Valentine's Day With Poncho Sanchez @ The Conga Room
Sunday Feb 14th
If music were about pictures, percussionist Poncho Sanchez's music would best be described as a kaleidoscopic swirl of some of the hottest colors and brightest lights to emerge from either side of the border. At any given show, on any given record, fragments of Latin jazz, swing, bebop, salsa and other infectious grooves collide and churn in a fiery swirl, with results that are no less than dazzling.
Although born in Laredo, Texas, in 1951 to a large Mexican-American family, Sanchez grew up in a suburb of L.A., where he was raised on an unusual cross section of sounds that included straightahead jazz, Latin jazz and American soul. By his teen years, his musical consciousness had been solidified by the likes of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaria, Wilson Pickett and James Brown. Along the way, he taught himself to play guitar, flute, drums and timbales, but eventually settled on the congas.
Whether it's salsa, straightahead jazz, Latin jazz, or even elements of soul and blues, the mesmerizing array of sounds and colors from Poncho Sanchez's youth have telegraphed across the decades and continue to inform his creative sensibilities to this day.
Must be 21 and over
Tickets available at www.congaroom.com
$40 VIP / $25 GA
For discount tickets email me at sham@spotlightcali.com Or call/Text 626.241.4711
To purchase your tickets online go to www.congaroom.com concert schedule.
Discount promo code is "spotlight" for my discount
Location:
800 W.Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles,Ca 90015
Date: Feb 14th, 2010
Time: 8:00PM-2:00AM
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