On this edition of Latin Explosion we feature the co-founder of Fania Records, director of his own band and of the Fania All Stars; Johnny Pacheco. "El Alcalde de la Calle Ocho"; Carlos Oliva. "La Primerisima Orquesta de Puerto Rico"; Tommy Olivencia. Havana hip hoppers; Orishas, and more!  

Havana Timba (NG La Banda) plus NYC Latin Jazz (Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)  

Their music and their story ~ Pablo Milanes, Ismael Miranda, Monguito El Unico and more on this Latin Explosion. 

The music of Ruben Blades & Gato Barbieri. 

Machito and His Afro-Cubans on LATIN EXPLOSION! Band leader Machito, with vocalist Graciela, arrangers Mario Bauza, Rene Hernandez, Jose "Pin" Madera, Ray Santos, A.K. Salim, Chico O'Farrill, musician Dizzy Guillespie, album producers Norman Granz, Harvey Averne and other collaborators created Cubop, and Latin Jazz starting in the 1930's and 40's 
We interview musician "Machito Jr", Mario Grillo, and Harvey Averne of Coco Records.  

Flutist Herbie Mann, Conjunto Libre, singer La Lupe, drummer "BUYU" Mangual and more 20th Century Salsa, Latin Jazz, and Afrocuban music on this next Latin Explosion 

It's Latin jazz flute master Maraca, singer/composer Pablo Milanes, old Cuban charanga with Melodias del Cuarenta, even Sergio Mendes y mucho mas! 

Abelardo, Richie, Bobby, Pupi, Puerto Rico All Stars and more on Latin Explosion!  

NYC's Eddie Resto was playing with Machito at 17 and with Eddie Palmieri at 19! I saw Eddie Resto with Eddie Palmieri at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom in 1975! Listen to his life and times, and the albums he plays on. 
Plus, Tito Puente Part 3, the releases on Ralph Mercado's "RMM/TropiJazz" during the 1990's! 

Lazaro Ros is a singer, but more than that, an Akpuon lead. The choral response, or Ankori, is done by all present. Melodies and words of ancient origin sung in an archaic form of Yoruban. "CANTOS", Lazaro Ros con Mezla ,(1992) is the CD we are featuring. The Interview is with "CANTOS" producers Rachel Faro and Sammy Figueroa. A unique album, a favorite.
Plus "TP Part 2, at the Grammys!", hear Tito Puente's Grammy winners from the 80's and 90's! 
 

TITO PUENTE on LATIN EXPLOSION! 

We are taking a dive into the 1950's to the 1970's, TP's RCA Victor and Tico years. Joe Conzo, author of TP's bio MAMBO DIABLO (2010) is The Interview. We talk with Joe about the new movies "Being The Ricardos", and "West Side Story", his lecture series via zoom for Hostos Community College in the Bronx, Joe's lifelong friend Tito Puente and more! A show you won't want to miss! 
"Oye Como Va"!!!  

"Turn the Beat Around", an exhibition now at The Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach. John Radanovich, author of "Wildman of Rhythm", invited us to this November party for NY collector Vicki Gold Levi and her guests! The exhibition echoes the popularity New Orleans jazz in Latin cabarets. Afro-Cuban rhythms resounded through night clubs in the US between 1930s and 60s, forever transforming American music.  

LATIN EXPLOSION on the road! We were in Paris, France in September and in Chicago, Illinois in November; music and history all around! Record stores and museums! Saw African-American Josephine Baker's final resting place. Ms Baker continues to make history to this day, now alongside the "great men of France" at the Pantheon! 

Eiffel Tower, Louvre, and great CD finds at record stores! Tito Puente & Azuquita's Ce' Magnifique, and Monguito el Unico.
We strolled down Chicago's Milwaukee Avenue, from North to Division. Remember VP Records (Vic) and La Voz Hispana (Ralph and Nelson)? Found Reckless Records and picked these up; The Two Sides of Tipica '73, BUYU Mangual, Pachito Alonso's Una Salsa en Paris, and more.  

