Jazz on the Tube’s headquarters Tivoli, New York is not exactly the jazz capital of the world, but some of our neighbors may surprise you.
Sonny Rollins lived just “up the street” in Germantown for a bunch of decades, only three minutes away by car. (Now he lives across the river in Woodstock.)
Also across the river in Woodstock, Jack DeJohnette and Pat Metheny.
And that’s just a few of the big name cats.
A lot of musicians live in the Hudson Valley/Catskill region of New York.
3. Until the last few years, it used to be affordable (still is by New York City standards.)
Our best club: The Falcon down in Marlboro, NY. One of the best music clubs in the world and it hosts world class jazz regularly.
Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, and Larry Grenadier performing a benefit for a local food bank at Falcon.
– Ken McCarthy
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Left to right; Bo Dollis of the Wild Magnolias (seated); Al “Carnival Time” Johnson; a lovely singer (name not known); Chuck Perkins, poet laureate of New Orleans; Wardell Quezergue, the “Creole Beethoven” (seated); Ken McCarthy, Jazz on the Tube
– Ken McCarthy
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If you can’t make it to Cuba, but are in or can get to New York City, you can experience one of the great Afro-Latin music centers on earth without leaving the US.
Here are ten places in New York City that host world class Afro-Latin music performances on a regular basis:
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“It’s all the same music. We just speak it with different accents.”
– Mario Bauzá (as quoted by Albert Angeloro)
Bauzá at age 82 interviewed most skillfully on CACE International TV. One of the most important, and little known, chapters in American music history revealed and explained in less than 15 minutes. Great intro to Bauzá’s life story.
A segment from the documentary “Latin Music USA” that covers Bauzá’s invention of Afro-Cuban Jazz.
Machito & his Afro-Cubans (Mario Bauzá, music director) with Charlie Parker. Recorded in 1950 by Norman Granz.
Bauzá & his Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra performing in Germany in 1992
– Ken McCarthy
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Hurricane Matthew hit the east side of the island, but seems to have spared Santiago de Cuba and mostly hit barely populated areas (Cuba still has a lot of wilderness.)
That said, the beautiful town of Baracoa, the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, got hit very hard.
– Ken McCarthy
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Ned Sublette, author of the landmark book “Cuba and Its Music,” tells the story of the long running communication between the musicians of Cuba and the musicians of the United States.
It’s a lot deeper and older than many people realize.
– Ken McCarthy
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