NEW EVENTS
OSVALDO CHACON @ THIRD SPACE
TRADITIONAL AFRO-CUBAN MUSIC
Clave y Son Events Present:
Osvaldo Chacon y su timba
CHRISTMAS EVE EVE PARTY
Tuesday 23th December 2008
Osvaldo Chacon has been a top performer since he started his musical career as lead vocalist and songwriter with some of Cuba’s top bands including Paulito FG, and El Medico de la Salsa. In 1995 he joined Bamboleo as lead male singer (alongside the charismatic female duo of Haila and Vannia) and featured on their seminal CD “Te Gusto o te caigo bien” (You like me, fancy me), released in 1997. The track went on to win Chacon a prize for “best debut work” in Cuba’s influential annual music industry awards Cubadisco 98.
Chacon also featured in the performance of the longest son ever played in the world (as registered in the Guinness Book of Records, being part of the 1997 line-up of Cuba’s leading popular orchestras at Havana’s famous Salon Rosado de la Tropicale).
Osvaldo Chacon continues to be in demand as a singer and solo artist, and has been invited to perform alongside the likes of Adalberto Santiago, Azuquita, Tito Allen (Fania All Stars) , Roberto Pla, Herman Olivera and Eddie Palmieri (at Ronnie Scott’s), the great Latin percussionist Giovanni Hildago, Chick Corea as well as the supreme luminaries of Latin song Celia Cruz, Oscar d’Leon, Ruben Blades and Alberto ‘El Canario’.
In 1997 he moved to London and formed his own group Osvaldo Chacon Y Su Timba, bringing a fresh, exciting sound of Cuban Timba seldom heard live in this country.
Chacon y su Timba includes a line-up of the UK’s foremost Cuban and Latin musicians, proving a great success with audiences wherever they play. Chacon is renowned for not only being a friendly, serious musician but also a great dancer!!
”Osvaldo reacts brilliantly to an audience, who always become involved in his style and sound. If you get a chance to see this guy at a live gig, do NOT miss it!”
THE VIDEO
THE DJ
THE TEACHER
DJ SOL playing the best Salsa & Timba late into the night!
Come and learn to dance real Cuban style
7:30-8:30 Beginner/Intermediate Salsa Cubana
8:30-9:30 Intermediate/Advanced Rueda Choreographic
1hr lesson - £7, 2hr lessons - £10.
Band 9:30
Dancing 9:30pm-3:00am!
Live Band night entry £5
PLACE
Third Space Bar & Lounge
211 Clapham Road
London
Oposite Stockwell tube station
SW9 0QH
DATE
Tuesday 23th December 2008
