PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Percussionist Orestes Vilat: The Beat Goes On

Chatting with the Cuban-born, N.Y.-bred titan of timbales is like opening a history book of Latin music. Plays tonight at the Catalina Bar and Grill Hollywood. Chatting with Orestes Vilat is like taking a verbal walking tour of a half-century of Latin music. Pluck a name from the annals of salsa, Latin rock, Cuban roots music or Latin jazz and the odds are strong that this Cuban-born, New York-bred percussionist has tapped out polyrhythms alongside them: Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana, Celia...

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