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JIMMY BOSCH y su Sexteto de Otro Mundo – Saturday May 29 @ Latin Rhythms Academy Of Dance & Performance

rick — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:22:38 +0000

LATIN RHYTHMS ACADEMY OF DANCE & PERFORMANCE presents:

JIMMY BOSCH y su Sexteto de Otro Mundo
Saturday May 29, 2010
LATIN RHYTHMS ACADEMY OF DANCE & PERFORMANCE
Tickets $20 ADV (brownpapertickets.com) / 25 DOS
18+

produced by RATIOnation.com

Jimmy Bosch is in Chicago for one day direct from Venezuela and will play with Sexteto de Otro Mundo. where Jimmy sings, plays trombone and fires up the band to keep the room lit up like a Christmas Tree… So there you have it, Christmas in May in Chicago with Jimmy Bosch.

From the Ukraine, UK, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Japan, Costa Rica, NY, Ecuador, Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela to Chicago, Jimmy promises to keep you smiling, dancing and screaming for more. He is committed to keeping it raw, real and fun… “The energy” he says “comes from a power greater than he” and always points up to the sky…. “My music is dancer centered always… Gotta keep the dancers dancing is my motto”

Join us for an exclusive night with Jimmy Bosch, RatioNation and the crew of Latin Rhythms… Let us all say presente to this powerful Global representative of this music that we love so much…

Que viva la Salsa Dura!!!!

Céu – Friday April 23 2010 @ Green Dolphin

rick — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:17:47 +0000

RATIOnation.com and arteyvidachicago.com present:

CEU (VAGAROSA TOUR)
Direct from Brazil
Friday, April 23 2010
7pm doors | 8pm show
$20 in advance | $25 at the door
Green Dolphin 2200 N. Ashland

Tickets available NOW on BrownPaperTickets.com
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/editevent.html?e_id=97928
or by phone 24/7 1-800-838-3006

CéU proved to be one of the more internationally appealing singers to break out of Brazil around the time of her 2005 debut, ultimately winning a Latin Grammy nomination for Best New Artist and garnering interest for herself in Europe and North America.

Her singing is what earned her acclaim, yet her music is novel as well, a fusion of samba, reggae, and electronica, with touches of jazz and soul.

She was born Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças in São Paulo; however, she bills herself as simply CéU. (In Portuguese, céu can mean either sky or heaven, depending on the context; more specifically, the word comes from the Latin word caelu and refers to the infinite space overhead, including the sky as well as the cosmos.) She grew up in a music family; her father is a composer, arranger, and musicologist. At an early age, she learned to appreciate renowned Brazilian composers such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazareth, and Orlando Silva, and as a teenager, she decided to become a singer. Rather than go to college, she studied music, including theory as well as the violão, a nylon-stringed guitar native to Brazil. CéU eventually moved to New York City for a while once she was old enough to leave home. There she encountered many new influences, including old-school jazz singers such as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald as well as contemporary R&B singers such as Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu. Also while in New York City, she befriended Antonio Pinto, a fellow Brazilian musician; he is perhaps best known for composing the score to City of God (2002), among other films. In time, after moving back to Brazil and fronting a couple groups, CéU recorded her debut album, a self-titled release produced largely by Beto Villares, with the aid of Pinto. CéU was released in 2005 by Urban Jungle, a label based in São Paulo, in partnership with Ambulante Discos, Villares’ label. The album was later licensed by Six Degrees, a stylish label based in San Francisco that is known for its catalog of Brazilian releases, after CéU had already been met with success in parts of Europe, including France — and, by association, French-speaking Canada as well.

