This site started out as simply a couple of audio clips and photos sent as email attachments to share with a
couple members of the now basically defunct RMAL News Group (
news:rec.music.afro-latin). When several additional members also expressed an interest on hearing and seeing more,
I began to fill in and expand the mainly musical autobiography and eventually created this site near the end of 1999.
This mainly musical autobiography spans my musical life from my birth to the present day with recollections,
recordings, anecdotes, photos, etc., and includes original 1962 recordings of Guy Hoffman's Latins featuring
Carlos Federico and 1964 recordings of Cesar's Men, and the various groups with which I have played. Also included
are my Latin Music Collection, my Asian cookbook and non-Asian cookbook collections, my tea/coffee library and equipment
collection, and drumming tuning and playing information.
Photos include several original 1970s pictures of Celia Cruz and Pete Escovedo (Sheila E's father), Larry Harlow
and band dinner visits, and various bands with which I have played.
In addition to my musical experiences,
I will also include some biographical details, experiences with Asian and non-Asian cooking, experiences with raising Arabian horses,
my model train hobby, and
experiences with my spiritual quest(s).
My wife Mary continues to be a major influence in my appreciation of Latin music and culture, in general, and of
Puerto Rican music and culture, in particular.
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Dennis M. "Califa" Reed - My Mainly Musical Autobiography & Other Stuff
