Halloween Dance Party at La Pena Cultural Center Friday October 31st Get your tickets online now!

October 17, 2009 by events2  
Filed under San Francisco Salsa Clubs

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$50 Prize to best costume!

Don't miss this unique holiday dance party and traditional son concert.

Halloween Dance Party with Los Boleros. In a time of modern salsa and timba,

Los Boleros stays true to the traditional sound of an era when music was golden.

Cuban son montuno and traditional salsa with that Buena Vista Social Club Vibe.

This is the Friday night before Halloween so you can still to the kids thing the next day. Let's have some adult fun! :)

Get your online tickets Now!

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SF Jazz Calender, Lots of great stuff in here!

October 15, 2009 by events2  
Filed under San Francisco Salsa Clubs

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27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival Presents

Omara Portuondo
Tuesday, October 20, 8PM
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
$35/$55/$80 Premium
3301 Lyon (at Bay), San Francisco, 94123
(866) 920 – 5299, www.sfjazz.org

A living legend for decades in her native Cuba, Omara Portuondo finally gained international fame as part of Buena Vista Social Club. Born in Havana in 1930, Portuondo first entered show business as a dancer at the city’s famous cabaret Tropicana. Soon afterwards, she embarked on a singing career that earned her the sobriquet “la novia del filin” (literally, the “fiancée of feeling”). Portuondo’s reputation only increased during the ‘50s through the ‘70s, singing with some of the most important and beloved Cuban bands of the time such as Cuarteto d’Aida and Orquesta Aragon. But it was her 1996 duet with vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer on “Veinte Años” for Buena Vista Social Club that introduced her to U.S. audiences. Two critically-acclaimed solo albums for World Circuit and sold-out international tours followed. Her latest release, 2008’s Gracias, celebrates her sixth decade as an entertainer. For her first U.S. tour since 2004, she revisits the romantic Afro-Cuban boleros and Brazilian-inspired jazz that first made her a star.

 

27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival Presents
Omar Sosa Quartet featuring Tim Eriksen;
John Santos Sextet
Thursday, October 22, 7:30PM
Herbst Theatre
$25/$45/$65 Premium
Pre-Concert Talk with John Santos
401 Van Ness Avenue (at McAllister), San Francisco, 94102
(866) 920 – 5299, www.sfjazz.org
 
A double dose of Afro-Caribbean soul pairs two of the most high profile bandleaders in Latin American music. Born in the city of Camagüey, Cuban pianist Omar Sosa arrived in the Bay Area in 1995 after two years in Ecuador, providing a jolt of creative energy to the local scene while honing an unprecedented blend of sacred Afro-Cuban chants, Ecuadoran rhythms, hip-hop and post-bop improvisation. Based in Barcelona for the past decade, Sosa expands his musical travelogue on his latest album Across the Divide, incorporating old-time American sounds from Appalachia. Tim Eriksen, the leading proponent of “northern roots,” joins Sosa on fiddle, banjo, guitar and vocals for a unique global gumbo.  Sosa shares the bill with percussionist John Santos, a frequent collaborator who has been a galvanizing force on the Bay Area Latin music scene since the mid-1970s.
 
A visionary bandleader, producer and educator, Santos is a four-time Grammy® Award-nominee who is always looking to make new connections between Afro-Caribbean musical forms. Over the past three decades, he’s performed and recorded with many of the giants in jazz and Latin music, including Cachao, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Bebo Valdés, Eddie Palmieri, Francisco Aguabella, Max Roach and Chocolate Armenteros. Lately Santos has focused on his beautifully calibrated sextet, which showcases some of the region’s finest Latin jazz musicians.

 

27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival Presents
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Quintet
Friday, October 23, 8:00PM
Herbst Theatre
$30/$50/$70 Premium
401 Van Ness Avenue (at McAllister), San Francisco, 94102
(866) 920 – 5299, www.sfjazz.org
 
From awe-inspiring percussive excursions to intricately constructed rhapsodic flights, piano virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba’s music travels on an extraordinary arc. The scion of an illustrious Cuban musical family, Rubalcaba gained fame on the American jazz scene in the early 1990s with his relentlessly syncopated performances. But in recent years, he’s developed an intensely lyrical body of compositions marked by his rigorous attention to structure and exquisite dynamic control. He still delivers dazzling passages that seem to span the entire history of Cuban music, but now he also slows down to savor the melodies. After nearly a dozen stellar albums for Blue Note, Rubalcaba released his most captivating CD yet last year with Avatar, a quintet session that marks his first foray with a cast of younger musicians. He brings the same amazing band to San Francisco, featuring Cuban saxophonist Yosvany Terry, a groundbreaking bandleader in his own right, and rising trumpet star Michael Rodriguez, who made his SFJAZZ debut last year with Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra.
  
