Armada Fania at SummerStage
A DJ Tribute to Fania at Central Park
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Doors open at 5PM
FREE ADMISSION
Quantic
Joaquin “Joe” Claussell
The Whiskey Barons
Bobbito Garcia aka Kool Bob Love
plus a Special Guest
Joaquin “Joe” Claussell was born in Brooklyn to a large and diverse Puerto Rican family with deep musical roots. Throughout his life, music was Joe’s shelter, family, food, comfort, escape and love. His first exposure to entertaining audiences was in his own neighborhood at block association events, musically led by one of his elder brothers Larry Claussell. Not long after he hit the club and began collecting vinyl at the age of 15 and his diverse taste for music and dance led him from a Disco at a club called The Inferno to Punk music’ s sanctuary CBGBs, the alternative driven Mudd Club, the more mainstream Underground, and the legendary Paradise Garage. While living in the East Village in the early 90s, he found and fell in love with a record store called Dance Tracks. He formed a friendship with the owner, which became the foundation of his musical career. Joe became the store’s DJ and called weekly parties that drew a diverse and increasingly devoted crowd of music lovers. All in the name of fun he received an invitation from owner and good friend Stan Hatzakis he began producing: and did his first remix “Over” and his produced first track “Awade,” both becoming instant underground classics.
NYC native and world-renowned DJ Bobbito Garcia is the critically acclaimed author ofWhere’d You Get Those? NYC’s Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987 (Testify Books). The former NY Knicks/MSG Network halftime reporter was the voice of EA Sports’ popular NBA Street video game and TV host of ESPN2′s “It’s the Shoes” series. In 2007, Nike released seven co-designed Air Force 1 sneakers bearing his signature. In 2013, Garcia co-directed the filmDoin’ It in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC. Currently, he is the announcer for ESPNU’s Elite 24 Game and his own tournament Full Court 21. “Kool Bob Love” is also directing his next film titled Stretch And Bobbito, due for release in 2015.
The Whiskey Barons, Bosq and the Bogart, are a DJ and production duo based in Boston. They work to tastefully update classic funky music from around the world to work with modern dance floors. This has resulted in a wide variety of well received originals, reworks, and edits that span the styles of Latin, African, funk, soul, disco, house, reggae, and rock.
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