of youtube clips of HdP in Vegas. Their next show is Tuesday night (7:00 and 9:00) at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz.

First of all, the links: HdP is at Sam's Town Casino - Mayimbe is again at Café Cócomo as the climax of an all-day Peruvian celebration. Click continue reading for our already massive post of photos, video, links and concert reportage on both shows and related topics, with more coming soon. Left photo below by Peter Maiden, right photos of Rueda con Ritmo with Mayimbe by Tom Ehrlich. 

Click here to CONTINUE READING FOR MUCH MORE (para ver más fotos oprima aquí). This post will be updated several times this afternoon. Tom Ehrlich's and Peter Maiden's photo galleries under NEW STUFF are also works in progress and will get longer and more detailed over the next few days so keep refreshing your page.

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Carlos Medrano is a very talented Cuban musician currently living in the Bay Area. He returned to Cuba to produce a very cool album with his old compays, including Alexis Bosch of Havana Ensemble and singer Aldo Isidro Miranda of Azúcar Negra and Adalberto Álvarez fame. Click here for Tom's review.

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This link goes to Emiliano Echeverria's full show . The interview - covering Bebo Valdés, Güillermo Barretto, Cachao and much more - starts at the 26 minute mark. For more on Emiliano, click here.

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