LARRY HARLOW FREE CONCERT

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WHEN: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 7:30 PM to unspecified

ARTIST/EVENT: Larry Harlow Latin Legends Band: Battle of the Salsa Violins La Excelencia size

WHERE: Celebrate Brookyn Prospect Pk Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West (BROOKLYN) size

Event No: 388

GENRE: Salsa

DESCRIPTION: LARRY HARLOW, “El Judio Maravilloso,” revolutionized modern salsa as both a musician and producer in his work with the storied Fania label. Here he brings his all-star band to back a violin throwdown of epic dimensions: the great Cuban ALFREDO DE LA FE vs. Brooklyn’s own LEWIS KAHN. Among the young torchbearers of the sound Harlow helped create, few are as electrifying as the Bronx-based LA EXCELENCIA, a group of young hotshots that’s taking the music to new levels but still “emphasizes hard-driving brass and percussion, just like a Fania Records band from salsa’s heyday in the 1970s.” (The New York Times)

DIRECTIONS:

COST: FREE; doors open 6:30pm

MISCELLANEOUS: Please do not double park or leave your car illegally parked around Prospect Park or on the side streets. It will be ticketed and/or towed.

BOROUGH: BROOKLYN

CONTACT: 718.855.7882