Interview with John "Dandy" Rodriguez on the Mambo Legends Orchestra. Music of Juan Luis Guerra.

Bandleader Eddie Palmieri Part 1. Music from the Alegre and Tico labels,1962-1973. 

On this edition of Latin Explosion we feature the co-founder of Fania Records, director of his own band and of the Fania All Stars; Johnny Pacheco. "El Alcalde de la Calle Ocho"; Carlos Oliva. "La Primerisima Orquesta de Puerto Rico"; Tommy Olivencia. Havana hip hoppers; Orishas, and more!  

Havana Timba (NG La Banda) plus NYC Latin Jazz (Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)  

WEST SIDE STORY! Our focus will be on the musical impact of the 1957 original on New York City and the country! We talk about it with musicians Sammy Figueroa and Bobby Marin, two Latin New Yorkers

Featuring the music of Os Mutantes, Jorge Luis Pacheco 

Arturo O'Farrill is The Interview! Arturo is the accomplished pianist, arranger and band leader who continues to cultivate the legacy of his father Chico. More at arturoofarrill.com, afrolatinjazz.org, zohomusic.com bluenote.com Plus Johnny Pacheco, and Irakere as we pick up from what we started the last time.  

IRAKERE at London's jazz club, Ronnie Scott's! Plus, Celia Cruz, Manuel Galban, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades and more. 

Featuring the music of Pablo Milanes, Andy Montanez and Ismael Miranda. 

Featuring the music of Chico and Arturo O'Farrill, Carlos Oliva and more. 

Sergio Mendes (1941-2024) Orlando "Maraca" Valle, 1950's Cuban, and 1970's Salsa in this Latin Explosion radio show!

Eddie Palmieri Tribute, 1977 Eddie Palmieri Interview Pt 2, Jorge Luis Pacheco 

Eddie Palmieri Tribute continues. Plus, Part 1 of a 1977 interview I did with Eddie Palmieri on the first Latin Explosion.

Eddie Palmieri (1936-2025) Tribute Show! We lost EP on August 6, 2025

Encore presentation of Sergio Mendes (1941-2024) Orlando "Maraca" Valle, 1950's Cuban, and 1970's Salsa in this Latin Explosion radio show!

Encore broadcast of Duets: Omara Portuondo/Maria Bethania, Ismael Miranda/Andy Montanez,

Andy Montanez/Pablo Milanes, select Santana albums and "It's a Scream how Levine Does the Rhumba"

TIto Puente's RCA Victor, Seeco and Tico releases from the 50's, 60's and 70's! Plus a 1978 interview with Tito Puente when he played at the Happy Medium/Jazz Showcase in Chicago.

Featuring the music of Orquesta Sensacion with Abelardo Barroso, Saoco, Seis del Solar, and the album Tras la Tormenta by Willie Colon and Ruben Blades.

Willie Colon with Hector Lavoe (1946-1993) and Ruben Blades, Johnny Colon with Tito Ramos, Osvaldo "Chi Hua Hua" Martinez, and Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros (1928-2016). Celia Cruz & Cal Tjader Birthdays (D)

Ray Barretto (1929-2006) in his boogaloo, charanga years! Plus Tito Puente (1923-2000) and Mongo Santamaria (1917-2003).

Eddie and Charlie Palmieri, Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, Vince Guaraldi join Cal Tader! Hear Latino (1960) El Sonido Nuevo (1966) Bamboleate (1967) Primo (1973)

Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria join Cal Tjader! Hear these Cal Tjader albums featuring Willie and Mongo: Goes Latin (1956) Mas Ritmo Caliente (1957) Latin Concert (1958) Cal Tjader Quintet (1959) Soul Sauce (1964).

Plus a 1979 Interview with Cal Tjader

Chano Pozo (1915-1948) Hear "Part One"

From Jose Curbelo and Walfredo de los Reyes to Oscar de Leon and Paquito de Rivera.

Music from the 1980 New York Salsa Festival including Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri, Hector Lavoe, El Gran Combo and more.

