by the El Reportero’s staff
Puro Bandido
One of the oldest Latin Rock bands in San Francisco, that has survived the virus of extinction: time, the great Puro Bandido, will be performing every Friday through out 2011.
“Puro Bandido is more than a refreshing musical group, is an attitude and eclectic sound that mesmerizes it’s audience” with the unique Latin-Rock sound. Remember, EVERY FRIDAY at 10 p.m., at Impala Lounge, at 501 Broadway Street, San Francisco. For more info call 415-982-5299.
What a taste has mambo! Que Rico El Mambo! by Julio Cesar Morales is a project that explores the musical compositions and legacy of Bandleader Damaso Perez Prado, the inventor of Mambo music. Prado has been experimenting with ideas of the remix. His compositions are perhaps best marked by punctuating yells of “Ugh!” which is actually a slurring of the syllables in the phrase “dilo” which means “say it!” or “hit me!” “dilo!” served as cues for his orchestra to start, end, pause or shift tempos with a level of precision that allowed Prado to literally “cut and paste” elements of his musical imagination live and in real time.
Subsequently when Prado solifidyed the Mambo in 1949 he also created the blue print for electronic music. For Que Rico El Mambo lecture, Morales utilized footage of Prado’s film from 1950 Al Son de Mambo in which he introduces Mambo to the world and clips from Prado’s1963 film El Dengue Del Amor.
The proyect will be on view from july 21st to September 22nd at the Mexican Consulate of San Francisco, 532 Folson Street, 94105, CA.
American Sabor Latinos in U.S. Popular Music exhibition
Join the San Francisco Public Library and Community of Honor Guests for a private reception to celebrate San Francisco’s first taste of the exhibition American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music.
The exhibition documents the contributions of U.S. Latino musicians to American mainstream music, such as jazz, R&B, rock‘n’roll and hip-hop, through the lens of five major centers of Latino music production: New York, San Antonio, San Francisco, Miami and Los Angeles.
American Sabor was created by Experience Music Project and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition, its national tour,
and related programs are made possible by Ford Motor Company Fund.
American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music will be on view August 27-November 13, at San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street (at Grove), San Francisco, CA 94102.
Bolivia’s Independence Day
Together celebrating the Bolivia’s Independence Day the music ensembles Jatun Marka & Hanakpacha performing traditional and contemporary Bolivian & South American music.
The event will take place friday ,august 5, starting at 8pm in La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94703. Tickets cost $12 advanced and $15 if you get them in the entrance.