27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival Presents
Poncho Sanchez
Saturday, October 24, 8:00PM
Herbst Theatre
Non-Members: $30/$50/$70 Premium
Members: $22/$37/$52 Premium
401 Van Ness Avenue (at McAllister), San Francisco, 94102
(866) 920 – 5299, www.sfjazz.org
 
Conga king Poncho Sanchez leads one of the most high-profile Latin jazz bands from his home in Los Angeles, but his ties to Northern California run deep. Sanchez recorded two memorable live albums at Kimball’s East in Emeryville, and spent eight formative years with pioneering Bay Area vibraphonist Cal Tjader. Since taking up Tjader’s mantle 30 years ago, Sanchez has become a Latin jazz icon, a crowd-pleasing bandleader whose formidable combo alternates between dance–inducing mambo beats, scorching salsa soul and tightly arranged jazz numbers. His latest CD, Raise Your Hand, continues a brilliant run at the Concord label group, where they have released 22 albums by the burly conguero. 
  
27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival Presents
Alfredo Rodríguez
Sunday, October 25, 7:00PM
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
$25 GA
50 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
(866) 920 – 5299, www.sfjazz.org
 
Alfredo Rodríguez, 24, is the latest piano sensation from Cuba, and his career is taking off with a little help from music mogul Quincy Jones. A major force as a player and producer in Havana by his late teens, Rodríguez got his big break in 2006 when he landed a gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival and unexpectedly received permission to attend. Determined to seek greater opportunity, he made the painful decision to defect to the U.S. last January. Like earlier Cuban keyboard maestros Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Chucho Valdes, Rodríguez is steeped in the European classical tradition, Cuban popular music and modern jazz. His Bay Area debut tops off an auspicious year including a recording session produced by Jones and riveting performances at SXSW and the Playboy Jazz Festival.

October 31st Halloween Party at Roccapulco

October 15, 2009 by events2  
Filed under San Francisco Salsa Clubs

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The Most Sought-After Salsa Orchestra in Los Angeles

Plus DJ Tony O & DJ Luis Caballero

The highly anticipated sophomore release, from the West Coast's most sought after Salsa Orchestra has arrived. After a tremendous run with "Pura Vida", Dimelo! Records has produced and released "Maria"; Chino Espinoza's second commercially released studio album. Following the heels of an amazing freshman release, "Maria" had a tall order to fill; and fill and over fill did it indeed. This amazing New Release consists of a collection of tailored picked tracks that will make all Salsa music aficionados, and diehard dancers, scream for more. From revisited classic tracks to hard salsa, cha cha chas, and Los Angelesque style breaks and arrangements, "Maria" is a fresh new release with Chino's trademark sound well embedded.
Roccapulco Supper Club
3140 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

We're Back!

October 15, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Salsa Dance News in San Francisco

After a Brief 1 Day "We Got Hacked" outing, SalsaCrazySF.com is back, with all the Salsa News!

October 17th Avance at Cafe Cocomo

October 9, 2009 by events2  
Filed under This Week in SF Salsa

 

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Hot Salsa Saturdays continue at Cafe Cocomo with LIVE Salsa by AVANCE!, DJ La Coqui too. Start with a lesson by at 8pm by Jake (www.SalsabyJake.com)included with admission. FREE Parking and 3 full bars, large OAK dance floor, great crowd at this hot S.F. nightclub. www.CafeCocomo.com 650 Indiana St, S.F.

Spanish Harlem Orquestra Yoshis SF October 20th and 21st

October 9, 2009 by events2  
Filed under This Week in SF Salsa

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Since their arrival in 2000, Spanish Harlem Orchestra has established itself as a standard bearer of contemporary Latin music.  Directed by world-renowned pianist, arranger, and producer Oscar Hernández, the thirteen-member all-star ensemble has reintroduced the classic sounds of New York City Salsa to music lovers worldwide.

