Cuban dancer, musician, and educator Roberto Borrell speaks with Rebecca about his incredibly versatile career, spanning popular and folkloric styles. He talks about growing up hearing the legendary bands of the 1950s like Orquesta Aragón and Chappottín y Sus Estrellas, and attending the Black social clubs that were eliminated in the early years of the Revolution.
Songs played:
Linda cubana, Orquesta de Antonio Maria Romeu
Mambo, Arcaño y Sus Maravillas
La engañadora, Orquesta América de Ninón Mondéjar
El bodeguero, Orquesta Aragón
Pare cochero, Orquesta Aragón
Roberto Borrell dance videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHSJFOefUBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiwhNdxKndY
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Intro and outro music: "Bengo Latino," Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions
Cuban dancer, musician, and educator Roberto Borrell speaks with Rebecca about his incredibly versatile career, spanning popular and folkloric styles. He talks about growing up hearing the legendary bands of the 1950s like Orquesta Aragón and Chappottín y Sus Estrellas, and attending the Black social clubs that were eliminated in the early years of the Revolution.
Songs played:
Linda cubana, Orquesta de Antonio Maria Romeu
Mambo, Arcaño y Sus Maravillas
La engañadora, Orquesta América de Ninón Mondéjar
El bodeguero, Orquesta Aragón
Pare cochero, Orquesta Aragón
Roberto Borrell dance videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHSJFOefUBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiwhNdxKndY
If you like this podcast, please subscribe and give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts
Follow The Clave Chronicles on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @clavechronicles
https://theclavechronicles.buzzsprout.com
Intro and outro music: "Bengo Latino," Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions