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The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County proudly presents
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County proudly presents
JAZZ ROOTS: LA RAZA LATINA: A SALSA SUITE
Featuring
Salsa Legend
and
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
LARRY HARLOW
Conducting a 45-piece Orchestra and Chorus in
the Florida Premiere of his
Groundbreaking Magnum Opus!
Joined by a Stellar Line Up of Venerable Latin Artists:
Salsa singers ADONIS PUENTES, EMO LUCIANO AND LUISITO ROSARIO;
Virtuoso percussionists BOBBY SANABRIA AND RICHIE FLORES;
Great Cuban Conguero Master CANDIDO CAMERO;
Violin Titans ALFREDO DE LA FE, GABRIEL FONSECA AND FEDERICO BRITOS
January 20, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Tickets $25 - $130
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
MIAMI, FL, December 1, 2011 -- The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Larry Rosen, together with presenting sponsor TotalBank, present JAZZ ROOTS: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series – LA RAZA LATINA: A SALSA SUITE on January 20, 2012 at 8 p.m. in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center. This spectacular concert will heat up Knight Concert Hall with irresistible Afro-Cuban rhythms in an explosive, jazz-meets-salsa music event when Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, legendary pianist, bandleader, producer, and salsa innovator Larry Harlow conducts the Florida premiere of his landmark Grammy-nominated recording, LA RAZA LATINA: A SALSA SUITE. At once groundbreaking, ambitious, improvisatory, dramatic, and way ahead of its time, the piece premiered in 1977, when the New York salsa scene was in full swing. The music explores the African roots of Latin music with each part of the suite progressing in time and space from the origins of salsa in Africa, to its roots in the Caribbean, through its development in New York and finally into a visionary future. LA RAZA LATINA received its first live performance at Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors Festival in August 2010.
Conducted by Larry Harlow and featuring three sensational salsa singers -- Adonis Puentes, EMO LUCIANO and LUISITO ROSARIO -- LA RAZA LATINA will be performed by a 45-piece orchestra and chorus as well as The Ico Manzanero Dancers. Also on the bill is a phenomenal lineup of venerable Latin artists, including multi-Grammy nominated virtuoso drummer Bobby Sanabria -- a member of the lineage of Tito Puente and New York City big band Latin jazz; the great Cuban conguero master Candido Camero, who has come in the wake of Chano Pozo; RICHIE FLORES, one of the most in-demand percussionists today; Alfredo de la Fe, the Jimi Hendrix of salsa violin; Cuban violin virtuoso Gabriel Fonseca; multi-Grammy winner Federico Britos, a titan of the violin; and guitarist BEN LAPIDUS; as well as multi-instrumentalist and composer/arranger ANDY HARLOW, whose composition Calle Ocho became the theme song for Miami’s renowned festival of the same name. Miami’s own Mario Ortiz All-Star Band, led by Latin Grammy-nominated Mario Ortiz, Jr., will open the salsa celebration with a set of infectious Latin jazz grooves, and later join the orchestra for a great piece of Latin music history with La Raza Latina. The evening will culminate in a spectacular battle of the violins of epic dimension.
Tickets range from $25 to $130 and may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org. Five-pack subscriptions are still available, starting at $125.
“We are incredibly excited to offer South Florida audiences the truly unique opportunity to hear one of the first live performances of LARRY HARLOW’s LA RAZA LATINA, one of the most extraordinary works of 20th-century jazz, in what promises to be an unforgettable, sizzling salsa celebration in our Knight Concert Hall,” said M. John Richard, president and CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center. “The program’s phenomenal lineup further demonstrates our commitment to present and foster the work of both legendary Latin artists, as well as local talent such as the Mario Ortiz All Star Band, as we celebrate Miami’s rich cultural diversity and bring our community together for an evening guaranteed to be a salsa explosion.”
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, highly praised pianist, bandleader, producer, and salsa legend LARRY HARLOW is one of the most important figures in the history of salsa. With nearly 50 years in the music industry, he has made significant contributions to Afro-Cuban music, taking instruments and rhythms and infusing them with his personal musical style to create his prototypical salsa sound. A Brooklyn native, HARLOW has performed at major venues around the globe, from Puerto Rico to Broadway, and has produced more than 50 albums, including the Grammy-nominated LA RAZA LATINA: A SALSA SUITE. The son of a professional bass player and opera singer, HARLOW graduated from New York City’s prestigious High School of Music and Art. His teenage exposure to the music and culture within the New York Latino community fascinated him at an early age, and eventually he moved to Cuba in the mid-1950s where he attended music classes at the University of Havana by day and performed at night. Affectionately known as “El Judio Maravilloso,” HARLOW developed the explosive, trumpet/trombone sound of contemporary salsa bands in the early 1970s and revolutionized modern salsa as both a musician and producer. At the storied Latin music label, Fania Records, he became one of the leading Latin music producers in the world, producing over 300 CDs, shaping the careers of the genre’s top stars, and garnering several Grammy nominations. HARLOW was also the pianist, producer, and founding member of the label’s famed Fania All-Stars. With his own group, LARRY HARLOW and The Latin Legends Band, he has spread the infectious beat of Latin music to audiences around the world. HARLOW also created and composed the first “salsa opera,” Hommy, which helped revive the career of singer Celia Cruz. The salsa legend is a former Governor of the National Recording Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was instrumental in attaining recognition for Latin artists throughout the world by instituting the first Grammy Award for Latin Music.
JAZZ ROOTS also features an in-depth educational partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools which will bring more than 900 music students to the Center this season for a unique behind-the-scenes experience, including a pre-concert sound check and a Q&A session with featured artists followed by a workshop with a local jazz expert that will highlight the music, the artistic process and the practical skills needed for a career in the arts. In addition, the Center has developed a curriculum which will be distributed to 800 music, English and social studies teachers throughout the MDCPS school system, potentially serving 24,000 children.
Heralded by Quincy Jones as “the most important new concert and educational jazz series in America!” JAZZ ROOTS has the unique distinction of being the only major jazz series in America that has sold-out nearly every concert since its inception.
JAZZ ROOTS: A Larry Rosen Jazz Series is presented by TotalBank, a subsidiary of Banco Popular Espanol, S.A. WPBT Channel 2, WDNA 88.9 FM Serious Jazz, WLRN 91.3 FM, and Capsule Media are media sponsors of JAZZ ROOTS.
CALENDAR LISTING
The Adrienne Arsht Center and Larry Rosen, together with presenting sponsor TotalBank, present
JAZZ ROOTS: LA RAZA LATINA: A SALSA SUITE
Featuring Larry Harlow, Adonis Puentes, Luisito Rosario, Emo Luciano, Candido Camero, Richie Flores, Bobby Sanabria, Alfredo de la Fe, Federico Britos, Gabriel Fonseca, Ben Lapidus, Andy Harlow, Ico Manzanero Dancers, and The Mario Ortiz All Star Band!
LA RAZA LATINA is the magnum opus of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner/pianist/composer/arranger Larry Harlow, one of the key artists of the legendary Fania Record label. Premiered in 1977, when the New York salsa scene was in full swing, the music explores the African roots of Latin music with each part of the suite progressing in time and space from the origins of salsa in Africa, to its roots in the Caribbean, through its development in New York and finally into a visionary future.
January 20, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132
Tickets: $25 to $130
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