Featuring the Fania All Stars Live in Japan (1976), Cheo Feliciano (1935-2014) Fania All Stars Live in Africa (1973) Jose Fajardo (1919-2001) Roberto Faz (1914-1966) and France's Fatal Mambo!

Joe Cuba (1931-2009) Xavier Cugat (1900-1990) Jesus Alemany. Julio Cueva (1897-1975) and more

Willie Colon from the 1970's! LO MATO (1973) COSA NUESTRA (1970) THE BIG BREAK (1971) GUISANDO (1969) and more. Plus Tito Puente!

Featuring the music of Chevere, Charanga 76, Felix Chapottin, Bobby Capo.

Roy Ayers (1940-2025) tribute just added! Everybody Loves the Sunshine! Plus, Ismael Rivera (1931-1987) y sus Cachimbos, Arsenio Rodriguez (1911-1970) y su Conjunto, Orq. Riverside, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, Alfredo Rodriguez (1936-2005) y Los Acereko and more!!!

Featuring the music of the Joe Cuba Sextette, Willie Colon & Ruben Blades, Mark Diamond.

Conjunto Libre, Hector Lavoe, Pupi y su Charanga, Lucrecia, La Lupe, Lebron Bros, Ivan Lins!

Flutes and flute players are next!

Herbie Mann (1930-2003) born in Brooklyn, NY, died in Pecos, New Mexico.

Orlando "Maraca" Valle, born in Havana, Cuba, 1966, records and plays all over!

Featuring the music of Santana, Tito Puente, Bobby Sanabria and more.

Featuring the music of Los Van Van and Eddie Palmieri, Dizzy Gillespie & Machito plus more.

Featuring the music of Los Van Van and Sabu Martinez

Featuring the music of Arturo Sandoval, Markolino Dimond, Jorge Dalta, Joe Cuba and more.

Featuring artists that play the tres and cuatro like Benjamin Lapidus, Nelson Gonzalez & Arsenio Rodriguez and Renesito Avich.

Ray Barretto (1929 - 2006) albums on the FANIA Records label released 1968-1979. Plus the music of Buena Vista Social Club. Encore broadcast.

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, singer/leader Juan Luis Guerra, percusssionist, trumpet, flugelhorn/leader Jerry Gonzalez (1949-2018), Grupo Folklorico y Experimental de New York City and a little bit more!

Featuring Charlie Haden in Havana, Julio Guitierrez, Andy Harlow plus more.

Eddie Palmieri, Tommy Olivencia, Carlos Oliva next! Shout Out to NYC, PR and Miami!

Beny More Part 1. Plus Ocho and an Interview with Sammy Figueroa.

Brazilian guitarist Phill Fest, son of pianist Manfredo Fest (1936-1999) is our interview. We'll play Manfredo's classic album 'Brazilian Dorian Dream" (1976) along with Phill's "Seresta" (2021), percussionist Sammy Figueroa plus much more.

Singer La Lupe (1939-1992), Conjunto Libre, co-led by percussionist Manny Oquendo (1931-2009) and bassist Andy Gonzalez (1951-2020), The Lebron Brothers, violinist Pupi Legarreta (1940-2023) singer Ivan Lins with Irakere, and a little bit more.

From Big Band - like Orquesta Riverside with Tito Gomez (1920-2000) and The Palladium Orchestra, to Puntilla (1947-2008), Elio Reve (1930-1997) & Ritmo Oriental! Plus NYC's pianist and band-leader Hector Rivera (1933-2006) and from Santiago de Cuba via Sarasota, tresero, singer multi-instrumentalist-Renesito!

And we'll revisit Johnny Pacheco and Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz!

it's Andy Montanez, Ismael Miranda, Pablo Milanes (1943-2022) Celeste Mendoza (1930-1998), Pablo Menendez & Mezcla, and more 20th Century Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban sounds!

Sergio Mendes (1941-2024) Orlando "Maraca" Valle, 1950's Cuban, and 1970's Salsa in this Latin Explosion radio show!

Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros (1928-2016), a deep dive into his career.

Cal Tjader releases on Fantasy and a Poncho Sanchez interview from 1979 recorded at Chicago's Jazz Showcase, shortly after joining Tjader's band!

Featuring the music of Cal Tjader and a 1979 interview I recorded with Cal Tjader (1925-1982) at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase in Chicago! I'll play Tjader's releases on Verve and Concord Picante.

Plus, a deep dive into Sonora Poncena!

Abelardo Barroso (1905-1972) and Orquesta Sensacion, one of the top bands of Havana's Golden Age! Plus Son 14, Armando Sanchez's Son de la Loma, Sierra Maestra, and NYC's Seis del Solar & Son Primero!

Featuring the music of Pablo Milanes, Ismael Miranda, plus interview with Alex Masucci on the 60th Celebration of Fania Records in NYC.

Bobby Marin talks about his life and times in NYC's Latin music business and his productions: Ocho, and Kako y Su Orquesta. Plus Jorge Dalto and Sabu Martinez and more.

Featuring Tito Puente, the musical releases of the 1990's, Paquito D'Rivera, the Tropicana and more.

Before founding Coco Records, Harvey Averne was a working musician, and led Barrio Band! We'll be talking with Harvey, and playing cuts from 1971's "Barrio Band" album. Plus Sabu Martinez, Luis Bofil, Benny More, and Bobby Valentin!

Early Eddie. The TICO, ALEGRE and ROULETTE years! Eddie Palmieri is a Grammy Award winning pianist, bandleader, and composer. Founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II and Harlem River Drive.

The music of Puerto Rico All Stars, Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers, Omara Portuondo, Info on Fania Records 60th Anniversary Celebration

Encore presentation featuring the music of Conjunto Libre, La Lupe and Latin Dimension

The five Panart "CUBAN JAM SESSION" on this Latin Explosion! Recorded 1956-1964, these albums encapsulate a stylistic and historic panorama of Cuban music. Cachao, Julio Gutierrez, Nino Rivera and Fajardo led the bands that recorded these beauties. They attest to Cuba's long relationship with popular American music and jazz. Plus, Part 2 of Bobby Marin's interview on the Boogaloo and the beginnings of the Latin record business in NYC in the 50's!

Bobby Marin Interview Part 1. Bobby Marin is a pioneer in the NYC Latin music business. Bobby shares his story in his own words.

Plus the music of Eddie Palmieri, Pete Rodriguez, Poncho Sanchez, Kako, Ocho, Peruchin, and Mambo Cocktails!

it's Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino, Olga Guillot, Andy and Larry Harlow, Grant Green, Wayne Gorbea and more!

El Gran Combo, Fort Apache, Sammy Figueroa and the second part of our interview with Chico Alvarez!

Fania All Stars Live in Japan (1976), Cheo Feliciano (1935-2014) Fania All Stars Live in Africa (1973) Jose Fajardo (1919-2001) Roberto Faz (1914-1966) and France's Fatal Mambo! Listen to this music and learn about them!

The music of Chico Alvarez, Part 1.

MACHITO (1908-1984), CHANO POZO (1915-1948) ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ (1911-1970) and CHUCHITO VALDES, grandson of Bebo and son of Chucho on this Latin Explosion.

Featuring the music of Sonora Poncena, Ned Sublette, Son 14, Sierra Maestra, Omar Sosa and a couple more.

Featuring the music of Cuba's Los Van Van, merengue by Wilfredo Vargas from the Dominican Republic and Latin New Yorker Bobby Valentin.

Encore broadcast featuring some old and some new. Adalberto Alvarez, (1992) Chico Alvarez (2021) Eddie Palmieri (1984) Afrocubism (2010)

Featuring the music of Cheo Feliciano, Manfredo Fest, Phil Fest, Interview with Phil Fest plus much more.

Featuring the music of Juan Luis Guerra, Kako & His Orchestra, Enrique Jorrin and more.

