Harold López-Nussa ,   part of the formidable López-Nussa family of Jazz greats, is now on tour in the US with his trio, which includes his brother Ruy Adrian López-Nussa on drumes and Alune Wade on bass.        Dates are as follows: 

October 4:   Gateway City Arts, Holyoke, MA
October 5:  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
October 6-7:  Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ
October 8: Kennedy Center Jazz Club, Washington, DC
October 11: Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, NYC, NY
October 13:  The Side Door, Old Lyme, CT
October 14:  Bric Festival, Brooklyn, NY
October 15:  Chris Jazz Café, Philadelphia, PA
October 16: Yocum Institute of Arts, Wyomissing, PA
October 18:  Dakota, Minneapolis, MN
October 19: SPACE, Evanston, IL
October 20: Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, WI
October 21-22: Dirty Dog, Detroit, MI
October 23: Baur's, Denver, CO
October 27: Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA
October 28:  Chickie Wah Wah, New Orleans, LA 

You can click through to more details on the Harold López-Nussa website .  There is a new CD out, El Viaje , which we will eventually review. 
Hopefully  someone will eventually bring his uncle Ernán and his father Ruy up here the same way,   In the meantime, if you are serious about Jazz, take the time to check this out.  You'll be glad that you did.

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Urban music artist Jacob Forever is riding a wave of success. A long-time member of Cuba's first line of reggaeton artists, Jacob was part of Gente D'Zona until his departure in 2013. While it must have stung to see GdZ conquer the international scene a year later with "Bailando", Jacob wasn't far behind and achieved international success on his own after the release of his mega-hit "Hasta que se seque el malecón" .  It reached 10 on Billboard's Hot Latin Chart and was nominated for a 2016 Latin Grammy. Jacob himself was nominated as New Artist of the Year and Favorite New Artist - Urban in the 2016 Latin American Music Awards . He is currently working on a video for his new single "Necesito ayuda" .

Jacob is signed with Sony Music Latin and wil release his 4th CD on the label. Meanwhile, he has been performing in Miami and appearing on Latin television programs. On September 24th he surprised fans by inviting  his ex-partner from Gente D'Zona - Alexander Delgado - to join him as special guest singing "Hasta que se seque el malecón" at a concert at Mokai in Miami.

Having recently toured Canada, Europe is next on his list. Jacob's tour begins October 14th in Naples and currently consists of 10 confirmed dates with more to come. To keep up with all the latest news, follow him at Facebook.

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We lost another great Los Van Van musician this week. Pedrito was a charter member of Charanga Habanera, switching over to Van Van in about 1996. In addition to being a fine violinist and percussionist, he was one of the great dancing musicians of all time. When he did his violin bow dance with Van Van he visually captured the joy of music better than anyone I've ever seen.

Pedrito was also one of the most genuinely warm and kind human beings in the world of Latin music. He will be sorely missed.

Here's a recent clip.

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Calle Real' s lead singer, Thomas de Paula Eby, released the single "Camaguey" on August 8, 2016, which immediately caused timberos to fear that he is leaving Calle Real. Timba.com sat down with Thomas in the studio where he is finishing the mixing of his solo album. We talked about his plans with Calle Real, the single, the video and the album. The tracks are listed below but not in any particular order. 

Tracks:
The Ones
Before we all dry out
Camaguey
River
They never look into my eyes/Mirame a los ojos
It's just me (Rumbita)
We Are
Fill your heart with pride
Down The Line
Games
Lost Moments
Closer

Musicians participating on the album:
Thomas de Paula Eby-Leadvocals, guitars, percussion, mallets (SE)
Andreas Unge-Bass, Guitars, Percussion (SE)
Gunnar ”El Dony” Thullberg-Tres, Guitars (SE)
Gustav Lundgren-Guitars, Cavaquinho (SE)
Felipe ”Babuca” Grimaldi-Guitars (BR)
Sebastian Notini-Percussion (SE/BR)
Fredrik Gille-Percussion (SE)
Zamba N´Dokh M´Baye-Tama (SN)
Harry Wallin-Drums (SE)
Brady Blade-Drums (US)
Per Eklund-Drums (SE)
Jesper Nordenström-Piano (SE)
Bel Barbosa-Accordion (BR)
Giba Conceicao-Cuíca (BR)
Alexande Vieira-Coro (BR)
Raquel Vieira-Coro (BR)
Melo-Coro (SE)
Tilde de Paula Eby-Coro (SE/BR/CU)
Naemi de Paula Bjuhr-Coro (SE)
Bianca Ward-Coro (SE)

More information
http://www.thomaseby.com
https://itunes.apple.com/album/-/id1141361823
https://play.spotify.com/track/5DrwvLSxhgSxRmyzQXTPTN

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