THANKS for the response to my Spirit Clarinet clips; so there IS a place in the world for an all- clarinet and bass clarinet Afro-Latin-Jaxx band! Check our talented bassist / vocalist Caylen Bryant intoning an all-clarinet version of Chico O’Farrill’s ‘Caso Perdido.’

Spirit Clarinet Orchestra at New York's Zinc Bar, playing my composition, 'Padre,' from my 'Water Prayers' album and dedicated to my ancestral lineage. Eric Juberg on clarinet, Ethan Kogan on drums, Berta Jottar’s video. Pls me know how this grabs you!

I love contrabass clarinet! From a rehearsal of Joe Daley's 'Seven Deadly Sins,' w/ Marty Ehrlich, Don Slatoff, Andrew Drury, & other greats from JD Parran's Dance Clarinets.

Day 1 #HistoryofDominicanMusic: In the 1920s, Eduardo Brito sang operatic arias as well as tropical songs such as “Lamento esclavo" dominicanmusicusa.com/educational_re… Other Dominican musicians before 1920 include Gabriel del Orbe & Antonio Mesa. Read more here: dominicanmusicusa.com/narratives/191…

“Prayer for the Primal Wind," a Haitian invocation learned from the late Houngan, Max Beauvoir. From my "Water Prayers for Bass Clarinet" album. Thanks to Rozna Zila, Benito Gonzalez, Santi DeBriano, Royal Hartigan, Berta Jottar.

I hope you dig my bass clarinet, along with José Duluc on voice, Julio Figueroa on percussion, and the band in this homage to Ñico Lora (1880-1971), who did so much to develop merengue way back in the early 20th century. You can hear the full song on my “Dr. Merengue” album.

Once upon a time, a young man played the bass clarinet! (That’s me in many moons ago with the great Wendell Harrison at Detroit Montreux Festival...)

Feliz día de independencia dominicana! Happy Dominican Independence Day!

Alto flute improvisation for a Friday morning...

Blow’n Ode for Bass

Perhaps the oldest published merengue, “Santiago,” by Julio Alberto Hernández (1927). Hope you enjoy! Quizás el merengue más antigua publicada, “Santiago,” por Julio Alberto Hernández (1927). ¡Espero que lo disfruten!

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Happy Ēostre!

This was last year at the Zinc Bar in New York - ¡BUT! - it’s gonna happen again, soon!