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avenida B’s bandleader, david frankel, is an homage to the old school, with their grew up in new York city in the 1980’s own small Avenida B twists that modifes in a musical household. his father daniel the classic and provides a new livery. “el mago” franklin played piano and or- gan in salsa/latin bands since the 1960’s, all of me is an interpretation of the great and rehearsed in their storefront on ave- 1930’s standard composed by gerald nue B in the lower east Side. david grew marks, rearranged in a latin-style with up with the sounds of salsa and latin/ english lyrics. la rosa de me vida was afro-caribbean music what provides the written on the couch at david frankel’s basis for this new endeavor. brother-in-law’s house, playing on a Fisher-Price xylophone. The words re- the inspiration for avenida B’s debut re- fect real life as we all sometimes fear lease el Viaje comes from the musical and that the one we love most will leave us. reallife journey that he and his fellow mu- llora como llore is an homage to david sicians are on with avenida B. lluvia con frankel’s roots listening to afro-cuban nieve, recorded originally by mon rivera, music, in particular carlos embale and