Featuring the music of El Gran Combo, Jerry Gonzalez plus more.

Escape into the 20th Century for a couple of hours on Latin Explosion!!! From Riverside to Renesito!!! Richie Ray, Bobby Cruz, and Orquesta Reve too.

Celia Cruz in Cuba, Fafael Cortijo in NYC and San Juan, Cheo Feliciano, Mambo Fatal and more.

Los Tres Grandes de La Habana: Arsenio Rodriguez, Melodias del 40, Arcano y sus Maravillas, plus Cachao! The musicians of Buena Vista Social Club were in these bands in the 1940's and 50's! And Sergio Mendes today.

Music of the Buena Vista Social Club, now an off broadway musical in NYC. Plus, Chico Alvarez at Havana Central.

Heirs of Latin Music's Great Masters brought the Big 3 Palladium Orchestra to MIami Beach's "South Beach Jazz Festival" Saturday January 7.

Machito Jr. Tito Puente Jr. and Tito Rodriguez Jr. shared the stage backed by a cooking NYC band!

Featuring the music of Bobby Sanabria, Hilton Ruiz, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and more.

Featuring the Ray Barretto (1929-2006) & Celia Cruz (1925-2003) Fania albums; "Tremendo Trio" (1983) and "Ritmo en el Corazon" (1989) plus more

I just finished reading "Bebo De Cuba: Bebo Valdes and His World", a 700 page book by Swedish historian Mats Lundhal (2015), on loan from John Radanovich, author of "WILDMAN OF RHYTHM" the Benny More Story. Thanks John! This is an incredible book!

We'll talk with John about Bebo, son Chucho and grandson Chuchito on the next Latin Explosion show

Spotlight on Willie Torres (1929-2020)
Willie sings MAMBO OF THE TIMES with Joe Cuba,
TO BE WITH YOU with Alegre All Stars,
UNDRESS MY MIND with Ocho, and
PASTTIME PARADISE with Ray Barretto and Tito Puente...

Ray Barretto albums on the FANIA Records label released 1968 - 1979. Plus, Buena Vista Social Club.

Orquesta Aragon Pt 2, music from the 70's to the 90's. Plus Orquesta Broadway.

"CARACAS' by Bochinche is the best Salsa CD you've never heard of -- until now. The year was 1990, the band was in Seattle, and while the singer was from Venezuela, the rest of the great band were non-Latinos!

I was able to track down band members, and interview the singer Eduardo Quintero.

Ray Barretto before Fania - His first hit "El Watusi" from 1962, became the most successful pachanga song in the United States! Hear it and a subsequent "Watusi '65". Plus the last albums by the creator of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Mario Bauza!

Orquesta Aragon Part One! Here are some releases on the Discuba and RCA Victor labels! We'll sample music that made Aragon famous in the 1940s and 1950's, the glory days of Cuban music!

We interview Chico Alvarez on the next Latin Explosion! I first heard about Chico in the 1970's when he was designing salsa record covers and working as Art Director with Izzy Sanabria's Latin NY Magazine. Subsequently he opened his own art studio and designed around 5,000 LP covers during the next ten years. He was on the radio for 31 years as the producer and host of "NEW WORLD GALLERY" at New York's Pacifica affiliate, WBAI. For the last four decades Chico has been an accomplished musician, singer and bandleader -- y el senor Alvarez is still doing it! Hear the Chico Alvarez story in his own words, along with his music!

Los Van Van, the Cuban Beatles! 1969 and into the 1990's! Van Van show #2!!!

Plus Los Zafiros, Afro-Cuba, Chico Alvarez, more

The music of Dominican Republic's Wilfrido Vargas, Cuba's Los Van Van, Puerto Rico's Bobby Valentin and more

Brazilian guitarist Phill Fest, son of pianist Manfredo Fest (1936-1999) is our interview October 13! We'll play Manfredo's classic album 'Brazilian Dorian Dream" (1976) along with Phill's "Seresta" (2021) Plus Diego Figueiredo, Glaucia Nasser & Sammy Figueroa, Machito & Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Jeff Garner's "Noches Habaneras" done in Havana with Diego Valdes, "Maraca" Valle, "Anga" Diaz, Felipe Cabrera & Julio Barreto.

