Posts from the “Larry Harlow” Category
In 1961 the legendary jazz label Riverside Records released Mazeltov, Mis Amigos, an album of “Yiddish favorites in Latin tempo,” by Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmen. The band who performed these mid-century dance floor fusions was an only-in-America supergroup that wasn’t as Jewish as their name made them sound. Juan Calle was John Cali, …
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“Shalom aleichem and buenas noches.” So began one of the most memorable nights in the history of the Idelsohn Society.
After months of planning and rehearsal, the Idelsohn Society brought the 1961 album Mazel Tov Mis Amigos— a collection of Yiddish theater tunes gone Latin– back to vibrant life on the esteemed stage of …
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Our Lincoln Center Concert is just 17 days away — and the line up is set. Alongside the brilliant Arturo O’Farrill is an all-star band comprising Ruben Rodriguez (bass), Papo Pepin (conga), Joe Gonazalez (percussion), Paul Shapiro (sax), and Gary Valente (trombone). There are so many things we are looking forward to… not least to …
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The Idelsohn Society will be closing out Lincoln’s Center’s Out of Doors Festival with a re-creation of the 1961 Riverside album, MAZEL TOV, MIS AMIGOS on August 23rd.
The ONE NIGHT ONLY show will feature Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro Cuban Sextet with special guests Irving Fields, Fania legend Larry Harlow, the Antibalas horns, and …
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