Thank You Johnny Conga!

Johnny Conga, of KBCS 91.3FM in Seattle, WA, has named me to his top-10 list for 2007! Considering that Mr. Conga has played with such greats as Phil Diaz, Manny Ramos, Pat Patrick, Llewellyn Matthews and Carl Witherspoon, I am honored. He's also worked with Gloria Gaynor and, I believe, Sergio Mendes. Johnny wrote to me after receiving my CD several months ago and told me I reminded him of Gracinha Leporace (singer with Brasil '77 and Sergio Mendes's wife), and that was a compliment I was quite willing to receive!

Johnny Conga's TOP TEN CDs of 2007

Grupo Latin Vibe- "Amanecer"

Alexa Weber Morales- "Wanderings"

Ray Martinez- "Alto Nivel"

Mayra Casales- "Woman on fire"

Chembo Corniel- "For the rest of your life"

Latin Giants of Jazz- "Trip to Mamboland"

Fay Roberts y Charangoa- "Charangoa vol.1

Elspeth Savani y Orch.Zarabanda- "Gallo que Canta"

Papo Vasquez- "From the Badlands"

Bobby Sanabria- "Big Band Urban Folktales".

"This was really hard considering the amount of releases this year, and the talent involved," Johnny says. He is the host and creator of "AL LADO LATINO," which airs Saturdays at 6pm Pacific and online at ww.kbcs.fm. You can check him out on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jcjohnnyconga