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Tsing is about mushrooms. Matsutake mushrooms, to be exact. But it's about a lot of other things too, including capitalism and hope for how we might live in a future marked by human destruction.

This week, Hannah Cunningham and Sara Chitsaz discuss this book, some of the concepts in it, and how it made them feel.

Music of La Lupe, Conjunto Libre and Herbie Mann

From Big Band - Orquesta Riverside with Tito Gomez (1920-2000) and The Palladium Orchestra, to Puntilla (1947-2008), Elio Reve (1930-1997) & Ritmo Oriental! Plus NYC's pianist and band-leader Hector Rivera (1933-2006) and from Santiago de Cuba via Sarasota, tresero, singer multi-instrumentalist-Renesito!

And we'll revisit Johnny Pacheco and Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz!

The music of Johnny Pacheco (1935-2021) Pupi Legarreta (1940-2023) Louie Ramirez (1938-1993) plus much more.

Featuring the music of father and son Chico O'Farrill and Arturo O'Farrill, Miami's Carlos Oliva and Puerto Rico's Tommy Olivencia

El Barbaro del Ritmo (Wildman of Rhythm) Benny Mor (1919-1963)! Listen to Benny on Latin Explosion and read about him! Request John Radanovich's book "WILDMAN OF RHYTHM the Life and Music of Benny More" at your local public library!

Plus, Jose Luis Cortez & NG La Banda, "El Guajiro Natural" Polo Montanez (1955-2002), and from NYC, the New Swing Sextet, Ocho, and more!

Herbie Mann (1930-2003), Sergio Mendes, New York's Orlando Marin and Chico Alvarez, Chicago's Angel Melendez, Melodias del 40 and more.

FranFerrer y Descarga Boricua, piano masters Frank Emilio Flynn and Ruben Gonzalez, interview; percussionist Alejo Poveda on Manfredo Fest's album "Brazilian Dorian Dream", interview; another percussionist, Sammy Figueroa, tells us how Herbie Mann helped him quit Sam Goody's Records in NYC and join his band! Vocalists Glaucia Nasser, Juan Carlos Formell and a little bit more.

Mobile home sales are down across British Columbia. Some mobile park owners are refusing to sign a controversial bank form, blocking transactions, mobile home owners caught in bureaucracy. A generous land donation helps to expand the Amlamgog First Nation conservation project near Sackville, New Brunswick. And an arbutus wood sculptor from BC shows his best work for the first time in 23 years!

Francisco Angel Bastar, (1936-1994) known as Kako, was a Puerto Rican percussionist. Some of his albums "Kako, Totico y el Trabuco La Maquina y el Motor" "Sock It To Me Latino" "Live it Up"

Plus Irakere and Ivan Lins "Live in Havana", Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba in Havana, Roy Hargrove's Crisol at Umbria Jazz, Orvieto, Italy, Enrique Jorrin, Giovanni Hidalgo, Kubavana and more.

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, singer/leader Juan Luis Guerra, percussionist, trumpet, flugelhorn/leader Jerry Gonzalez (1949-2018), Grupo Folklorico y Experimental de New York City and a little bit more!

Encore broadcast featuring the music of the Fania All Stars, Cheo Feliciano and Fatal Mambo.

We go to the 1950's and two bandleaders, composers and arrangers; Tito Puente (1923-2000) and Perez Prado (1916-1989) Their incredible singers in the 1950's were Vicentico Valdes and Santitos Colon (TP) Benny More (PP). Puente and Prado started on RCA Victor!

Plus, Orquesta Broadway, trombonist Jimmy Bosch, percusionist Edwin Bonilla, and a legend of Acid Jazz, Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers, all from NYC!