 

Our music style is the original sound of New York old school "Salsa dura" (heavy salsa) that was played in the early years by our pioneers, says Oscar. "That sound has been lost and we want to keep it alive while educating the new generations (and music lovers in general) on the true musical roots of our culture." Oscar adds, we've brought back the essence of what makes this music great and are keeping the salsa spirit alive in our recordings and shows. 

SalsaCrazy San Francisco Salsa News!

October 5, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Salsa Dance News in San Francisco


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SalsaCrazy's Salsa Dance Newsletter

(Local Edition) San Francisco Bay Area Salsa News 


In This Issue

Hawaii Salsa Festival 2010

Canal Alliance Salsa Extravaganza

KAWEH… Flamenco Rumba Salsa

TITO NIEVES live at roccapulco Supper Club

Cesar's Latin All-Stars

SALSACRAZY IN THE SQUARE!

Glas Kat Mr. Maracas: Salsa Dancing

The SalsaCrazy Dance Videos Store!

SalsaCrazy Monday Nights!

Salsa Wednesdays at Agenda Lounge

Roccapulco Supper Club Salsa Nights

SalsaCrazy's October ROCKIT ROOM Class!

October DanceSF Classes are here…

Just Announced: Tito Nieves at Roccapulco (Yeh Baby!)
Just Found Out – Are you the One who Doesn't Have THIS?

Woohoo, Kaweh @ Yoshis Coming up (good fun), Oct. 6th.
Tito Nieves is coming to town, and I'm VERY excited …

SUPER NEWS: HAWAII SALSA FESTIVAL 2010!

-> Register Now, a Salsa Vacation in Paradise
 

This Weekend – Another Roccapulco Domination!

Puerto Rican Power (Tonight), Jerry Rivera (Sat) 

Kinda Old: SalsaCrazy Video Podcast, see it!

NEW 4 OCTOBER
: DanceSF Classes, Take em', Get Crazy! Join DanceSF on Facebok!

New SF Bay Area Salsa Dancing News & Calendar Site: www.SalsaCrazySF.com

Submit your news to: salsacrazy@gmail.com

Quick Links


It's Here, It's Here: Hawaii Salsa Festival 2010

SalsaCrazy Says – "You'd be Crazy to Miss this – Plan on it"
-> Four Year's Running – Were YOU there Last Year?

–> February 11-14, 2010

DO NOT MISS THIS, IT'S HUGE – AND YES, IT'S FOR YOU!

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Aloha and Welcome to the Hawaii Salsa Dance Festival
 Presidents Day and Valentines Day Weekend
2010

Let's Welcome the 5 Time World Salsa Champions into our Beautiful Island of Oahu

World Renowned Salsa
Instructors and Performers 
Oliver Pineda & Luda Kroitor – Australia 
Baila Society – New York


Performances by International Talents and Local Companies
Experience the Music, Passion, Dancing and Spirit of Aloha in Paradise.

Tickets – Now on sale for $100.00 Full Pass
Did you hear that? Only a $100 for a FULL PASS! It's Crazy …
You've got be there, it's Paradise BABY.



ka SalsaCrazy San Francisco Salsa News!KAWEH – Flamenco Rumba Salsa

Tuesday October 6, 2009

Live @ Yoshi's S.F.

Get your tickets here!

With special guests Edgardo Cambon, Danilo Paiz, Flamenco dancers Carolina Lugo and Carolé Acuña

Doors: 7:00PM
Show: 8:00PM (2 sets)

Performing for their second year at Yoshi's S.F. is KAWEH, the bay area's own high energy, multi cultural Flamenco Rumba Mediterranean, Salsa group. The group's 2009 tour finishes in San Francisco on Tuesday October 6, 2009 with an allstar group of musicians. KAWEH  performs songs from their previously released 5 albums and new songs from their coming album. The beauty about KAWEH is that no matter how old or how mixed the crowd is, everyone finds themselves on the dance floor.

