Trivia on Latin Big Bands - the Golden Age of Mambo

EVENT CHECKLIST:  1) $25   2) Lawn Chair   3) Potluck cu there!!!!!!!!! event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/112008099677112/

23 Piece Mambo Orchestra.  July 4th.  Montclair So we went over our new original “Deliverance (Mambo Ha-GiLei” and other tunes on Tuesday.    The excitement is growing as the celebration nears.  So many people are involved with  this project and I love seeing my friends, some new, some old, the teamwork involved, the good vibes, and just the whole thing about this makes me so happy to be a part of it.   A tremendous “Thank you” to Father Benny and the Immaculate Conception Church for donating the use of its meeting facility on June 5th and June 19th     Also a big “Thank you” to the Salvation Army facility in Montclair for the donation of its use for our Final  rehearsal I am saving my last and biggest thank you (to the band members) for after the event!!!!!!!!!! Event details   https://www.facebook.com/events/112008099677112/?ti=icl

The meaning behind this original composition. As you may already have read, I wrote a composition for a 23 piece Mambo Orchestra entitled "Deliverance (Mambo Hagilei).  I want you all to know the meaning behind this work.  The composition molded itself to be a musical chronical of the emotions we went through during my wife's health struggle in 2013.  This work begins with a serious tone in the key of G minor.  Very akin to how life-changing that day started in October of 2013.  The Trumpet solo in G minor reminds me of how focused we were in getting a handle on the situation those first few days.  The diagnosis is described by the orchestra with slamming chords as hard and cold as the news we got from the doctors.  The next set of four bar repeats describe the series of adaptations my wife had to go through following neurosurgery including the loss of her short-term memory, inability to walk,  and subsequent chemotherapy....

23 Piece Mambo Big Band.  July 4th.  Montclair NJ Bob Kenselaar plays saxophone – mostly tenor and soprano – and has performed at restaurants, bars, private parties, and outdoor music festivals in New Jersey and New York for more than 20 years.  Venues where he’s played include  the Stone Pony and Convention Hall in Asbury Park, Highlawn Pavilion and The Manor in West Orange, Scotland Yard in Hoboken, Trumpets in Montclair, and Maplewoodstock.  He is a former Assistant Curator of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, longtime staff member at The New York Public Library, and a senior contributor for  All About Jazz .   Now Bob joins us to bring back the music of Tito Puente, Machito and Tito Rodriguez from the 50s at the Palladium Event details below https://www.facebook.com/events/112008099677112/?ti=icl

$25 Donation and Potluck.  23 Piece Mambo Big Band   11am & 2pm.   July 4th. 31 Midland Ave, Montclair John Vilefort born in Newark, New Jersey, is an up and coming instrumental reed artist. He has performed with a variety of groups including Latin bands, Pop groups, Jazz combos, and pit orchestras. Going into his last year at New Jersey City University, John is honored to be a part of this great cause for the Kessler Foundation, playing next to great musicians. See you there July 4th!  On July 4th listen to John as he plays with AfroCuba a 23 piece latin big band that will jam with tunes from the Palladium days in the 50s   Bring yor $25 donation to Kessler Foundation, a potluck a lawn chair and your dancing shoes Event details here https://www.facebook.com/events/112008099677112/?ti=icl

23 Piece Mambo Orchestra -  11am    31 Midland Ave, Montclair  July 4 Event link here Federico was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and  has performed with many Latin bands, classical orchestras, as well as for many theater companies on both tenor and bass trombone.    His Broadway credits are vast but include Les Miserables and Fiddler on the Roof. As an educator Federico is on staff with the Gramercy Brass of New York Band Camp as a Trombone instructor, a position he has held for the last ten years. He also worked with the Gramercy Brass of New York’s “Polishing the Brass” program as an instructor. This program would bring music education, concentrating on brass instruments to inner city children, which did not have these opportunities available to them. Federico's Full Bio  here To like AfroCuba Band click below: