Concert Tribute to Johnny "Dandy " Rodriguez with the Music of Tipica 73 (Fundraiser*)

LP Music Percussion & Yambu Productions Present:

A Tribute to Johnny "Dandy" Rodriguez with the Music of Tipica 73 (Fundraiser*)

*All Proceeds Will Be Donated to the Rodriguez Family

Wednesday, November 13 at Catalina Jazz Club Located at 6725 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Doors Open: 7pm I Show: 8:30pm

Music Director: Oscar Hernandez

Special Guests: Nelson Gonzalez (tres), George Delgado (congas) and Los Angeles All-Star Band feat. Roosevelt Cordova.

About Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez

Johnny Rodriguez, the most recorded percussionist in the world of Afro-Cuban based dance music (salsa), known by the sobriquet “Dandy," died on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of of 78. His passing was confirmed on social media by his daughter Adrian. The cause of death were complications due to a series of strokes. A master of the battery of Afro-Cuban percussion which includes the timbales, conga, and minor percussion like the guiro, he was particularly revered for his virtuosity on the bongó and the cencerro (hand held bell).

Latin music historian René Lopez stated, “Johnny was the last of the what we would call the ‘old school’ on that instrument. Everything he played was impeccable. His repiques (conversational improvised licks) were always played in good taste, in clave,… he never overplayed and his bell playing was always on the money.”