Anyone down for The Cause...
The full range of humanity through musical expression... Raised on Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Santana, Cachao Lopez, The Cesta All Stars, Cal Tjader, Orquesta Aragon, Arsenio Rodriguez w/Chappotin, Ray Barretto, Fania All-Stars, "El Conde" Rodriguez; special love for Irakere, Los Van Van, Yerba Buena (rock espanol), Yerbabuena (plena/jibaro) Maraca Valle, Miguelito Valdez, Familia Escovedo, Orishas (rap cubano), Diz, Bird, Monk, Mingus, Miles, Blakey, Trane, Herbie..., the Palmieri Bros., Machete Ensemble, anything clave or con guitarra guajira, jibarbo, y bachata; bomba y plena; Ojos de Brujo; Daniela Mercury, Trio Mocoto, Tania Maria, Marissa Monte; old school hip hop de NYC, Gil Scott Heron, WAR, Mandrill, Funkadelic; reggae from all eras, esp. Marley, Midnite and Mutabaruka; Haitian Kompas; Youssou Ndor, Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango, Babatunde Olantunji; also fan of Clapton, Janis, Hendrix, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Johnny Otis, Beatles, Zep, Pink Floyd, ELP, The Police, Peter Gabriel, ZZ Top, GNR, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Primus, TRex; Buddy Guy, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Lee Hooker, Mose Allison; Puccini, Rossini, Mozart; Chico O'Farrill w/ Fletcher Henderson and Count Basie; Alicia Keys, Kem, Quincy Jones, The Funk Brothers, Oliver Nelson, Zappa.... the genius Carl Stalling, and countless musicians famous and unknown who send good vibes and thoughts into the world...
Indis, docs, and a few features...
Link TV; CSPAN; Documentary Channel; IFC; Current TV; HITV; FSTV; Independent Lens; Austin City Limits; LatinNation; Zorro: el Esplande y la Rosa; La Alborada; Cultura Viva de Puerto Rico; Dancing With The Stars; Globe Trekker; Mad Men; Monty Python's Flying Circus; SNL; Uptown Comedy Club; Bugs Bunny; Sanford & Son; NBA Finals; World Series; Six Feet Under; Charlie Rose; Bill Moyers Journal; The West Wing; CANE; Resurrection Blvd; Soul Food; Nuestra Cocina; Cooking With Daisy; Star Trek; The Erica Blue Show
Cuba and Its Music; My Music Is My Flag: Puerto Rican Musicians and Their New York Communities; Salsa Talks! ; The World That Made New Orleans; Cuban Counterpoint; Poesia Cubana de la Colonia - Antologia; The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love; To Be or Not To Bop; Catch A Fire; Colors and Chords: The Art of Johnny Otis; Piri Thomas' Prose Works; The Beatles Recording Sessions; All You Need Is Ears; On the Sensation of Tone; The Rock Revolution; Bright Lights, Big City: The Nashville Sound; Daughter of Fortune; Jazz, and Beloved; Pierre Boulle's Planet of the Apes; The DaVinci Code; The Discourses; The Problem of the Media; The New Media Monopoly; The Four Agreements