The SOB's Sounds of Brazil Club was the New York stage for the celebration of the Cuban Orchestra Aragón, for the 80th anniversary of its creation in the city of Cienfuegos and the sound that distinguishes it from the rest of the musical groups of the Island.
In that cultural facility of the district of Manhattan, local musicians identified with the musical genres of Cuba, interpreted with taste the “Pare Cochero” by Marcelino Guerra and “El paso de Encarnación” by Richard Egües.
Sweet Plantain and Tipica 73 versioned other themes of the legendary Aragón, which could not attend the tribute to receive the Venceremos Víctor Jara Award, which was collected by the Cuban ambassador to the UN, Humberto Rivero.
The stimulus is the second time it is granted, after being granted to the Puerto Rican-American pianist and composer, Eddie Palmieri, who also acted in recognition of the very popular orchestra founded by Orestes Aragón in 1939.
The announcer Marysol Cerdeira, host of the program With Latin flavor, in the radio station WBAI, in addition to being among the main promoters of the tribute, highlighted the great historical influence that the orchestra has, when she told the public that the SOB's Sounds of Club was crowded Brazil: "Thank you for putting the world to dance".
