The Clave Chronicles

The Bay Area Cuban music scene

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and educator Dr. John Calloway joins Rebecca to speak about the Cuban music scene in the Bay Area. Calloway has written for Grammy-nominated projects and recorded several of his own albums. He has spent 35 years as a music educator in San Francisco public schools and at San Francisco State University, founding the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble and the Afro-Cuban Ensemble at SF State.

Songs played:
Aprovecha que me voy, John Calloway
Dime si te gusta, Jesús Díaz y Su QBA
Asere Ko, John Calloway
Generaciones, Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco

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