Rolling Afro-Latin Music 2022: Reggaeton, Salsa, Bomba, Latin Jazz, Bachata, Merengue, Urbano and more Latinx

Haven’t been paying attention. Don’t know if anyone I am familiar with is involved.

Awards are on tonight. Best Latin Jazz nominees;

1. JOBIM FOREVER
Antonio Adolfo
[AAM Music]

2. #CUBANAMERICAN
Martin Bejerano
[Figgland Records]

3. CHABEM
Chano Domínguez, Rubem Dantas & Hamilton De Holanda
[Altafonte]

4. MIRRORMIRROR
Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés
[Candid Records]

Awards are on tonight. Best Latin Jazz nominees;

1. JOBIM FOREVER
Antonio Adolfo
[AAM Music]

2. #CUBANAMERICAN
Martin Bejerano
[Figgland Records]

3. CHABEM
Chano Domínguez, Rubem Dantas & Hamilton De Holanda
[Altafonte]

4. MIRRORMIRROR
Eliane Elias, Chick Corea, Chucho Valdés
[Candid Records]

Cool!

I haven’t heard any of those but they look worth checking out

I saw drummer who plays with Eliane Elias playing with bass player who plays with Martin Bejerano on Saturday. I did not see Chano Domínguez since he cancelled his gig because he may have green card issues. The first artist I think I may have a book he wrote.

Elaine Elias gig down here sold out and I was busy with family that night.

Marc Anthony just won salsa Grammy on Univision

Elaine Elias won the Latin jazz Grammy

Rosalia was eligible for more categories than I thought, and won 4

95-year-old Ángela Álvarez has made history as the oldest person to win the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist.

The Cuban singer, who just released her first album last year, accepted her Best New Artist award by saying “it’s never too late.” pic.twitter.com/5j5EyNKXQk

— Pop Base (@PopBase) November 18, 2022

oh nice! listening to her album now, sounds solid

Alvarez has those dramatic Cuban folk vocal melodies

Listened to new Rauw Alejandro album Saturnian tonight. He adds throwback freestyle club dance and older reggaeton as well

Details in this NY Times interview feature

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/arts/music/rauw-alejandro-saturno.html

Autocorrect ugh - it’s Saturno

Salsa legends El Gran Combo are still at it . Playing the MGM casino near me Friday

Finally watched my dvr of the Latin Grammys and wow Jorge Drexler song “Tocarte” that he did with C. Tangana won song of the year and record of the year. Drexler beat out a bunch of big names in those categories. He was also nominated for album of the year but Rosalia won. The Latin Grammys had Drexler perform “Tocarte “ live with Elvis Costello ( I guess because he had that Spanish language duet version of his album This Year’s Model). I like that Drexler song as well as some of the other nominees

Puerto Rican Bedy Stut Brooklyn Percussionist Johnny Almendra who played with Willie Colon and Ruben Blades among others has died of cancer

https://www.salserisimoperu.com/johnny-almendra-fallecio-victima-del-cancer-noticia-22-11-2022/

oh autocorrect --- Bed Stuy do or die Brooklyn

Reading Ned Sublette's email I see that the soon to be 86 year old Eddie Palmieri got sick and his bandmembers and others honored him over a some nights at the Blue Note. The band Sonido Solar, says Sublette is an all-instrumental band with brothers Luqués and Zaccai Curtis, brothers Jonathan and Jeremy Powell, Louis Fouché, Camilo Molina, Marcos Torres. And Jimmy Bosch, in from Japan. Along with guests Pedrito Martínez (through Sunday) and (on Saturday) tresero Nelson González, who can lock with Palmieri's tumbaos like nobody else. Donald Harrison also guested .

Didn’t know about that. Didn’t know that Jimmy Bosch lived in Japan now either.

Me either

Maybe he was just visiting/working?

Seen a bunch of those guys but not all in other contexts. Did see Luques with Eddie at Dizzy’s once when Steve Turre guested. I believe Eddie likes to use Jimmy Bosch and Conrad Herwig and then if one of them can’t make it some other trombone player I might be familiar with.

