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Giovanni Hidalgo: LIVE at C Note Jazz Club, Puerto Rico 7/14-15, 2023. 2.4K views. Official Channel of Grammy Award Winning Percussionist/Educator Giovanni Hidalgo.
1 de mar. de 2023 · With the celebration of Tito Puente’s centenary in 2023, Giovanni Hidalgo announced his “Tribute to the King“. This tribute comes in two formats; a just-released album, and a concert event in Puerto Rico (for now). Origin of Giovanni Hidalgo’s Tribute to the King
29 de abr. de 2023 · First, a stationary bad weather front was announced over the northern and eastern part of the island, which seemed to frustrate plans to stage the tribute to the legendary figure of Maestro Tito Puente, in celebration of the centennial of his birth, prepared by percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo and his work group to take place in the ...
7 de mar. de 2023 · 0. Legendary percussionist GIOVANNI HIDALGO presents “ TRIBUTE TO THE KING ,” with a record, concert, and world tour dedicated to the music of TITO PUENTE. In 1996, when Hidalgo was part of Puente’s Golden Latin Jazz All-Stars, he approached Puente about a tribute, and El Rey gave him his blessing.
- Fulfilled Promise to Puente
- Musicians in “Tribute to The King“
- “El Viejo está Aquí“
- Hidalgo’s Excellent “Tribute to The King“
Four years before Tito Puente’s death, Giovanni asked and got permission from the timbales King to record a homage album for him. Giovanni told me this story in an exclusive interview, which I captured in my previous blog and in this video. It took fifteen years for the master Puerto Rican conguero to finally get the right people and backing to mak...
Around 2009, some of Tito Puente’s band members got together to record an album to honor the King. They called themselves the Mambo Legends Orchestra (MLO), led by percussionists John “Dandy” Rodriguez and José Madera. Their album was intended to preserve the Puente signature sound, with a mix of Tito’s songs along with new ones. When Giovanni fina...
Giovanni stated in the video mentioned above regarding the origins of this project, that Tito Puente not only gave his blessing for the project but also offered to be there to help with it. “Yo te voy a ayudar; yo voy a estar ahí (I’m going to help you; I’ll be there)” Puente told Giovanni. Well, during one of the recording sessions, Giovanni and o...
The spiritual presence of Tito Puentein the recording studio elevated the musicians’ experience to another level. Giovanni and all the musicians listed above delivered an amazing performance of Puente’s songs. And when you look at the songs selected for the recording, you’ll notice that they are not necessarily Puente’s most popular or recorded son...
Hidalgo was raised in a household surrounded by drums, bongos, congas, and timbales. [1] For his eighth birthday, he received a conga which was handmade by his father. As a young child he practiced and developed his skills on the conga and on other instruments in his house. Hidalgo would drum a tune with sticks and then play the same tune with ...
29 de jun. de 2017 · by Andrew Gilbert June 29, 2017, 12:20 p.m. Giovanni Hidalgo, the greatest conga player of his generation, will join an illustrious cast of players at the Freight & Salvage tribute for him on Sunday. Photo: Courtesy the artist. In the Book of Job, God allows Satan to test the faith of the righteous man by afflicting his body ...
