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Locked In With Hermán Olivera
byJohn Child
John Child, speaks to another member of the Libre diaspora: sonero Hermán Olivera. Others have been Hermán's "bandstand brother", trombonist/leader Jimmy Bosch, and sonero/Los Soneros del Barrio leader Frankie Vázquez (in collaboration with David Barton). John hooked-up with Hermán for a rewarding interview immediately after his performance with Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta II at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall concert on May 24th 2002.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 January 2012 )
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Charlie Palmieri by John Child
(b Carlos Manuel Palmieri Jr., 21 Nov. '27, NYC; d 12 Sept. '88, NYC) Pianist, bandleader, arranger, composer, A&R man, producer; a fine soloist with emphasis on the melodic in improvisation. From Puerto Rican family, grew up in the Bronx; studied piano at Juilliard; worked '40s-50s with Rafael Muñoz, Xavier Cugat, Tito Puente, Pupi Campo, Johnny Seguí, Tito Rodríguez, Vicentico Valdés, Pete Terrace; also recorded with Latin jazz group (tracks on Continental '48 featuring Sabú Martínez on conga compiled on Cuban Rhythms By Peruchín And Charlie Palmieri '95 on Caney and again with Easy Does It '58 on Gone, latter incl. Johnny Pacheco playing conga and bongo).
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 October 2010 )
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Profile: Frankie Ruiz: Another Salsa Casualty
by John Child
Literally hundreds of Latin London readers will have danced - probably unknowingly - to Frankie Ruiz' swinging salsa romántica tunes in salsa clubs and, if you own a copy of London's top selling Latin compilation Salsa Fresca!, then you'll be familiar with his rousing hit track "Bailando" ("Dancing"). Sadly, on August 9, Frankie became the most recent addition to a growing list of salsa careers destroyed or curtailed by substance abuse when he died of liver cirrhosis at the University Hospital of New Jersey.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 20 October 2010 )
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