Just looked at Jimmy Bosch's twitter and it lists him as being based in both NYC & Tokyo. He tweeted once something about his Tokyo home.

Pretty sure I have seen Conrad Herwig with Eddie

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/arts/music/latin-grammy-awards-winners.html

Jon Pareles in NY Times on Latin Grammys

Bad Bunny #1 on Time magazine list for 2022

New Talisto track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hKtc7W8vnk

It could probably use a bit of polishing, production-wise, but I love it. I don't think I've ever heard anything I dislike from him.

Nice enough

David Virelles “Nuna “ album made NYTimes top jazz album list. The blurb for it says this pianist “pulls heavily from Cuban folk traditions: Changui, Abakua, danzon” but the blurb also refers to a lot of avante jazz pianists .

I haven’t heard it yet

iLe album Nacarile made Jon Pareles list in NY Times . His 15 more includes Rauw Alejandro, Bad Bunny, Jorge Drexler. Caramanica has Bad Bunny at 11. NY Times critic Zoladz has Rosalia in her top 10 as do the the others. She also has Bad Bunny in her additional albums list

really digging the new rauw alejandro album. i like how it looks both backward and forward - it uses the dinky, primitive synths from early reggaeton to create a futuristic soundscape. the back stretch really kicks the danceyness to another gear

I heard some freestyle flashbacks in there too

loving the Rauw too - it positively throbs

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican salsa singer and musician “Lalo” Rodríguez was found dead Tuesday at a public housing project in the U.S. territory, according to police. He was 64.

Police said that while there were no visible signs of violence on his body, an autopsy would determine the cause of death.

The singer, who was born Ubaldo Rodríguez Santos, had struggled for years with drugs and alcohol and was previously charged with possession of cocaine.

Rodríguez once formed part of Eddie Palmieri’s band and is best known for his 1988 hit, “Ven, devórame otra vez” or “Come, Devour Me Again.”

So sad.

saw on twitter in Spanish but translated here== In 1975, at the age of 16, Lalo Rodríguez won a Grammy together with the Eddie Palmieri orchestra for the album, “The Sun of Latin Music”.
On that record there is a composition authored by Lalo. For me that song is one of the most beautiful boleros of salsa, "Wild Desire"

https://remezcla.com/lists/music/10-best-reggaeton-trap-songs-of-2022/

remezcla top reggaeton and trap songs of 2022

https://remezcla.com/lists/music/10-best-dembow-songs-of-2022/

Dominican dembow and more

that mediopicky song is a banger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAz6GL5yOhY

lots of fun to be had on that reggaeton/trap en español top ten as well.

loving this Mexican one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msVB4L2Hrfk
Bellakath • Gatita

especially the parts where the bass starts doing its own thing (act up like a tuba would?) at several points during the track

also from the dembow Dominicano list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEdDaalYx0s
El Alfa ft. Noriel & Trueno • Los Aparatos

si es trucho es trucho!

...and this, it's number one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYjtsSngogY
Angel Dior • A I O

a brand new one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj86BVgsOzI
Bulin 47 x Flow 28 • Po po po

El Alfa got a bit of airplay for awhile on the Sirius XM Caliente station I listen to in the car sometimes. They play reggaeton and some salsa .

he gets a lot of airplay out of car speakers in brooklyn, but idk if they're listening to caliente

El Alfa’s “Gogo Dance”, mentioned way upthread, is #35 on the Fader’s 100 Best Songs of 2022 list.

El Alfa’s partnership with producer Chael Produciendo is 🪲🪲🪲

sorry for party rocking en español:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtc-ameWXNk
Tivi Gunz x Angel Dior x Young Gatillo x Dflow • Zuculento

some wonderful production choices on those Angel Dior tracks, I'm not too familiar with the genre but sounds very fresh

and that "aji titi"! makes me wanna sing "aji titi" all day

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/arts/music/bad-bunny-rosalia-latin-pop.html

In 2022, Latin Pop Thrived on Innovation. Again.
Bad Bunny led a takeover, not a crossover, in a year that featured standout releases from Rosalía, Rauw Alejandro, iLe, Carla Morrison and Lucrecia Dalt.

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