An interview with two great exponents of Afro-Latino music, who come together in San Francisco, CA, with other giants of Salsa and Latin jazz to support El Tecolote, a storied community newspaper with a focus on Latino popular culture. Five-time Grammy nominee John Santos is a renowned percussionist who has performed and recorded with masters such as Cachao, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente and Bebo Valdés. Classic Cuban son vocalist Tito González has sung and played the tres with famous Cuban groups. In the U.S., he has performed with Oscar de León and Larry Harlow, among others.
Guests: Tito González, Master of Cuban Traditional Music, San Francisco, CA, www.titoysusondecuba.com; John Santos, Master Percussionist, San Francisco, CA, http://www.johnsantos.com/; Mabel Jiménez, Representative, El Tecolote, San Francisco, CA, http://eltecolote.org/content/
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