César Bauvallet y Tradiciones

“To be in Cuba in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, or specifically, in Havana, was to be in the real center of it all. Havana was the happening place. It was Paris west. Havana’s exotic and intoxicating nightlife was truly legendary...” (La Edad de Oro Cuba, The Golden Age). Daniel Bauvallet, father of César Bauvallet, (percussionist and Musical Director of Tradiciones), was in Cuba singing, drumming and entertaining in the infamous Tropicana and Sans Souci clubs and César’s childhood memories are of his parents filling the house with song.  Harmonizing on such classics as “Longina”, “Dos Gardenias” & “Aquellos Ojos Verdes,” “he remembers the passion, sabor and heart that flowed from the Sones, Danzones, Boleros and Cha Cha Chas of his parents’ generation. Tradiciones is César’s tribute to La Epoca de Oro de la Música Tradicional de Cuba (The Golden Age of Traditional Cuban Music). The ensemble features César Bauvallet, lead vocals, trombone; Janet Harman, bass; Steve Figueroa, piano; Tomás White, timbales; Paul Gonzales, trumpet; Víctor Rodríguez, lead vocals, congas, bongos; and Brian de La Fe, congas, bongos.

$15/$10 Members & Students.
Available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost Performance Space (268-0044)