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Latin Carnival - Carnaval Del Pueblo
1st August 2010
Time to enjoy & party at the biggest Latin American Fiesta!!Come along to a great day out and experience
The Latin American carnival at Burgess Park, London.
There will be stalls full of Latin American cuisine, Arts & crafts,
souvenirs, music, stages of dancing performances, bands &
lots dancing for us to do with plenty of music originating from
the different parts of the unique Latin American continents.
ENTRY IS FREE
Willie Colon in concert
16th July 2010
Willie Colon is coming to the Hackney Empire, Londonon Friday, July 16, 2010 from 7:30pm - 11:30pm
Willie Colón was born in the South Bronx, New York, to Nuyorican parents.
He picked up the trumpet from a young age, and later switched to trombone,
inspired by the all-trombone sound of Mon Rivera and Barry Rogers.
He spent some summers at his maternal grandmother’s sister’s
(La finca de Celín y Ramón) farm in in the outskirts of Manatí, Puerto Rico
on the road to neighboring Ciales, Puerto Rico.
He was signed to Fania Records at 15 and recorded his first album at age 17,
which ultimately sold more than 300,000 copies. Due to fortuitous events,
the main record producer at Fania at the time, Johnny Pacheco, recommended
Héctor Lavoe to him.
Beyond the trombone, he has also worked as a composer, arranger, and singer,
and eventually as a producer and director. Combining elements of jazz, rock, and salsa,
his work incorporates the rhythms of traditional music from Cuba, Puerto Rico,
Brazil, and "that 'other' ancestral homeland, Africa", representing the mostly one-way
flow from Puerto Rico to the New York-based diaspora.
Colon's greatest hits & performances include:
Idilio
El Día de Suerte
El Gran Varón
Oh Qué Será