Thanks to the buzz surrounding her debut, CéU earned a Latin Grammy nomination in 2006 for Best New Artist. Her sophomore release, Vagarosa, arrived in early 2009. Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

www.myspace.com/ceumusic

Chuchito Valdes – Thursday February 25 2010 @ Rumba

rick — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:15:47 +0000

RATIOnation.com & Sound Culture present:

CHUCHITO VALDES QUINTET

Thursday, February 25th 2010
9pm doors | 10pm show
$15 in advance | $20 at the door
Rumba 351 W. Hubbard

Tickets available NOW on BrownPaperTickets.com
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/97176
or by phone 24/7 1-800-838-3006

Born: October 10, 1966

Jesus “Chuchito” Valdés – (Pianist, arranger, composer, bandleader)

Born in Havana Cuba, Chuchito Valdes comes from one of the most distinguished musical families in Cuba. He has recorded and performed piano with the world renown Cuban band, Irakere, which he led for 2 years. He has performed at festivals, clubs and concerts throughout the world: from Cuba and the Caribbean, across the United States and South America, and throughout Europe. Some of his worldwide appearances have included Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club in London and Green Dolphin Street in Chicago, The Jazz Festivals of Havana, Cancun and Merida, as well as a recent festival performance in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Music Festival. His ensemble was featured during December of 2000, at the 19th International Havana Jazz Festival, as well as at the Cancun International Jazz Festival in May of 2001 & 2002. The band completed a successful U.S Tour last year performing concerts from Chicago to San Francisco. On Nov. 9th 2001 his band performed at Orchestra Hall In Detroit. In 2002 he was featured with his band at the Chicago Jazz Festival, The Detroit Jazz Festival, AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival, and the Brownsville Latin-Jazz Festival in Texas.

In his youth he studied with many Cuban masters, such as the great Cuban pianist, Chucho Valdes (who also happens to be his father). Chuchito is recognized as a master at Cuban music including Mambo, Danzon, and Cuban Timba and Guaguanco. He has also extensively studied classical music including harmony and composition. When he is not travelling around the world performing, Chuchito lives in Cancun, Mexico where he leads his Afro-Cuban based Latin-Jazz ensemble. His original compositions and arrangements draw on classical harmonic and structural techniques. In his performances, Chuchito’s music draws on many styles including Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz, Bebop, Danzon, Cha-Cha- Cha, Son Montuno and much more.

Home: Los Angeles, CA

Press Quotes

”Raised in Havana, Jesus “Chuchito” Valdes has inherited more then his father’s famous name: on a recording made in Chicago last summer, he displays the hell-bent intensity and daredevil technique of the elder Valdes-qualities recognized worldwide as hallmarks of Cuban Jazz.

In terms of pure flamboyance, Chuchito Can just about match his dad: he can raise a mountain of rhythmic intensity with a driving montuno, create flutelike filigrees in his fluttering right hand figures, or stagger flashing cords at breakneck speed to build a kaleidoscopic improvisation.

But he seems just as happy to play out a lyrical danzon with unfeigned humility-to throttle back a notch, in other words, and let the music breathe… the relative spaciousness in his stle does set Chuchito apart from most of his countrymen.”

–Neil Tesser – “Author of the Playboy Guide to Jazz”

Article review for a concert at Columbia College:

In the Chicago Art & Culture guide. “The Reader”

“In a sense, Valdes and his band reinvigorated age old Cuban musical forms, the venerable cha-cha-cha and mambo standards revitalized by the muscular virtuosity of a mostly younger generation of players. This was jazz improvisation of the most sophisticated kind, with arcane chord changes and unexpected bursts of dissonance at almost every turn.”

–Howard Reich, – Chicago Tribune

”This is a burning Afro-Cuban jazz CD. The program gives us mostly originals by Chuchito and or/ Reese, (as well as) Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” and “Tres Lindas Cubanas”.

The music here is simply wonderful, very articulate, strong and clean.”

Marshall Vente – Radio Host of “Jazz Tropical” – 90.9 FM

Canteca de Macao, February 12 2010 @ Green Dolphin

rick — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:45:26 +0000

RATIOnation.com and Arte Y Vida Chicago present:

Canteca de Macao (direct from Madrid, Spain)

in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes (chicago.cervantes.es)

Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8:00pm @ Green Dolphin.

