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Tiempo Libre Returns To The Midwest
Special Show in Elgin, Illinois October 20, 2012

One of our favorite US-based bands, Tiempo Libre, returns to the Midwest on October 20th, 2012 at 8pm in Elgin, Illinois for a performance with the Elgin Symphony plus a separate TImba dance set by themselves. It looks like this may be as close as they get to Chicago this fall, so catch them while you can! Click here for their webpage for the event!
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Habana D' Primera confirmed at SOBs in New York
Thursday & Friday November 8 & 9 2012
Hello HDP fans....great news...the visas have been signed and approved. Lehman Center cancelled the November 9nth show but it has been replaced with 2 shows at Sounds of Brazil (S.O.B.s) in New York !!!
For the Thursday, November 8th show, doors open at 7:30pm and the show is at 9pm. For the Friday, November 9nth show, doors open at 11pm and the show is at 12 midnight. Do not get confused....there is a Happy Hour show listed on the SOBs website for that same Friday the 9nth, but that is from 5 to 8pm. The HDP show is at MIDNIGHT.
The Saturday, November 10nth show immediately follows the SOBs dates with the addition of TIRSO DUARTE.
Sabado, Nov. 10, 2012 / 8PM -- Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Alexander Abreu & Havana D' Primera
Invitado especial Tirso Duarte
(ex-vocalista de Charanga Habanera y Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso)
Teatro Park de Union City, NJ -- 888-584-3070 -- www.Tuboleta.net
Park Theatre
560 32th Street, Union City, NJ 07087
Phone: (888) 584-3070 -- Website: www.Tuboleta.net
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Arturo Sandoval and Septeto Nacional de Cuba
The Chicago Metro area had two exciting events this past weekend:
For Bill Tilford's review and photos of Arturo Sandoval's concert at Viper Alley, click here.

For special guest photographer Joshua Bennett's wonderful photos of the Septeto Nacional de Cuba concert at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, click here.
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More Monterey Jazz Photos from Tom
Eddie Palmieri and José Claussell on timbales - photo by Tom Ehrlich
Tom has a new gallery from the first night of the Monterey Jazz Fest featuring Eddie P., Grégoire Maret, Jack DeJohnette and others.
Rebeca Mauleón's Lecture Series got off to an amazing start with Danilo Lozano, Orestes Vilató, Jesús Díaz and Abe Gamroyan. Incredibly interesting stuff. It continues every Wed. in October.
Martin Cohen is really on a roll, releasing super-high quality videos of New York's growing community of world class Cuban musicians. Iván Llanes, who came with Maraca on drums, turns out to be a great singer as well.

















