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Norberto Vélez Curbelo

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Sesiones Desde La Loma
OriginPuerto Rico
GenresSalsa
Occupation(s)singer, composer, producer, arranger and entertainer
Years active2019–present
Websitehttps://www.youtube.com/user/norbertong2/videos

Sesiones Desde La Loma (Session from the Hill) was first featured on October 2019 on the Youtube channel and is filmed in Hatillo, Puerto Rico from the La Loma del Temeguindo. Each month, unannounced featured guest or groups join Norberto Vélez Curbelo to bring the music of Puerto Rico to Youtube audiences from around the world played on instrument typical to the Island of Puerto Rico and Latin America. These musical events, mostly salsa music, appear on the Youtube channel unannounced monthly on a weekday or weekend. Sesiones Desde La Loma on the Youtube channel is monitor in anticipation when the next session from the hill is uploaded. Norberto Velez has amassed over 218.8 million views on his Youtube channel. Below are links to other Wikipedia pages of past and present performers at Sesiones Desde La Loma, Puerto Rico music and genres, Puerto Rican History and culture and instruments used in the latin culture. Picture galleries of the invited guests featured at the hill and several of the instruments played at the hill. In December 2024 Norberto featured Session number 42 from the hill.

On October 22, 2022 Fans from the four corners of Puerto Rico and different parts of the world participated in a sold-out live event, called "El Evento" near the little house on the hill featuring some of the past guest, including Maelo Ruiz and Tito Nieves at The Hill of Temeguindo.

On October 01, 2023 Fans From around the world joined Norberto for Sesiones Desde La Loma El Evento 2 at El Gran Parque Agroturístico Ecológico y Recreativo El Dorado in Dorado, Puerto Rico. The video release of this event was feature on Youtube on New Years Eve 2023

In four years, Sesiones Desde La Loma, has over 23.2 million views with 42 sessions and two live events, far surpassing the initial projected goals of 25 videos. YouTube Sesiones Desde La Loma has had over three millions, not including singles performed by Norberto Velez on the same channel. The second live event occured on October 1, 2023 in the Gran Parque Agroturistico, Ecológico y Recreativo El Dorado in Dorado, Puerto Rico.

History[edit]

Founder of Sesiones Desde La Loma[edit]

Clock Tower University of Puerto Rico-San Marcos-Harvard

Norberto Vélez Curbelo (born August 20, 1979, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is founder of Sesiones Desde La Loma on YouTube. Norberto's family was made up of his father Heriberto Vélez, who passed a short while ago, his mother Norma Curbelo and his younger sister Normarí Vélez. Before taking his first steps in his residence in the town of Hatillo, Puerto Rico, showed signs of his artistic streak. His first music teacher, his father, offered classes at the Escuela Especializada Libre Música Arecibo and at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in the town of Arecibo. In his childhood, Norberto showed interest in learning to play various instruments, of which he made the guitar his favorite. At the age of seven, Norberto, always led by his parents, began to offer his first musical performances interpreting the typical music of Puerto Rico. He remained in this environment for approximately ten years between the ensembles Conjunto Tipico Clasico and Conjunto 4x4. When Norberto was 17 years old, he joined the Trompeta Con Trovadores – Trumpet with Trovadores, directed by maestro Elías López Sobá, where he began to feel a great passion for the salsa genre.[1] During this time, he participated as a backup singer with various artists such as: Kedwin Ceballo, Frankie Negrón, Carolina la O, Pedro Brull, among others. After approximately three years, Norberto joined as a backup singer with the Victor Manuelle known as El Sonero de la Juventud. In 2003, Victor presented the concert where Norberto sang the duet with the sonero of youth the song of "Sin Bandera Si te vas"/"Without the Flag, it leaves you". Norbeto Vélez and his childhood friend Gerardo Rivas, formed a Puerto Rican Salsa group name NG2 which lasted for sixteen years until they decided to concentrate on projects that they want to achieve individually.[2][3] Gerardo Rivas father Jerry Rivas, lead singer for El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico for 45 years, was featured with the group at the hill in episode number 32.

