Genre:
Latin Jazz
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Salsa
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Tuesday, September 07 7:30 PM
(All ages)
We are proud to have The Cuban Superstar here for a special sit-down performance of his music and his life. Tonight also will be a CD Release for his newest "L-O-V-E", debuting new material ni addition to old favorites.
Issac Delgado is a legend in his own time. Probably the most famous contemporary interpretor of timba - Cuba's version of salsa - in the world, the singer has an extraordinary smooth and versatile voice, uncanny timing and the ability to make everything he does seem effortless. His music, which combined elements of Afro-Caribbean rhythms with pop and jazz, evolved over the course of his career to include experiments with electronic elements and avant-garde sounds.
But he still took a big risk coming too the U.S. in 2006 in a bid for greater artistic freedom to make his own kind of music. Timba, a more sophisticated brand of salsa, is not as popular here as less complicated salsa and his move comes at a time when salsa's popularity is seeing a downturn.
Frustrated by restrictions in Cuba, Issac and his family walked across the Mexican-USA border to launch a new phase of his career. “Being here does not give me any greater control over things, such as whether I can get the radio to play my songs or not” Delgado told the Los Angeles Times. “The only thing I can control is myself and my willingness to work and expose my music a little more to the public, which will have the last word. That’s the biggest censor an artist can have----the public that listens to your music.”
His first release in the US, 2007’s En Ultima Plana, earned Delgado global acclaim including two Grammy nominations, and the hit single “La Mujer Que Mas Te Duele” (featuring Puerto Rican sonero Victor Manuelle). Combining Cuban and American Latino, sweetness and drive, musical quality and pop energy in an exuberant demonstration of salsa, timba and son, Issac and Producer Sergio George delivered danceable fun.
Asi Soy, the title of his latest release recorded in Puerto Rico and Miami, is distinguished by great quality of the vocals and of excellent musical direction, Issac delivers his traditional salsa/timba fused with rhythms and romantic musical influences of pop along with the contemporary sounds of urban music. Delgado says: “In sonority, this recording is still Cuban salsa, with Cuban color, but with a sound closer to—and for—the US Latino, in New York, L.A., and Puerto Rico.” Produced again by multiple Grammy-winner Sergio George (Tito Puente, Marc Anthony, Jerry Rivera) and another giant from the Puerto Rican salsa sound, Jose Lugo, (Gilberto Santa Rosa's long-time musical director and producer), confirming his ongoing stature as “the future of tropical music “ (Los Angeles Times) The album and the song "Asi Soy" were nominated for Grammy that will take place in Las vegas on November, 5th.
For more information, visit www.issacdelgadomusica.com/ or www.myspace.com/issacdelgado
Issac Delgado & Freddy Cole: Quizås, Quizås, Quizås from Issac Delgado on Vimeo.