Tickets on sale now!!! (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/95499)

One of Spain’s most popular live acts, the group makes each performance into an exciting and joyful party. For this program, the ten-member group, which includes a juggler, features selections from its new CD Agua pa’ la tierra (Warner Music), which fervidly deals with life, the planet, water and wine.

Michelle L’Amour Burlesque Studio

julieta — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:11:00 +0000

Since 2002, Michelle L’Amour (http://www.michellelamour.com/) has been mesmerizing the world with her “ass that goes POW.” She has instructed women on how to be comfortable in their own skin and made her studio a welcome place for both men and women. Ms. L’Amour also hosts a series of events where open-minded people can see the naked side of Chicago, including a monthly reading in the nude.

This month’s Naked Girls Reading featured “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Warm temperature and a beautiful smile behind reception, welcomed attendees who immediately removed their coats and found seats in front of the red-lit couches. Once everyone was seated, the women strolled from behind a screen to the comfortable seats. Before the reading, Michelle signed the contract for her book due to be released in 2010, “Sexy Chicago.” She and the women then portrayed an artistic and tasteful reading of the holiday story. It was refreshing to hear the classic “Christmas Carol” with such softness and poise.

Michelle L'Amour and a witness signing the contract for "Sexy Chicago"

January’s Naked Girls Reading will have the theme “Taking Out the Trash,” which will be Michelle’s first Naked Brunch. For more information on the events at the Studio L’Amour, or the “Dojo for your Mojo” check out http://www.nakedgirlsreading.com/ or http://www.studiolamour.com
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martial ARTS

julieta — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:31:15 +0000

The Soshinkan dojo, a well established martial arts school in Burbank recently celebrated its 15 year anniversary by demonstrating some of the arts offered at the school. The dojo, who’s name translates as “Beginner’s Mind,” offers training in the arts of Aikido, Kenpo, Karate, Yoga and Zen Meditation. The school’s founder envisioned a place where people studying “the way” could do so under one roof. Each technique takes years to master but the results are almost poetic. the grace and and poise noticed in any martial artist is worth trying to attain. On top of mastering such an art, the dojo offers a place to meet like-minded people that have a sense of family on and off the mat.

Picture of the founder, Mr. Fumio Toyoda

Kenpo

Wojo sensei and some of his Karate students

enso and Aikido shirt

The school is part of the Aikido Association of America and the Japanese Culture Center, which is dedicated to making Japanese arts, crafts and philosophical riches available to everyone. For more information, including signing up for a complimentary introductory class, go to http://japaneseculturecenter.com/

Dave Moreno ‘The Witching Hour’ No.05 2009-11-22

dave — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:47:56 +0000

For all of your electronic, house, and progressive dance music needs. A little delayed as some ninja got lost. Every week live from www.dirtyradio.org

01. Noze – You have To Dance (Polka Remix)
02. Steve Mac & Paul Haris – Dizzy Heights
03. Fedde Le Gran vs. Fatboy Slim – Praise you 2009
04. Oxia – Whole Life
05. Alex Kenji & Mark Mendes- That Sax
06. Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey
07. Paul Cooper- Saxofone
08. Umek vs. Ramirez – Hablando 2009
09. X-press 2 – Lazy (Lazy Rich Remix)
10. David Tort – When I Became A Punk
11. Black Science orchestra – Save us (Mark Knight Remix)
12. Pet Shop boys – West End Girls (James Talk 2009 Remix)
13. Mark Knight & ATFC – Desire (Mix 1)
14. Steve Angello – Tivoli
15. Sebastian Leger – Hypnotized (Chris lake Remix)
16. Daniel Portman – Back To The Underground (San Remix)
17. Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme (Eric Prydz Remix)
18. My Digital Enemy – Cuba (Filthy Rich’s Puff Puff Mix)
19. Timo Garcia & Ricky Stone – Driving Olivia
20. Visti & Meyland – Yes Ma’am (Trentemoller Mix)
21. Sandy B. – Make the World Go Round (Deep Dish dub)
22. Chris Lake & LYS – La Tromba
23. Michael Cleis feat. Toto – La Mezcla (Copyright Main Mix)
24. Sergio Fernandez – Let Me Hear You Go!
25. The Cube Guys presents Landmark – No Me Puedo Controlar

