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Lo Nuevo[hide]
Resenas: Vacilón Santiaguero (Circle 9 ...
Grupos: Pupy y los que S... : Discography - 1995- F...
Reportes: From The St... : Cubadisco 2...
Staff: Bill Tilford
Reportes: From The St... : Jazz Plaza ...
Fotos: Tom Ehrlich : Irakere 50th Annivers...
Fotos: Tom Ehrlich : Irakere
Resenas: Joey Altruda Presents: El Gran ...
Timbapedia: 09. Interviews -... : Carlos del Pino ...
Fotos: Tom Ehrlich : 2023 Monterey Jazz Fe...
Fotos: Tom Ehrlich : 2023 Monterey Jazz Fe...
Fotos: Tom Ehrlich : 2023 Monterey Jazz Fe...
Fotos: Tom Ehrlich : 2023 Monterey Jazz Fe...
Grupos: Tirso Duarte
Fotos Del Día [hide]
Peter Maiden - Yoshi's SF - 11-23-2013
El Septeto Nacional at Yoshi's San Francisco 11-23-13
The Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro, as is well-known, has existed as a group in Cuba for 85 years. This is not music put together yesterday! Yet the instrumentation and vocals create a magic spell. The bottom is a stand-up bass, the only skin instrument is a bongó, the only horn a solitary trumpet. There are two string instruments, guitar and tres, which although they play on opposite sides of the stage, are closely interlocked. The two vocalists contribute clave and maracas. Each musician is a master of their role in the group. Add a responsive crowd that packed the dance floor each set, and the evening was a perfect combination!
Alisa Frohman of Plaza Cuba introduces the Septeto Nacional
The Septeto Nacional
Eugenio Rodriguez
Clave
Francisco David Oropesa Fernández
Enrique Abdón Collazo
Raúl Mirando Mato
Crispín Díaz Hernández
Dagoberto Sacerio Oliva
Raúl Acea Rivera
El Septeto Nacional
On the dance floor
Dr. C. Ricardo R. Oropesa of the Septeto's management with Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records, and a couple of the traditional Cuban recordings Arhoolie has released
Dancers at the after-party for Plaza Cuba's 20th Anniversary, held just after the concert