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2018 Latin Music in NOLA
001-2018-014
46:40 Master Camera files on Hard Drive, Mp4 on Server and Cloud
2018-04-29
Johnny Marcia of Rumba Buena, Javier Olondo of AsheSon, Javier Gutierrez of Vivaz; Interviewer - Dan Sharp
ABSTRACT: 02:52 Olondo explains how he came to New Orleans via his studies in Salzburg, at the request of his uncle with a school in Kenner, and how he became entrenched in the Latin popular music scene after Katrina. 06:45 Olondo gives some background to the Cuban tres, one of the traditional instruments of son. 07:46 Olondo explains his appreciation of New Orleans capacity to let musicians bend, blurring lines between genres. 09:31 Demonstration, guajira 15:32 Marcia tells of his entry into Latin music, spurred by his dad, who got him to sub for his drummer in Los Sagitarios. This didn’t go well initially, but through diligent practice Marcia eventually took the band over, eventually renaming them La Rumba Buena. 18:31 Gutierrez explains that he began as an instrumentalist, and sort of stumbled upon singing accidentally, compensating for a missing percussionist/sound guy. 22:20 Gutierrez gets into his eclectic musical taste and his love of variety. 24:32 Demonstration, “Let’s Go Dancing” 30:31 Gutierrez and Olondo speak to reading a room and determining what to play, emphasizing that audience preference may be generational, cultural, or dependent on whether or not the crowd includes dancers. 32:50 Olondo reflects on the social power of dancing, which he absorbed in Cuba, where everyone does it. 34:57 Olondo displays and explains the tres. 36:30 Demonstration, “Marieta” 41:37 Gutierrez, Olondo and Marcia speak to the “Spanish tinge,” how many rhythms they find in common in Latin music and that of New Orleans, and how the city, a melting pot, encourages experimentation and crossover. 43:39 Demonstration
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive