Tribute to El Maestro...Tito Puente

The first is a series of videos of a tribute concert for Puente by his orchestra has been posted on Street Level Productions. The concert took place at the South St. Seaport on 9/20/00 and included guest stars Arturo Sandoval and Eddie Palmieri. The videos are from the Alfie Alvarado Archives.

Bembe Ensemble

This photo was submitted by Scorpion, Akpwon and child of Chango. I believe the group is from Atlanta. I will try to get more information on who is who.

Alma Moyo 5.16.2009

When:
Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:00 PM

Where:
Camaradas Bar & Restaurant
2241 1st Ave./ 115th Street
New York
10029
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Bomba has always been a tool for revolution and the celebration of freedom, and a means to cleanse our spirits from the everyday wind and grind of ordinary life. Join Alma Moyo, New York's most exciting Afro Puerto Rican ensemble, and celebrate life, love and Spirit together within an all embracing community dedicated to the preservation of our African legacy in Puerto Rico.

"Realize that You are involved in a situation that is a lot greater than who you are!!!" Sononfu Somé, Dagara People West Africa. We as descendants of a cultural legacy that stems back about 500 years are involved in something greater than we as individuals. Our Afro Puerto Rican cultural tradition, la Bomba, will ignite Camaradas Bar & Restaurant this Saturday Night and the voices of our ancestors will penetrate our very souls. Bomba has always been a tool for revolution and the celebration of freedom, and a means to cleanse our spirits from the everyday wind and grind of ordinary life. Join Alma Moyo, New York's most exciting Afro Puerto Rican ensemble, and celebrate life, love and Spirit together within an all embracing community dedicated to the preservation of our African legacy in Puerto Rico. starts at 10pm $5 Cover

Central Park Rumba

I came across a nice little video clip out of Tito Sandoval's stash. Tito is a great dancer and drummer, and has been on the scene for quite some time already. I believe Willie has put up some Sports Bar clips in which you can see Tito throw down during a columbia. In any case, Tito is playing quinto in this one, and it looke like Eddie Rodriguez is playing tres dos, you can see Barry behind the bench, and we have none other than the great Miguel Martinez "El Llanero", singing gallo. Can anyone tell me the names of the other drummers? They look familiar.

(Rumba en El Parque Central, Video Credit: Mark Sanders)