{"id":46345,"date":"2016-08-03T15:42:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T22:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=46345"},"modified":"2016-08-03T15:42:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T22:42:40","slug":"besos-de-coco-coconut-kisses-comes-jazz-pines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/08\/03\/besos-de-coco-coconut-kisses-comes-jazz-pines\/","title":{"rendered":"Besos de Coco, coconut kisses, comes to Jazz in the Pines"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Besos
Besos de Coco (coconut kisses), in addition to having the most unusual name of any act scheduled for Jazz in the Pines 2016, also brings the most unusual instrumentation \u2014 classical guitar and voice, double bass sometimes played as a conga, and percussion from the feet of an accomplished tap and Latin dancer. Besos plays Stephens Recital Hall on Sunday, the last day of the festival. Pictured (from left) are Claudia Gomez Vorce (tap), Evona Wascinski (bass) and Lorraine Castellanos (classical guitar and vocals). Photo courtesy Besos de Coco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As John Newman and Idyllwild Arts continue to add spice to the Jazz in the Pines menu, one of the most unusual and eclectic of first-time festival acts is Besos de Coco. Arguably the act with the most interesting name (translation from Spanish, \u201ccoconut kisses\u201d) Besos also has perhaps the most unusual instrumentation and genre mix.<\/p>\n

Three women, with internationally diverse backgrounds, push the boundaries of musical collaboration and genres. Filipina-American Lorraine Castellanos plays classical guitar and sings, riffing on Andres Segovia and Sarah Vaughan; Evona Wascinski, born in Poland, plays double bass and sometimes treats it as a conga drum; and Mexican-American Claudia Gomez Vorce is the group\u2019s percussionist, using her feet to provide the varied musical genre rhythms of flamenco, classical, jazz, Charleston swing, Latin and American pop.<\/p>\n

Said Castellanos (who is married to Jazz in the Pines veteran trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos), \u201cWhat we have is fun. We play a broad mix from tango and romantic boleros to Elvis Presley and Charleston-era swing. Last year, we played for the patrons concert but this is the first time we\u2019re in the actual festival. Marshall [Hawkins] invited us and we\u2019re very happy to be playing in Stephens [Recital Hall].\u201d<\/p>\n

Castellanos said the group\u2019s arrangements are collaborative and are key components of Besos\u2019 appeal. \u201cWe are always trying new things and innovative approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reviewed in the San Diego Reader as, \u201cThick, buttery sound \u2026 astonishing footwork \u2026 the purity of a songbird \u2026 three strong women, an inspired choice,\u201d Besos de Coco creates a musical travelogue serving up the romance of the Mediterranean, Latin America and American jazz. And just as irresistible as the Caribbean macaroon dessert for which they\u2019re named, Besos de Coco will keep festival audiences wanting more \u2014 because of their tasty arrangements and intriguing flavors.<\/p>\n

They appear at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21.<\/p>\n

Jazz in the Pines tickets can now be bought in town at the Idyllwild Arts boutique on North Circle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As John Newman and Idyllwild Arts continue to add spice to the Jazz in the Pines menu, one of the most unusual and eclectic of first-time festival acts is Besos de Coco. Arguably the act with the most interesting name (translation from Spanish, \u201ccoconut kisses\u201d) Besos also has perhaps the most unusual instrumentation and genre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nBesos de Coco, coconut kisses, comes to Jazz in the Pines • Idyllwild Town Crier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/08\/03\/besos-de-coco-coconut-kisses-comes-jazz-pines\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/\",\"name\":\"Idyllwild Town Crier\",\"description\":\"Almost All the News \\u2014\\u00a0Part of the Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/08\/03\/besos-de-coco-coconut-kisses-comes-jazz-pines\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/besos-de-coco-2.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/08\/03\/besos-de-coco-coconut-kisses-comes-jazz-pines\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/08\/03\/besos-de-coco-coconut-kisses-comes-jazz-pines\/\",\"name\":\"Besos de Coco, coconut kisses, comes to Jazz in the Pines • Idyllwild Town Crier\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/08\/03\/besos-de-coco-coconut-kisses-comes-jazz-pines\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-03T22:42:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-03T22:42:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/800eebb80d1e5e36859dc6c5cb500784\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/08\/03\/besos-de-coco-coconut-kisses-comes-jazz-pines\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/800eebb80d1e5e36859dc6c5cb500784\",\"name\":\"Marshall Smith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f832ebbb90c77ae40e932b1b868a8db?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Marshall Smith\"},\"description\":\"Marshall Smith has been writing for the Town Crier since 2005. His favorite quote is: '\\\"Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.\\\" Robert Kennedy quoting George Bernard Shaw\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46347,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46345\/revisions\/46347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}