"Part III - Eddie Palmieri in the 80's, 90's, 2000's" on this edition of Latin Explosion! Plus the music of Poncho Sanchez and Omara Portuondo.

"Eddie Palmieri into the 70's"! After 11 albums on the Tico, Alegre and Roulette labels, Eddie Palmieri teams up with Harvey Averne's Coco Records in the 70's to release a string of fantastic albums. Palmieri became the first musician to win a Grammy award for Best Latin Recording for "The Sun of Latin Music", produced by Harvey Averne, arranged by Rene Hernandez, in 1975.

Eddie Palmieri Part One! "EARLY EDDIE"!

The TICO, ALEGRE and ROULETTE years! Eddie Palmieri is a Grammy Award winning pianist, bandleader, and composer. Founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II and Harlem River Drive.

This week we journey back to Pacifica flagship station KPFA in Berkeley California October 27th 1961 to hear the brilliant public affairs director Elsa Knight Thompson introduce an extraordinary group of speakers to evaluate the importance of the United Nations in international politics again in 1961 as part of United Nations week. The interviews were recorded by Urban Whitaker then President of the sf chapter of the American association of the United Nations. To begin, I'll read the quote printed in the October 1961 KPFA folio program guide, that leads the list of special programs including the one you are about to hear.

FOCUS ON CHICAGO! Latin Explosion started in 1970's Chicago. On this show we visit with my friend and AACM musician Art "Turk" Burton, share stories about the AACM, his influences and memories- Mongo Santamaria, VP Records, Carlos Flores, Rick's Cafe Americain, The London House, Jane Byrne's ChicagoFest and more! Hear the interview and Art's music on this encore edition of Latin Explosion!

Latin Explosion is 20th Century salsa, latin jazz and Afro-Cuban music. It aired daily in Chicago in the 1970's and 80's on WEDC and WOJO. Reborn in Sarasota in 2018 on WSLR.

Latin Explosion is 20th Century salsa, latin jazz and Afro-Cuban music. It aired daily in Chicago in the 1970's and 80's on WEDC and WOJO. Reborn in 2018 in Sarasota on WSLR.

The music of Irakere, Orquesta Kubavana, Giovanni Hidalgo and more.

Cal Tjader (1925-1982) Part I on the this Latin Explosion! Cal Tjader played vibes in California with George Shearing, Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond before bringing Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria in from NYC to play his vision of Latin Jazz! Plus, another round of Orquesta Tipica 73 that we didn't have time for on the last show!

Top NYC Salsa band Tipica 73, legendary percussionists Carlos "Patato" Valdes and Eugenio Arango "Totico", Super Tipica de Estrellas, Tipica Novel, trumpet master Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, singer Roberto Torres and even Generoso Jimenez "Tojo", trombonist from Benny More's band!

Sonora Poncea Plus Son 14, Sierra Maestra, Leonardo Timor, Omar Sosa, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Ned Sublette and a couple more!

**Encore Show from 2018 but still relevant, we are paying tribute to Marcelo Saavedra who showed great generosity towards our show and the world through his actions and teachings, he never gave up in making this world a better place. He will forever live our hearts as a wise ancestor, he passed on Jan 20th, We love you and miss you Marcelo**

The way to health is consciousness of our interdependence. In this interview Latin Waves Host Sylvia Richardson we speak with Aymara elder Marcelo Saavedra a professor of Indigenous Studies in Ottawa about the path to wholeness. The sacred teachings of Quechua Aymara people about the path to coexistence.

From quantum physics to sacred practice coexisting well, this interview will awake the sacred in you as we grow powerful in collaboration.

South American tenor master Gato Barbieri and the hard salsa blaster Ray Barretto

Pianists Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Hilton Ruiz (1952-2006), percussionists and bandleaders Roberto Roena (1940-2021) Bobby Sanabria and Sabu (1930-1979) singers Eydie Gorme (1928-2013) and Linda Ronstadt, on Latin Explosion! 20th Century Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban music!