Artist site: http://www.kaweh.com


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TITO NIEVES

In San Francisco Bay Area's exclusive
presentation by El Pavaroti de La Salsa

Friday, October 16, 2009

Live @ Roccapulco Supper Club

Get Your Tickets Here

Don't miss this stellar night of Salsa…

Featuring DJ Lcaballero & Tony O

 Roccapulco Supper Club
3140 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA


 cesar SalsaCrazy San Francisco Salsa News! Cesar's Latin All-Stars

@ Sweet's Ballroom

Friday, October 16
&
Saturday, October 17

Cesar's Productions & Lacayo Group present

Cesar's Latin All-Stars

At the Historic Sweets Ballroom…

Featuring Armando Peraza, Francisco Aguabella, Chepito Areas, Jesus Díaz, Roger Glenn, Jorge Pomar, Julius Meléndez, Jules Rowell, Ana Daysi Bonilla, Pancho Zavala.  With DJ Bosco Vega.

Get your tickets here

Historic Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway
Oakland, CA  94612. 


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SALSACRAZY IN THE SQUARE!

Live Salsa Music & Dance In Union Square Every Month This Summer, 2009

October 21st:
Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble

Look Here For More information!

October 21st, Wednesday
Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble
6:00pm: Free Beginning Salsa Lesson!
6:20pm: Live Band, Anthony Blea

Union Square is located in the
heart of downtown San Francisco.

Beginning
at Powel St & Geary St., Union Square is situated within close
walking distance from the Powel Bart Station and several convenient
parking garages.

~ Sponsored by SalsaCrazy & Jewels in the Square ~

The P icons show parking garages –>

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Glas Kat Mr. Maracas: Salsa Dancing
Every Tuesday Night + Live Music!

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Tuesday's at GlasKat: Mr. Maracas!

Salsa dancing all night long!

Glas Kat SupperClub

Salsa Dancing Every Tuesday & Always Amazing Live Salsa Music!

Lessons:

Ricardo + Tianne
Beginners at 7:45 + 8:45

General admission $10

Glas Kat Soma

520 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA
 


The SalsaCrazy Dance Videos Store!
Your one-stop shop for all of SalsaCrazy's Instructional Dance Videos

   

~ GRAND OPENING SALE! ~ Exceptional Savings…
 
Featuring Bestselling Salsa Dance Systems & Five-Star, Top-Selling Instructional Dance Videos. Order today to get the best prices, backed by our stellar reputation & 100% satisfaction guarantee.
 
Here are a few of our best-selling systems:

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And now featuring the newest SalsaCrazy Series:
 
The Advanced Salsa Dance Mastery System (6 DVD Set)
Plus get discounts and find all of SalsaCrazy's other amazing dance products. Featuring Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cha Cha Cha, Styling, Footwork, Ballroom, and more!

 


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SALSA DANCING AFTER 9:30 is FREE – FREE – FREE (woohoo)  

Live from the Rockit Room:
Salsa Dancing from 9:30 & Beyond…
Before 9:30, Salsa Lessons with SalsaCrazy

This is a FREE event every Monday, 9:30 on

Featuring DJ SalsaCrazy & Friends!

Come out and dance the night away with friends while you meet new people!

This is an excellent chance for your to get out and enjoy some salsa with great people, and music in a stellar venue!

Rockit Room is a fantastic space with tons of room to dance & an amazing sound system!

The Rockit Room
406 Clement St
San Francisco, CA


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Salsa Wednesdays
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at Agenda Lounge!!

EVERY WEDNESDAY!!

Salsa dance the night away…


Liven Up Your Mid-Week
 Salsa Dancing, San Jose


Free Salsa Lessons at 8pm

Featuring all-star DJ El Dela Clave


Learn more about the Agenda Lounge

Agenda Lounge

399 S. First Street

San Jose, CA

 


 Roccapulco Supper Club Salsa Nights - September 2009

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Roccapulco SupperClub
San Francisco, CA

For Stellar Salsa Music and Dance, Roccapulco is
the place to be on Friday and Saturday nights!

Salsa Lessons at 8:30pm with Ava and Rodolfo (this Friday and Saturday)
3140 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel. 415.648.6611 

 


SalsaCrazy's ROCKIT ROOM Class!

Register now for October Classes!

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SalsaCrazy's Rockit Room class
continues… In Style!

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Join us for an amazing
salsa session in the Richmond.

Sign up for Our Next Session of Classes Now!

Learn to
Salsa Dance…  Get Crazy!

The Rockit Room
406 Clement St (at 5th Ave)
San Francisco, CA
94118

 


 Brand new stellar Salsa Music Compilation Out Now!

A hip-shaking music collection featuring many of the hottest salsa
bands in North and South America is finally here!

¡Salsa!

