Dave Garlitz has played guitar, electric bass, and tres (a Cuban guitar with strings tuned in three pairs) in performances with pianist Elio Villafranca, the grammy-award winning Relâche Ensemble, and the national touring company of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, among others. He has performed and studied with various nationally recognized musicians in Cuba, including tresero Daniel Cos of the Santiago-based group Moneda Nacional. After completing a Masters’ Degree in Ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University, he moved to Paris where he recently recorded with Parisian salsa group La Contrabanda and performs regularly with the son septet Barrio del Este. He currently teaches guitar and electric bass at Ecole Koenig, a bilingual music school on the Left Bank.
New Tracks from the Sextet
Maria Teresa - an original arrangement of an obscure son from the 1920’s, this track has fast become one of the favorites in the Conjunto 23 repertoire. The lyrics and rough melodic structure come from Sexteto Boloña’s “A La Cuata Co y Co,” among the first sones to be recorded. This version features the new formation of Conjunto 23, with Orlando Fiol on vocals and congas, and Tim Thompson on trumpet.
