Tito y su son de Cuba March 6, 2009

The Red Poppy Art House 23rd and Folsom St. San Francisco TITO GONZALEZ Y Su Quinteto Sonero - In the Cuban Tradition
Friday, March 6th - Dance Party!



Imagine a hot tiny back-street salon filled with Cuban music and dancing. This is it! In the vein of Cuban music that continues to grow in popularity throughout the world, Tito Gonzalez brings his Quinteto Sonero to the Red Poppy Art House for a night of dancing.

Heriberto "Tito" Gonzalez, "El Trecero mayor", arrived in the San Francisco Bay area in the summer of 2000. His music is in the genre known to most people through Buena Vista Social Club - theat of "El Son".Tito plays the Tres, a Cuban instrument similar to the guitar. In his earlier years, Tito studied under Tres master Papi Oviedo of the Buena Vista Social Club, and then, later, with the most renowned guitarist in Cuba, Octavio Sanchez Cotán. Tito has played with such famous Cuban ensembles as Conjunto Estrellas de Chocolate, Aribu Quartet and Chapotin y sus estrellas, all from Havana, Cuba.Before leaving Havana, "Tito" founded and played with the Nuevo Conjunto de Arsenio Rodriguez, a group carefully structured to represent the music of the famous Cuban tresero Arsenio Rodriguez. This group was assembled by Arsenio's daugther, Regla Rodriguez Travieso. She thought long and hard as to who should represent and play her father's music. She chose Heriberto "Tito" Gonzalez, a great honor.


www.titoysusondecuba.com

$12-15 suggested donation. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Music at 8:00 pm