Friday, July 3rd, 2009 Emilio Valdes & Friends, with Chocolate Armenteros * Piano-Luis Fernandez * Bass-Alex Hernandez * Sax-Mister T * Percussion-Luis Alvarez * Artista Invitado: Chocolate Armenteros * Artista Invitado: Wilson Collazo * Artista Invitado: John Benitez Una noche unica de Swing Y Sorpresas !!!! 10 Saturday, July 4th, 2009 ******** Batalla de Soneros en El Barrio * * Domingo Quiñones * Frankie Vazquez * Willie Torres * junto a * 8 y Mas * * Samuel Baretto: Trumpet * Bobby Allende: Percussion * Victor Baro: Trombone * Arturo Ortiz: Piano * Marc Quinones: Percussion * Manuel Ruiz: Trumpet * Jose Tabares: Bass El mas que canta- Domingo Quiñones, El Sonero del Barrio- Frankie Vazquez y Willie Torres junto a la espectacular Banda de 8 y Mas...en Batalla Musical... **** Old school salsa *** ------ Limited Space--For Reservations call 212-348-3929 15 Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 A Peticion Popular Vuelve: Fernandito Ferrer - En Directo ++++ Happy Hour 5-8pm Fernandito Ferrer - Obanilu Allende His percussive guitar technique and impressive vocal abilities together with the good use of subtle yet powerful melody and poetic imagery puts this small-towner’s music in a much wider context. His style is best compared to the works of Tracy Chapman, Annie D’Franco, Antonio Caban Vale, Silvio Rodriguez and Nick Drake. Check out this YouTube video of Fernandito. Friday, July 10th, 2009 THE BLUE CLAVE MINI-BIG BAND * Richie Viruet * Pete Nater-trumpet * Raul Agraz - trumpet * Ivan Renta-bari sax * Peter Brainen - alto sax * Jose Davila-trombone * Ruben Rodriguez-bass * Mike Eckroth-piano * Mauricio Herrera-drums * Cristian Rivera-congas Trumpeter, Richie Viruet,leads an all-star cast performing some of his own original compositions and arrangements. Born, raised, and musically educated in NYC, Richie Viruet started his musical pursuits at age 6 playing guitar via my mother who was a pro bass player/vocalist at the time. By age 9, he was playing trumpet. Clasically and jazz trained, by age 14, due to my family opening the doors, he started performing professionally with local salsa and merengue bands. In his own words: By age 19 to the present day, his career took off somewhat and I have been performing professionally and/or working on a freelance level, recorded, jammed, arranged for, and associated myself with some of the worlds greatest artists and musical icons: Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto, Tito Nieves, Jose Alberto"El Canario", Marc Anthony, La India, Larry Harlow and the Latin Legends Band, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Latin Giants of Jazz, La Sonora Matancera, Hector Lavoe, Frankie Ruiz, Victor Manuelle, Gilberto Santarosa, Conjunto Clasico, Ralph Irizarry's SonCafe & Timbalaye, Cano Estremera, Willie Rosario, Grupo Fascinacion, Milly Quesada, Sergio Vargas, Los Hermanos Lebron, Ray Sepulveda, Michael Stuart, Johnny Rivera, Jerry Rivera, DLG, Hall and Oats, Ray Charles, Chic Korea, Dizzie Gillespie, Red Rodney, Wynton Marsalis, and many, many more. 10 Sunday, July 12th, 2009 MLB All Star Game 2009 Ven disfruta del juego de Estrellas en 4 Tv's * Great Food * Great Drinks Friday, July 17th, 2009 Little Johnny Rivero and the Heat Wave * Pedrito Martinez [perc] * John Di Martino [piano] * Alexander Norris [trumpet] * Peter Brianin [sax] * Artista invitado John Benitez [Bass] Little Johnny Rivero, is best known for his sixteen years with Sonora Ponceña, but in the past decade he has been one of the most sought-after musicians in the New York City area. 10