From Miracle Mile in Coral Gables, Florida, this is Tropical Music.
I am Robert Morales, aka Robert Tico, and today we commence a series of episodes covering
the main event at the Carnival of the Mile Festival.
The festival was spectacular, there is no other way to describe it, with some of the
best Latin jazz ensembles, fusion, funk and traditional Cuban bands.
The food was excellent, brought in by some of the best restaurants, bakeries and delis
of the area, and they even had fine wine.
Music wise, I was particularly impressed by the first band we are featuring, Medianoche,
Medianoche Latin Jazz Ensemble.
Medianoche, besides meaning Midnight in Spanish, is a form of sandwich, very similar to the
Cuban sandwich, but with a softer bread.
Other bands will feature in this series include Negronistrio, and there you are really in
for a treat.
There are in a league of their own, those guys.
Also the fusion of Lanza Llama and Suenalot, and once again we conclude the series with
Conjunto Progreso.
Enjoy the music.
Okay, good.
It's a great day to be out, thank you so much for coming in, I'm very excited about
this group.
I'm very excited about introducing this group to you, this is the crema of the crop here
in South Florida.
I'm going to start with the drummers in percussion here, we've got Olden Burgos on drums, Edwin
Bonilla on timbales, and Richie Bravo is on gondas.
The horn section, Dave Fernandez on sax, Stuart King on trumpet, Teddy Moulet on trombone,
and on bass we've got Kai Sanchez, and on guitar, George Garcia.
Put your hands together and welcome the Medianoche Latin Jazz Ensemble with their fearless leader
Hal Rowland on piano.
Let's hear it.
Let's hear it.
Let's hear it.
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