Back in the "Good Old Days"...

Salsa Collage by Raymond Delgado

Many SalsaPower readers sent Joe Cuba get well cards and prayers... and they WORKED!

Thank You!  ¡Gracias!

"...spoke to Joe Cuba on the phone today and he is 100% better. He sounds great and is starting to walk this week. It looks like he will make a full recovery. Thank God!  Please pass along this good news to all your readers." -- Larry Harlow

Joe Cuba is recuperating at:

Joe Cuba (Gilberto Calderón)
DeWitt Nursing Home
East 79th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan, New York 
USA

Conga player and bandleader Gilberto Calderón, known as Joe Cuba, was born in New York City in 1931. His group, the Joe Cuba Sextet, included timbales, vibraphones, piano, bass and singer. In 1967, his recording Bang Bang scored on the national Hit Parade in the United States. He is considered to be one of the first Latino/Nuyorrican salsa artists to include English lyrics in his recordings, such as in his recording, Sock It To Me.

Recuerdo en vida de Joe Cuba por JAQO (Español)

Read Omar Walker's SalsaPower review of the classic Joe Cuba album: Bang! Bang! Push! Push! by The Joe Cuba Sextet (Tico)

Living Memories of Joe Cuba by JAQO (English)

Buy a Joe Cuba CD
to help him out with the medical expenses!

This page last updated on 03-Jan-2008