Downbeat Magazine "Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Hot Salsa from the Bronx

Outside the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in Lower Manhattan, it was a chilly November evening. But inside the auditorium, things were heating up quickly as the 13-member Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) took the stage. From the first few bars of “Latinos Unidos,” the orchestra’s theme song, many in the audience—a highly integrated mix of Latinos, Anglos, African Americans and Asians—were dancing in their seats.

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NYC's Spanish Harlem Orchestra transforms Seattle's Jazz Alley into salsa party

By Carol Banks Weber, AXS

After the sixth song, Spanish Harlem Orchestra bandleader Oscar Hernandez exclaimed jubilantly to the audience: “We took it somewhere else.” The 13-member, all-star salsa dura band from New York City definitely did in its 10-song, one-and-a-half-hour opening night set at Seattle’s Jazz Alley last Thursday.

Every song the Grammy-winning band performed — mostly from the new, self-titled album — even the one or two ballads, exploded with high energy, passion, and excruciatingly tight, polyrhythmic syncopation that every audience felt in the feet.

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Latin Jazz Network
From New York: Spanish Harlem Orchestra
http://latinjazznet.com/2014/10/12/features/album-of-the-week/from-new-york-spanish-harlem-orchestra/#sthash.f3djtNef.dpuf

Alianza News
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://noticias.alianzanews.com/1829_usa-hispanos/2742588_spanish-harlem-orchestra-mantiene-esencia-de-sonido-atemporal-a-otras-decadas.html

NPR Boston
There Is An Orchestra In Spanish Harlem
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/10/10/spanish-harlem-orchestra-jose-masso

MSN Video
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://www.msn.com/es-ar/video/ver/spanish-harlem-orchestra-mantiene-esencia-de-sonido-atemporal-a-otras-d%C3%A9cadas/vp-BB8oCFP

Fox News Latino
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/espanol/2014/10/09/spanish-harlem-orchestra-mantiene-esencia-de-sonido-atemporal-otras-decadas/

YouTube
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogZzRo0ZPtQ

Diario LasAméricas
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://www.diariolasamericas.com/56_videos-agencia/2743071_spanish-harlem-orchestra-mantiene-esencia-de-sonido-atemporal-a-otras-decadas.html

Hola Ciudad!
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://www.holaciudad.com/video/544621-spanish-harlem-orchestra-mantiene-esencia-sonido-atemporal-otras-decadas

Agencia EFE
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://www.efe.com/efe/noticias/usa/puerto-rico/spanish-harlem-orchestra-mantiene-esencia-sonido-atemporal-otras-decadas/5/50034/2434979

Salsa Trips
http://www.salsa-trips.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/3/stm/2014-10-EN/STM-2014-10-EN.html#p=18

TV Abierta
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://television.data99.com.ar/video/ogZzRo0ZPtQ

Telemundo Atlanta
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://www.telemundoatlanta.com/1829_nacional/2742588_spanish-harlem-orchestra-mantiene-esencia-de-sonido-atemporal-a-otras-decadas.html

Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/EFEPuertoRico/status/520540883369086976

Llave en manu
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://efe.ikuna.com/56_videos/2743071_spanish-harlem-orchestra-mantiene-esencia-de-sonido-atemporal-a-otras-decadas.html

Vívelo Hoy
Beat Latino: Spanish Harlem Orchestra, herederos legítimos de la salsa
http://www.vivelohoy.com/entretenimiento/8396067/beat-latino-spanish-harlem-orchestra-herederos-legitimos-de-la-salsa

AZ Central
Spanish Harlem Orchestra celebra su décimo aniversario con un nuevo disco
http://archive.azcentral.com/lavoz/ent/articles/2010/10/14/20101014spanish-harlem-orchestra-celebra-su-dcimo-aniversario-con-un-nuevo-disco.html

La Voz Arizona
Spanish Harlem Orchestra celebra su décimo aniversario con un nuevo disco
http://archive.lavozarizona.com/lavoz/ent/articles/2010/10/14/20101014spanish-harlem-orchestra-celebra-su-dcimo-aniversario-con-un-nuevo-disco.html

Terra
Spanish Harlem Orchestra presentará nuevo disco en Puerto Rico
http://www.terra.com/musica/noticias/spanish_harlem_orchestra_presentara_nuevo_disco_en_puerto_rico/oci171775

Quequi
Spanish Harlem Orchestra mantiene esencia de sonido atemporal a otras décadas
http://www.quequi.com.mx/56_videos/2743071_spanish-harlem-orchestra-mantiene-esencia-de-sonido-atemporal-a-otras-decadas.html

Jazz Caribe
Spanish Harlem Orchestra hand Oscar Hernandez always at the height
http://www.jazzcaribe.blogspot.com/2014/10/spanish-harlem-orchestra-hand-oscar.html

Two-Time GRAMMY® AWARD-Winning Salsa and Latin Jazz Band Spanish Harlem Orchestra Releases New Full-Length Studio Album on September 16, 2014 Featuring Jazz Stars Chick Corea & Joe Lovano

Harlem, NY – Tuesday, August 5, 2014 – There aren't many pianists that can say they've been a Musical Director for Paul Simon and Rubén Blades, written and arranged the theme song for hit shows such as HBO's "Sex in the City," and have recorded and performed with the likes of Tito Puente and Celia Cruz. In fact, there's only one: Oscar Hernandez, a world-renowned pianist/arranger/producer and leader of the GRAMMY® Award-winning 13-piece all-star salsa big band, Spanish Harlem Orchestra.

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