CUBAN TIMBA STAR DANNY LOZADA

November 25, 2009

Open Dance Floor!

8pm & 10pm $16

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TIMBA COMES TO YOSHI'S OAKLAND


DANNY LOZADA

Danny Lozada Guzmán is one of timba's best singers,
composers, and bandleaders. These Yoshi’s shows will be timba dance parties like none seen before in Oakland. The energy and sheer force of Lozada’s music is stunning.

 

Danny's been playing around the country with various bands, including a show with Jose Pepito Gomez at SOBs in New York this Spring. It’s been two years since he performed in the Bay Area and this is his Yoshi’s debut. There will be an open dance floor and some of the areas best dancers attending these shows.  This one-night visit to the Bay Area precedes his return to Miami, Florida.  Don’t miss this opportunity to see these shows.

 

Danny was born in Havana, Cuba on April 27th in 1973 and began his musical career in 1991 with a group called Salsa de Esquina. However, he didn't gain public recognition until 1994 when he made a name for himself as a vocalist and composer for the group Conexión Salsera.

 

In early 1996, after hearing Danny's first big hit, Beso de queso, David Calzado hired him to sing lead and compose with Charanga Habanera. Danny developed an incredible creative chemistry with pianist/arranger Juan Carlos González, with the two playing defining roles in the landmark album Tremendo delirio. For that album, Lozada wrote Dime si te quedarás, Lo siento por tí, Qué quieres de mí and Usa condón and sang lead on No estamos locos, Charanguéate, and El coleccionista. He also wrote the controversial Mango song, which was banned in Cuba after its first performances.

 

When Charanga Habanera was suspended in August of 1997 after a nationally televised concert at La Piragua on the Malecón, Lozada and González set out to form their own group, which, at the suggestion of Juan Formell, they called "Danny Lozada y su Timba Cubana".

 

They created an extraordinary album entitled Tanto le pedí, which remains to this day a cult classic among timberos around the world. All the songs were written by Danny and arranged by Juan Carlos. Danny has the master tapes in Miami and a plan is in the works to remix and remaster the album.  Perhaps the Bay Area will be fertile ground for this project.

 

After González moved to Europe in 1999, Danny played sporadically in Havana and made another album, Lo mejor de mi corazón, which was a mixture of timba and various forms of pop. In 2005, he moved to Miami, and in 2007, he played his first West Coast tour, which has been documented in great detail at www.timba.com.

 

Danny and Juan Carlos are now back in touch and hope to reunite to create a new timba album along the lines of Tanto le pedí, and hopefully to play together again.

 

This debut of Lozada musical genius at Yoshi's Oakland is a dream come true for many who have hoped he'd play more often on the West Coast. His performing and bandleading abilities are second to none and seeing him in concert is a must for all fans of any genre of Cuban music.

 

Both shows are expected to sell out - advance ticket purchase is recommended.