LARRY HARLOW & THE LEGENDS OF FANIA


Eye Music Network in association with PRProductions.net present
The reunion concert of the year. For all the Fania Salsa Fanatics.

Saturday, March 11th 2006 @ 8pm
at The Tabernacle in Downtown Atlanta

Featuring special appearances by:
Junior Gonzalez, Cano Estremera, Adalberto Santiago, Emo Luciano, Yomo Toro, Alfredo De La Fe, Andy Harlow, Luisito Rosario, Nicky Marrero, Lewis Kahn, Bobby Sanabria, Louie Bauzo, Chembo Corniel, Bernie Minoso, Joe Feilder, Mac Gollehon, Richie Viruet & many more to be announced.

Thanks Everyone For Attending This Unforgettable show

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LARRY HARLOW & THE LEGENDS OF FANIA BIOGRAPHY

Larry Harlow is a true living legend of Afro-Cuban music. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his early influences were his father Buddy, who was a professional bass player and his mother Rose, who sang opera. A graduate of the prestigious N.Y. High School of Music and Art, he excelled on oboe, flute, violin, bass and the instrument that he is most noted for, the piano. Although jazz and the piano styling of Art Tatum were his first love, his growing exposure as a teenager to the music and culture of the New York Latino community fascinated him. This led to him making a trip to Cuba in the late fifties where he began a two year adventure intensely studying Afro-Cuban music in all its manifestations: from West African based liturgical repertoire to popular dance styles. On his return to New York he quickly made a name for himself as a top bandleader.

The All-Stars are the house band of FANIA, comprised of the label' bandleaders, top sidemen and vovalists. The history of the band represents the rise and promulgation of SALSA as a marketing tag for Latin music. FANIA was formed in March 1966 by Johnny Pacheco, Jerry Massucci (passed) and Larry Harlow actually the leader of this unforgettable music machine.. 

By 1967 the intrepid management of Fania legends had begun to pay dividens by promoting a Live "Jam Concert" at the Red Garter in New York, were. Fania All-Star Legends first two LPs Vols 1-2 were recorded with a great succes. Many concerts were produced internationally during the period of 1967-71 when on August 26 when FANIA ALL-STARS LEGENDS appeared at the Cheetah in midtown Manhattan and packed the club to more than twice capacity, and another pair of live LPs (Live at the Cheetah" followed. One year later the results also appeared in the salsa documentary "Our Latin Thing".

Their 20th Anniversary celebration was a sold-out concert in Tokyo, Japan in 1986 Thirty years of Fania was commerated in 1996 by a three-city tour; San Juan, Miami and New York by the reconvened All Stars.