Mark Knight & D.Ramirez V Underworld – Downpipe

dave — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:41:52 +0000

The tallest building in Dublin city was wired up with two huge 100,000 Euro screens.
The combination of Underworld’s unmistakable talent for drawing on primal energies and Mark Knight and D.Ramirez’s unquestionable production skills and knowledge of the Dance Floor tells a powerful story that is ahead of the curve and pays off with a monster riff in the drop. An insanely infectious piece of music that has feeling and passion rushing through its veins, the combination of tech grooves and intense progressive-build nods heavily to the tight production skills of Mark Knight and D.Ramirez and sees a stunning return to international dance floors for one of electronic music’s most iconic voices Karl Hyde, for this, the much anticipated and long overdue follow up to the 2007 anthem Columbian Soul.
Having created a defining soundtrack to a chemical generation with the almighty Born Slippy and countless club crossover hits including the likes of Rez and Cowgirl, Underworld are highly regarded as one of the best in the business.
Take this heritage and legacy and combine it with one of the most prolific DJ production partnerships in the world right now and you have something very special indeed.
Directed By Eoghan Kidney Special Thanks to www.daft.ie/playhouse

Art gives attention to Women’s issues

julieta — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:35:05 +0000

The National Museum of Mexican Art is featuring a powerful exhibit, Rastros y Cronicas: Women of Juarez, which is shining light on an important women’s issue. The number of women killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico continues to increase. Artists portrayed their view on the violence against these women using traditional paint as well as detailed 3-dimensional displays. The pieces portray real women and girls who are either missing or lost their lives due to the violence in Mexico.

Rastros y Cronicas

Excerpt from the description of the exhibit.

Countless Deaths ~ Muertas sin fin | ROSARIO GUAJARDO

Your last Doll ~ Tu última muñeca | ESTER HERNáNDEZ

Maya World Tree ~ Árbol mundial maya | SUSAN PLUM

The exhibit will run through February 14, 2010 at 1852 West 19th Street Chicago IL 60608. For more information visit http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org

Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñiero, Sunday November 22, 2009 @ Alhambra Palace

dave — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:08:12 +0000

Grammy-Nominated
SEPTETO NACIONAL de IGNACIO PIñEIRO
An 82-Year Musical Institution of Traditional Cuban Son
SPONSORED BY ARTE Y VIDA CHICAGO
presented by Sound Culture and Mateo Productions

An exclusive evening with Cuba’s legendary and timeless son ensemble Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro, the 2004 GRAMMY-nominated Cuban son group founded by master musician Ignacio Piñeiro in Cuba in 1927. The ensemble is set to tour the US from late October through early December 2009. This historic event marks the first time a Cuban artist is granted a visa to perform in the US since 2003.
Cuban sonero and composer Ignacio Piñeiro founded Sexteto Nacional as Columbia Records’ answer to RCA Victor’s popular Sexteto Habanero, later adding a 7th member and so defining the classic septet sound. Today, third-generation descendants of Septeto Nacional continue to define Cuba’s consummate son tradition.
This third generation of Septeto Nacional musicians garnered a 2004 Grammy nomination for their album “Poetas del Son” and then, in 2007, toured successfully to celebrate 80 years of musical history. Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro is a group that became a standard bearer for traditional Cuban Son introducing countless songs into the repertoire of classic Cuban son such as “Echale Salsita”, “No jueges con los Santos” and “Coco Mai Mai”. Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro features the most prominent musicians in the genre.

November 22, 2009
Alhambra Palace
1240 W. Randolph.

Doors 5:30PM || Show 7PM

Advance Tickets $28 until Friday November 20 || $35 thereafter – cash only at the door