Panamanian band, MecániK InformaL brought its unique style Cuban timba mixed with Panamanian rhythms to Congahead Studio by performing the song El Party Se Pone Caliente & Deja La Tekilla.
Archive: August 2016
A view of the Upper East Side of NYC
As part of my quest to photograph NYC’s skyline, I went to the top of Willy Rodriguez’s apartment building on East 77th Street off York Ave. to get some shots at sunset
Logan Hicks’s Spectacular Bowery Mural
I was grateful to get a parking space a couple of blocks away from this amazing mural which is at the NW corner of Houston St. and The Bowery so I could photograph it while it was unblemished.
Randy Weston at Charlie Parker Festival. Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem, NYC
Randy Weston at 90 years old, wowed the audience at Marcus Garvey Park with his African inspired jazz. A must attend concert for jazz lovers. This performance was held at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, NYC.
Fort Tryon Park/The Cloisters
Way uptown in Manhattan is a treasure of a park called Ft. Tryon Park that houses The Cloisters.
The Highline/Hudson Yards, NYC with friends
The construction around the Highline and Hudson Yards in NYC is beyond anything I have ever seen.
Percussionist, Frankie Rodriguez remembered
Jazz Gallery Fund Raiser hosted at Gammy and Ken’s loft in the West Village, NYC
Gonzalo Porta’s Salsa Band
Gonzalo Porta, Uruguayan singer living in Australia put together a salsa band lead by Sebastian Natal to perform two of his own compositions.
Remembering Toots Thielmans, one of the greatest musicians of all times. Born April 29 1922, died August 22 2016.
One of the musicians that impressed me the most was Toots Thielmans who I had the occasion to meet several times. I was especially impressed when he sat in at the Jazz Cafe in Brussels, Belgium with the Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble, a group I put on tour between 1979 and 1980 to spread the word of my percussion brand, LP.
NYC on a VERY hot August day. August 11, 2016
Rachel Brown at Joe’s Pub
Native New Yorker, Rachel Brown brought her music to Joe’s Pub with an incredible 8 piece band.
Thalia, Anjeli, Denielle, Montvale, Freedom Tower, Chinatown. Aug. 7- 2-16
Jimmy The Farmer
82 year old Jamaican farmer grows ethnic crops in the high rent district of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
Ensalada de Pulpo. August 3, 2016
Once again Ensalada de Pulpo at congahead.