2698 Folsom @ 23rd St. (entrance on 23rd St.)
San Francisco, California 94114

$12 donation. Doors open at 7:30pm. Show at 8pm.

titoysusondecuba.com

If you like the music of Buena Vista Social Club, then you love the music of Heriberto "Tito" Gonzalez and his quintet. Before arriving from Cuba to the Bay Area in 2000, Tito played with such famous Cuban groups as Conjunto Estrellas de Chocolate, Aribu Quartet and Chapotin y sus estrellas. He was specially chosen as a founding member of Nuevo Conjunto de Arsenio Rodriguez, a group carefully structured to represent the music of the famous Cuban tresero Arsenio Rodriguez. Tito studied the Cuban Tres with masters Papi Oviedo (of Buena Vista Social Club) as well as with Octavio Sanchez Cotán, known as the greatest guitarist in Cuba.

This night's performance will be a combination of a seated concert and dancing. Tito and his group will be performing a selection of bolero, danzon, and other slower Cuban rhythms for the first set. However, after the break, we will be clearing the seating to open the floor for dancing as the music heats up.

Official Website: http://www.redpoppyarthouse.org/concerts.html

Added by popecantaloupe on August 8, 2006