by the El Reportero‘s news services
The fabulous SFJAZZ Fridays at Five series brought John Santos lots of energy, as he received the release of his Descarga CD with great honor.
“Music is life. We are doubly excited and honored that our new CD, Art of the Descarga, on the Smithsonian/Folkways label, is being released on the same day as the concert stream (August 7th), Santos said. “It is dedicated to our mentor, the great Cuban virtuoso bassist and composer Cachao (Israel López 1918-2008).
The Fridays at Five series has risen to become one of the most amazing unforeseen gifts of the crisis we are experiencing by so lovingly combining the magic of the music with the hearts of the SFJAZZ staff and the real time comments through the chat room, said explained.
“It provides an amazing bird’s eye view of the concert while bringing us together in a very intimate and inspiring way – different from the intimacy of us being in the same room, but extremely intimate nonetheless. Where would we be more comfortable than in our own living rooms?! All this while also allowing us to support the artists and the unique venue as generously as we can in times of dire need. I have enjoyed the series immensely for all these reasons,” he added.
In addition to his four-night residency that was scheduled for March 26 through 29 this year, he had a wonderful concert planned for this coming Nov. 1, 2020 “to mark my 65th revolution around the sun, but all five concerts had to be cancelled due to the pandemic.” So, I have great anticipation in uniting our spirits once again with all who may have been present that evening five years ago and any friends from around the world who would like to share this highly memorable experience with us while showing our appreciation of music and one of history’s most important Jazz organizations, SFJAZZ. Hope to see you there!
The latest news about Sebastián Yatra
Sebastián Yatra will be the first Latin artist to appear in the Artist’s Den’s Live from My Den series of digital presentations, organized by Variety. It is the first time he has returned to a stage since February, the leading star of the next generation of Latin pop will also be one of the presenters, will sing and is nominated in various categories at the Univisión Premios Juventud that will air this Thursday, Aug. 13. Sebastián Yatra has also just been named as the “Artist of the Month” for the month of August by Uforia Radio.
Latin America films to compete at 68th San Sebastian Festival
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain – Several films from Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Brazil will compete in the new work in progress section of the 68th San Sebastian Film Festival, according to organizers.
The films: Boreal by Federico Adorno (Paraguay-Mexico); Piedra Noche by Ivan Fund (Argentina (Chile), and La Roya by Juan Sebastian Mesa (Colombia-France), will opt for WIP Latam and Egeda Platino industry awards.
There are other films which also have the opportunity to compete such as El Empleado y El Jefe by Manuel Nieto (Uruguay-Argentina-Brazil-France); Los Restos Fosiles by Jeronimo Quevedo (Argentina); and Jesus Lopez by Maximiliano Schonfeld (Argentina-France), which were selected from a total of 229 films.
The Festival will be held from Sept. 22 to 24, combine the online and face-to-face format, and will also guarantee post-production assistance, English subtitles and distribution in Spain for the winning films.