Singer, bandleader Tito Rodriguez (1923-1973), and the era of the New York Palladium Ballroom (1948-1966). Orquesta Riverside with vocalist Tito Gomez (1920-2000), pianist Alfredo Rodriguez (1936-2005), and more.

Ismael Rivera "El Sonero Mayor" (1931-1987), Elio Reve "the Father of Changui" (1930-1997), Orquesta Ritmo Oriental, Louie Ramirez, "the Quincy Jones of Salsa" (1938-1993) , Timba and more!

This week on Terra Informa we bring you the first installment of our reporting and recording from the Parkland Institute's Fall 2022 Conference: Doing Democracy Better: Challenging the Politics of Fear and Resentment which took place on November 18-20, 2022 at the University of Alberta. This week's episode includes a talk given by Parkland Institute Research Manager Ian Hussey entitled "Job Creation or Job Loss? Big Companies Use Tax Cut to Automate Away Jobs in the Oil Sands"

"ON YOUR FEET!" is the new stage show about the lives and music of Gloria and Emilio Estefan! We'll feature their music!

Plus, the story of the pioneering Alegre Records label of NYC! Hear some Alegre releases 1957-1977, on the next Latin Explosion.

Dr. Vandana Shiva has been researching the impact of GMO Foods for the past 20 years, she speaks to Latin Waves about her latest book Soil not Oil. And the need for society to stand together against the corporations

This Interview first aired in 2010, you can see how important her message still is today.

Vibist/leader Cal Tjader, Tipica 73 Orchestra, singer Roberto Torres, trumpet Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, drummer/singer Eugenio Arango (Totico) bandleader Leonardo Timor, on the next LATIN EXPLOSION, a 20th Century Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban music radio show!

Starting in the 1960's, Izzy did it all...talented illustrator, album cover designer at Alegre and Fania, founder and publisher of Latin NY Magazine, who traveled the world with the Fania All Stars as MC!

In 2023 Izzy Sanabria, who retired in Tampa Bay with his wife Judith, gets a write up by Andrea Gonzalez in the March/April Sarasota Magazine! Izzy Sanabria and Sarasota Magazine staff will discuss his incredible life and legacy.

A smorgasbord of psych from The Five Day Week Strawpeople, Oscar Bicycle, Los Speakers, Los Yetis and more!

Pianist Mark Dimond, percusionist Walfredo de los Reyes, violinist Alfredo de la Fe, singer Oscar D'Leon, the Joe Cuba Sextet, Cuarteto D'Aida....

Plus an interview with Hugo Chaviano. A bit of background. Latin Explosion started in Chicago in the 1970's. At that same time salseros Hugo Chaviano, Bill Taylor, and Robert Meza were students at Northwestern University Law School! Now, decades later, Hugo has published his "Memoirs". Hear that conversation.

Celia Cruz in Cuba and USA!

The biggest female singer out of Cuba is Celia Cruz. Learn about Celia and the two parts of her career. The book "CELIA EN CUBA" by Rosa Marquetti (en espanol) describes Celia's life in Cuba (recommended!) and then the music she recorded in Havana with Sonora Matancera.

In USA Celia Cruz recorded and performed with Larry Harlow, Johnny Pacheco, Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Sonora Poncena, Willie Colon, The Fania All Stars, "Mambo Kings" soundtrack.

Why wait.... WILLIE COLON on Latin Explosion! Salsa musician and social activist. Trombonist, singer, writer, producer and actor! Involved in the politics of New York City.

We go back to the beginning with Hector Lavoe, then with Ruben Blades, the SIEMBRA album and others like the ones here.

Plus, the "CHEF" movie soundtrack, Charanga 76, trumpet player Chocolate Armenteros, band leader Johnny Colon, and more.

Mongo Santamaria, Our Man in Havana, at Montreux, and at the Village Gate! Mongo discovered great young talent to showcase at his concerts!

And recorded with veteran singers like La Lupe, Justo Betancourt!

Also hear Armando Sanchez y Son de la Loma, Sabu Martinez, and Chicago's James Sanders & Conjunto and Chevere!