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From the editor: a well-deserved honor

Arsenio Rodriguez on the tres guitar, far left, at the Club Cubano Inter-Americano in 1957, with Luis "Wito" Kortwrite and Candido Antomattei on vocals.

The corner of Intervale Ave. and Dawson St. will be renamed for one of the all-time Latin music greats, the late Arsenio Rodriguez, in the fall, thanks to efforts by a group of his fans.

Art / Education

Bronx Trail traverses area’s musical roots

By Daniel Bejarano In the 1950s and ’60s the streets of the South Bronx were brimming with music. The sound of conga drums reverberated between rooftops. Afro-Cuban and jazz rhythms merged with son, mambo and chachacha beats on stoops in Hunts Point, Longwood and Mott Haven to create a new [...]