{"id":9370,"date":"2019-08-29T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T20:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/?p=9370"},"modified":"2022-08-23T17:03:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T21:03:35","slug":"giovanni-hidalgo-has-good-return-with-humberto-ramirez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2019\/08\/29\/giovanni-hidalgo-has-good-return-with-humberto-ramirez\/","title":{"rendered":"Giovanni Hidalgo Has Good Return with Humberto Ramirez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humberto Ramirez<\/a> and Giovanni Hidalgo recently celebrated 20 years since their release of “Best Friends”. It also marked the return of Giovanni after a three-year absence from the stages.<\/p>\n

“Best Friends; 20 Years Later”;<\/em> the Concert<\/h3>\n

At the time of the original recording, the album was a project among two band leaders that happened to be best friends since childhood. Both grew up in Old San Juan and both were sons of father musicians. Both took music classes and both hanged out together.<\/p>\n

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Humberto Ramirez and Giovanni Hidalgo received great reviews for their 1999 album “Best Friends”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Best Friends”<\/em> (1999) received great reviews when it was released. It was mostly an Humberto Ramirez-conceived project, with great songs and fantastic performances.<\/p>\n

The concert was held at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I think that it drew great interest for two reasons: first, it brought back together two well-respected Latin Jazz musicians, performing a great repertoire; and secondly, there was some expectation as to how Giovanni could perform after the 3-year absence, and with fewer fingers in his hands.<\/p>\n

Giovanni Hidalgo’s absence from music was due to health conditions related to diabetes. He seems to have brought the condition under control, but it took its toll. Giovanni lost some fingers from his hands.<\/p>\n

Besides my wife, daughter, brother-in-law, and me, those in attendance included music celebrities like Willie Rosario, Danny Rivera, Humberto Ramirez’s father, and Angel “Cachete” Maldonado.<\/p>\n

So, needless to say, we had great expectations for the concert and wanted to perhaps get to hear a few new songs along the way.<\/p>\n

Here’s a short interview done by local Puerto Rico TV with these artists.<\/p>\n