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On the Gig with Joe & Adele with the Harmony band.....great gig!...

Back to playing with my Cuban Buddy Eddie "Oriente" Balzoa(guitar) and the Oriente trio and Quartet....Eddie's band ORIENTE has been a musical mainstay in S. Florida for over 20 years..a blend of Cuban, Blues, Funk and Jazz .they have cd's out..Oriente, Searching for a Blue unseen, and Oriente-NEW!...

Hey JC, nice photos. I have a question:
I have the same white LP's that you posted. When you gig with bigger bands, over 8 piece including horns, whats your mic set up? I'm looking to run 2 mics thru a mixer, Shure 57's for now. I'll run them thru the mixer into the PA. What are your thoughts? Is this enough?

First those LP's arent mine they belonged to the house..second..I now use the best MICS for conga drums...they are the Samson audio CO2 condenser Mics....they are also used for drum sets...they are incredible and really bring out the sound of the drums...and i have used all kinds of mics..but for me today these are it...

Rumba with Lil Ray Romero-clave, Louie-tumbadoras, Doug J-chekere, Angel-conga, Me on quinto....

http://youtu.be/YrfvgK7_UrM

Rumba is alive and well in S. Florida ..with my man Skip Burney, Harry Cano, Chino on quinto Totin on vocals and others...sorry for the grainy look on this , i was using my new camera phone..need to fix the settings ..enjoy!..
http://youtu.be/yvvaGOA1_PQ?list=UUIy9E ... _qWENX7XKg

Man, good to see Skip.

Got the pleasure to hang with him a bit here in Los Angeles way back in 1999.

Here is a 'tidbit' of part of my conga solo on a New recording for Edil R. DeLeon(Vibe player from Puerto Rico) on his arrangement of Cuban Fantasy... sorry u cant hear the music, but you will when its done!...
http://youtu.be/m4oanJHTZTE

Johnny Cuban Fantasy

From my Saturday night gig with the new Latin Jazz band INSIGHT led by Puerto Rican Vibraphonist Edil R. DeLeon, Marrio Marrero on piano, Augustin Conti bass, Roberto Rodriguez-timbales and me...http://youtu.be/nUlHLU5vTxA http://youtu.be/gZujQwxEVgc these are short.....and just added this one too..
http://youtu.be/Fxdqt-cXH9A

The New INSIGHT Latin Jazz band of Miami... with KiKi Sanchez-piano, Augustin Conti-bass,Edil DeLeon-vibraphone, Me, and buddy Erick Perry-kneeling..

http://youtu.be/WrqPegYty1c turn up your volume for this video if u can..the volume is low on it..
http://youtu.be/nUlHLU5vTxA this is at normal volume...

Edil DeLeon, Edwin Bonilla Johnny Conga on the gig in Miami!!..

Happy New Year! to everyone here...If any of you are in Miami chek these 2 gigs out Im doing...

FRANKLINS WHEEL-MIAMI, FL... A cover band from jazz to latin to funk....just joined them for the first time last weekend...some great players,too!..

Here we are after Friday nights successful gig in downtown Miami at Mary's Brickell Village...a new venue that only wants Latin Jazz music!...L to R-Hiram Rios-timbales, David L.Nieves-bass, Kiki Sanchez-piano, Me, Lou Perez-trombone and Andy Harlow on sax/flute.. my Tropical Jazz Project Sextet..

The latest bands i have performed and featured with...Eric & The Jazzers-Miami, and the Naples Jazz Orchestra...Naples,Florida