Salsa Music Concerts: A Tribute to Joe Cuba - September 4, 2009
September 3, 2009 by alexspecht
Filed under Salsa Music Concerts and Events
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Tribute to Joe Cuba
with
Joe Cuba Sextet
Show: 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm
Admission: $15
Ladies Free/Men $10 Before 7pm
Free admission w/ dinner reservation before 7pm
New York's Latin music giant Joe Cuba died on February 15, 2009 at the age of 78. As prolific as he was influential, Joe Cuba was one of the main pioneers of the Latin soul movement in the 1960s, which included the popular boogaloo craze. Joe Cuba and his band were part of a pivotal generation of NY-raised Puerto Rican Americans (Nuyoricans) who helped define the city's Latin music styles following the mambo-era of the 1960s. One of the first Salsa bands to cross-over into the American music scene, selling over a million copies of their hit tune, 'Bang Bang'.
In honor of the great late legend Joe Cuba the current Joe Cuba Sextet under the musical direction of Willie Villegas defines the term "Latin soul" incorporating the rhythms and vocals that the Joe Cuba Sextet made so famous in Harlem and throughout the world.
The members of the Joe Cuba Sextet have been part of Joe’s band for over twenty years.
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Salsa lost a great artist but his music will live on.