Tagged: Juan de Marcos

4:13pm

Fri February 15, 2013
KPLU Studio Sessions

Juan de Marcos and The Afro-Cuban All Stars: The Soul Of Cuba

Credit Justin Steyer / KPLU

  • Full performance and interview

On a recent visit to Seattle, Juan de Marcos and The Afro-Cuban All Stars stopped by for a three-song studio session with KPLU in the KCTS 9 studios.  How good was it? 

Well, as host, Abe Beeson says, “If this music doesn’t move you, you’ve got no place to go.”

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12:00pm

Thu February 7, 2013
Jazz Caliente

A look at Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars

Cuban bandleader, composer and arranger Juan de Marcos González is known as the "Quincy Jones of Cuba" and as the architect of the Afro-Cuban All Stars (the foundation for The Buena Vista Social Club), and the founder of another successful Cuban band, Sierra Maestra.

His father was a singer for Arsenio Rodriguez's Orchestra; his uncle was Ruben González, famed pianist for the Buena Vista Social Club.

Juan's mission is the preservation of his rich musical heritage.

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