Lounge: Global Movement w/ Son Santa Clara

September 01, 2010

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Son Santa Clara website

Formed in 1997 by guitarist, trecero Robert Bozina, Son Santa Clara is dedicated to the music of Cuba's eastern provinces (e.g. Son). A result of Bozina's lengthy collaboration with Cuba's musical institutions ( licensed academic research) and particularly with the Conservatorio Esteban Salas in Santiago de Cuba, Bozina hand picked a dynamic group of young musicians for Son Santa Clara mainstays. All did licensed research, studied, and performed in Cuban venues including the Casa da Trova in Santiago and Guantanamo.

Along with vocalists Leticia Vasquez, Esmeralda Muniz, Olivia Rodriguez, and Jenevieve Francisco, Waide Hicks is guitarist, Phil Herrera plays bass and currently Remy Spiro is on bongo with Rogelio Kendelan Nordet of Guantanamo sitting in on Conga. The group features flutist/soloist Carmen Bozina who studied extensively in Cuba ( licensed) and performed with that country's legendary Estudiantina Invasora ( Inaudis Paisan, director). In 2009, she performed & recorded in Ghana, Africa ("HighLife and Cuban Son with Edward Mensah Jr., reggae and "Afro Beat" with the Ghanaian group "Bigshot".) However, like all in the group, it is Cuban Son that constitutes her "raison d etre". Recent performances of Son Santa Clara include the New England Conservatory (La Herencia Latina) and UCLA's Schoenberg Hall ("Worldstock"). The group just returned from a month long tour of Cuba: a cultural exchange licensed by both the US and Cuban governments through attorney/producer Bill Martinez.

Cover: $7

Doors at 8:30pm

Live Music from 9pm -12am

Leblon Caparinia, Don Q Cuba Libre drink specials

Kitchen open till 11pm

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Global Movement

It’s now easier to travel around the world than ever before. In fact, you don’t even have to leave The City to do it. Every Wednesday Yoshis SF’s exciting new weekly live music series, “Global Movement,” fittingly brings the best in local world music to a world-class venue. Afro-Brazilian, Reggae, Latin, and World Jazz-themed parties alternate each week, making Yoshis SF your one-stop virtual travel destination for global groove.

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