Santiago de Cuba
Putting on makeup in the music salon La Casa de la Trova in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
Photograph: Javier Arcenillas
Head On portrait award 2023
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Puna Puna en Cuba (Original Mix) · Da Iguana
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Havana Cuba.
‘Street Music’ by Jezzer Johnson.
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How Taíno Culture Affects Us Today - with Irka Mateo
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Bon soir 💃💙 🆕️ 🕺
Roberto Fonseca & Clarence Bekker Band 🎶 Mani Mambo
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MY SONG OF THE WEEK: “Night Garden” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/night-garden-featuring-mike-garson-beyondo I was playing cruise ship gigs and a bass line kept flowing out of me. Every time I played this groove, musicians would start jamming, people would start dancing… It turned into this psychedelic Cuban-jazzified pop song. Latin and Caribbean music is animated and easeful to me, rhythmically and harmonically, making me feel I’m moving with confidence no matter what’s going on in the world. My lyrics were inspired after reading an airline magazine article by Lee May, a journalist from Atlanta who was passionate about gardening. His wonderful words about “plant life that blooms at only night” left an impression. As to the lyrics, Donald Fagen says he chooses words because they suit the shape of his mouth and the lure of a melody—words flow and find their own meaning. That was my approach: Like winding tendrils, words and melody twined into “a song novelette” about a pair of lovers heading south of the border, on the lam because of an unspecified crime.
The music bed was recorded in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Williamsport PA (final mix by Xavier Francis). It features the brilliant drum/trumpet/co-production work of Eric Biondo (a.k.a. Beyondo) + magnificent piano by Mike Garson, a composer-artist in his own right but also known as David Bowie’s longtime keyboardist.
https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/night-garden-featuring-mike-garson-beyondo
#nightgarden #gardening #flowers #davidbowie #mikegarson #leemay #atlanta #journalist #caribbean #latin #cuba #mexico #psychedelic #piano #exotica #ericbiondo #beyondo #trumpet #donaldfagen #steelydan #airline #cruiseship #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #dance #brianwilson #smile #beachboys #kokomo
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Cuban guitarist. Photo by Dimitri Dim.
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