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Saturday, July 17, 2:30-5pm Presented in partnership with The City of Albuquerque Cultural Services Department;
2:30-3:30pm: César Bauvallet y Tradiciones “To be in Cuba in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, or specifically, in Havana, was to be in the real center of it all. Havana was the happening place. It was Paris west. Havana’s exotic and intoxicating nightlife was truly legendary...” (La Edad de Oro Cuba, The Golden Age). Daniel Bauvallet, father of César Bauvallet, (percussionist and Musical Director of Tradiciones), was in Cuba singing, drumming and entertaining in the infamous Tropicana and Sans Souci clubs. Bauvallet’s childhood memories are of his parents filling the house with the passion, sabor and heart that flowed from the Sones, Danzones, Boleros and Cha Cha Chas of that era. Tradiciones is César’s tribute to La Epoca de Oro de la Música Tradicional de Cuba (The Golden Age of Traditional Cuban Music). The ensemble features César Bauvallet, lead vocals, trombone; Janet Harman, bass; Steve Figueroa, piano; Tomas White, timbales; Paul Gonzales, trumpet; Víctor Rodríguez, lead vocals, congas, bongos; and Brian de La Fe, congas, bongos.
3:45-5pm: Los Pleneros de la 21 (LP21) is one of the world’s premier ensembles performing and teaching Bomba y Plena of Puerto Rico. Also a non-profit organization based in “El Barrio,” (East Harlem) in New York City, they are both an ensemble and educational entity that serves the Puerto Rican/Latino community. Founded and led by NEA National Fellowship Awardee, Juan J. Gutiérrez, the multi-generational LP21 preserves the Afro-Puerto Rican traditions of Bomba and Plena through performances, residencies and activities in venues all over the world. Bomba y Plena melds European, African, and Native Latino musical traditions and “is about sharing and celebrating.” Their performances resemble the spontaneous street jam out of which this music was born and their enthusiasm, showmanship, and command of the genre has won them a respected place in jazz, folk and world music circles. Los Pleneros de la 21 return to New Mexico this year in celebration of their first Outpost-sponsored tour of the state 20 years ago in 1990. In residency for the week, conducting workshops and outreach activities, the 5-member LP21 ensemble comprises Juan J. Gutiérrez, Director, percussion, vocals; José Rivera, lead vocals, percussion; Julia L. Gutiérrez-Rivera, dancer, pandero/maraca; Camilo E. Molina Gaetán, percussion, vocals; and Alexander Lasalle, vocals, dancer & percussion. The remainder of the 12-piece LP21 ensemble— including Nellie Tanco, lead vocals, dancer, pandereta; Sammy Tanco, lead vocals; Donald Nicks, bass; Nelson González, percussion, dancer; Elio Villafranca, piano; Ricardo Pons, reeds; and long time Plenero, Hector “Tito” Matos, vocals and percussion (who also performs with the Miguel Zenón Quintet)— will arrive later in the week for Friday’s concert at the Lensic and for Saturday’s evening at Albuquerque Summerfest at Nob Hill.
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