An incredible Salsa compilation by the Putumayo World Music label

Order The CD And See More Details Here.

Or listen to some samples first!

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While the irresistible sounds of Afro-Latin music have long been a highlight of Putumayo collections, ¡Salsa!
focuses on the upbeat, danceable style that has become a worldwide
phenomenon. Featured prominently on television's popular dance contest
shows, tens of thousands of dance schools have incorporated salsa
classes, thousands of nightclubs now offer salsa nights and scores of
international salsa congresses and cruises draw in hundreds of
thousands of salsa dancers. As a result, salsa has truly become
mainstream.


SalsaCrazy and HearAndPlay.com  Announces New Salsa Piano Series!


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Introducing the ALL-NEW Hear & Play Salsa Piano 101 Series!


"Finally! The Secret Is Out!" "A Proven Method To Quickly And Easily Play Salsa Piano By Ear. . .  Even If You Have Little Or Absolutely No Experience!"

Learn more about this Piano Salsa System


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  •  Learn several Latin rhythms that you can start playing today.  Like the montuno, clave, and more!
  •  How to play several Salsa bass lines on your left hand and accompany them with powerful right-hand chord patterns.
  •   How to lock in with the band and ensure that you're always playing the right rhythms at the right time (and how to listen for them).

Check out this amazing system to learn how to play Salsa like a pro…


October DanceSF Classes Are Open for Enrollment!
Register for October Classes Today!

 
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Get ready to dance with the hottest and most fun salsa dance acadamy in the San Francisco Bay Area!

Featuring brand new salsa classes with SalsaCrazy!!!

All new DanceSF classes are beginning this Month…
Please visit our online schedule for times, dates, & locations:
You can (and should) register online!
For any questions regarding classes, please contact:
info@DanceSF.com or call 877.507.3403

 


61 SalsaCrazy San Francisco Salsa News!The DownLow Lounge: Wednesday Night Salsa in the East Bay! 

 
When you think of the DownLow lounge, nestled down a set of stairs, right off Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley, you think of Salsa History, and you can't help but remember . . .
This club has been around since the days of Kimballs, and back then it was known as Mr. E's (and belonged, in fact, to Mr. Pete Escovedo).
Well, new name, but still, there's something special when you visit the DownLow. It's just a classic salsa spot . . .
Don't miss out! Great Dance Lessons for over an hour, start every night off, with SalsaMania (John and Liz). It's a great night out, at a classic salsa spot!
Live Salsa every Wed.

Dance lessons: Beg. 8-8:45, Int. 8:45-9:30. Show @ 10:15. $4 Margarita special. $10/$5 w/student ID. 
 


 SalsaCrazy's Bay Area Nightilfe/Event Calendar!

The definitive guide to Latin Nightlife and Events in the Bay Area.
 
Everyone, and Everything is listed!

Promoters, Nightclubs, Teachers: Make sure that your nights are listed on the calendar. Right from the Calendar page, anyone may add a listing, & it's FREE! Make sure to bookmark the page, & always add your events as far in advance as possible! Pass the word, this is a great resource for the dancers, & you should visit it often to plan your nights out!

IT'S FREE – EVERYONE & ANYONE CAN POST EVENTS, & IT ONLY TAKES ONE MINUTE

 
Don't know what to do tonight? Every event, throughout the entire Bay Area (and major cities outside the Bay Area) is listed right on this calendar. It's fantastic! One place you can go to check out every Salsa Dance event in the Bay. Don't miss a single event, ever – and see every night's infinite possibilities! 
 


ivette SalsaCrazy San Francisco Salsa News!Sabor Boricua: Salsa Radio with La Coqui  
 
 
DJ Coqui, Salsaroots.com and Salsacrazy.com are proud to announce our new Internet radio station SABOR BORICUA. Listen to the hottest Salsa Sounds on the internet compiled by DJ Ivette "DJ LA COQUI" This Station Plays Tracks Like: Celia Cruz – Mi Vida Es Cantar – Mi Vida Es Cantar Ismael Miranda – Borinquen Tiene Montuno – Fania 30 Great Years, Vol. 2 ( Johnny Polanco – Guacuanco con rumba – Pa'l Bailador Roberto Roena – Baila y Goza – Roberto Roena y Su Apollo Sound: Mi Mica 1997 Walker, Rico / Willie Rosario – La Bomba – Back to the Future.