La Loma del Temeguindo[edit]

Welcome To Hatillo

Afterwards, Norberto, singer, composer, producer, arranger and entertainer[4][5][6] built a small house, known as the "Casa de los/House of the salseros" with a porch at "La Loma del Temeguindo"-"The Hill of Temeguindo"[7] in the Barrio (District) of Naranjito located in Hatillo, Puerto Rico. In 2019, Norberto starting producing YouTube videos episodes titled "Sesiones Desde La Loma"/"Sessions from the Hill" approximately every month.[8][9][10] Norerto's initial goal was to produce 25 video sessions.[11] The project is currently continuing and YouTube subscribers have grown to over 300 thousand from an initial start of 200.[12][13][14] Norberto produces his own music videos as well and uploaded his live concert which premiered on April 9, 2021, from "LA Loma" Titled "A Mi Modo" which has been viewed over 100K times. On October 22nd, Norberto's sold-out live concert titled "The Event" was attended by thousand of people near the little house on the hill.[15]

Dia de Los Tres Reyes Magos[edit]

In Puerto Rico, Epiphany (/əˈpɪfəni/ ə-PIF-ə-nee), is an important festive holiday, and is commonly referred as Dia de Los Tres Reyes Magos, or Three Kings' Day. It is traditional for children to fill a box with fresh grass or hay and put it underneath their bed, for the Wise Men's horses. In Puerto Rico many artisans make commemorative historical figures of the Magi on horseback. The Three Wise Men of Puerto Rico, according to local tradition, arrive on horseback instead of camels as in other countries where the custom is also ingrained. The three kings will then take the grass to feed the horses and will leave gifts under the bed as a reward. These traditions are analogous to the customs of children leaving mince pies and sherry out for Father Christmas in Western Europe or leaving milk and cookies for Santa Claus in the United States. On the day before the feast (January 5), the "Rosario de Reyes" or "Promesa de Reyes" is celebrated with songs (aguinaldos) promised to be sung to the Kings, usually before a little table with figures of the Nativity and the Kings or with the Kings alone and their camels. This celebration is accompanied with a chicken soup, snacks, and drinks.

Aguinaldo[edit]

On January 06, 2023, El Dia de los Tres Reyes Magos, Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 33 featured Grupo Mapeyé: Orquesta Criolla Nacional de Puerto Rico playing typical aguinaldo. In Puerto Rico, the aguinaldo is a musical gift offered during the Christmas season and is a tradition inherited from the island's Spanish colonizers. As a musical gift, aguinaldos are mostly played by "parranderos" or "trullas" during the Christmas holidays. While parrandas, showing up at a residence late at night, with a group of Christmas carolers, is a practice that is slowly being lost in Puerto Rico,[16] a Puerto Rican aguinaldos album debuted in the top 10 Billboard Tropical Albums in December 2019.[17] In 2016, Grupo Mapeyé, was nominated in Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album in 2016 with "En Las Islas Canarias" in the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

Originally, aguinaldos were "villancicos" with strong religious connotations but soon evolved to "coplas" (quartets) and "decimas" (ten-verses compositions) about all kinds of everyday topics. Aguinaldos were played with typical instruments such as the bordonúa, a tiple, a cuatro, a carracho or güiro, a cowbell, barriles de bomba, an accordion, and maracas. With bordonua players becoming more difficult to find, the guitar became a staple accompanying the cuatro. Today, panderos (also known as "pleneras"), brass instruments and whatever makes noise, are used.[16]

As a genre, the aguinaldo is played mostly on the radio on key Christmas holidays in Puerto Rico; the day before Christmas and in Christmas, on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and the day before Three Kings Day and on Three King's Day (January 6).[18] Aguinaldos are also played at Christmas church celebrations.[16]

Singers/Groups Outside of Puerto Rico[edit]

Episode 9 featured Johnny Rivera, an American salsa singer of Puerto Rican descent. Rivera was born in the Bronx, New York, and attended high school at Benjamin Franklin High School. He moved briefly to Puerto Rico before returning to New York City to begin a career in music. Episode 31 feature José Alberto Justiniano (born December 22, 1959, in Villa Consuelo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), better known by his stage name José Alberto "El Canario", a salsa singer from the Dominican Republic. Episode 34 feature Daniela Alejandra Darcourt Escurra, born on April 20, 1996 and spent her entire childhood with her five sisters in the El Porvenir neighborhood, in the La Victoria district, in Lima, Peru. Daniela is a Peruvian singer, songwriter and dancer. She is cataloged by experts as one of the best salsa singers in the country. She has also been a Judge for Yo Soy Kids, and a trainer at La Voz Peru, La voz Senior and La voz Kids. Episodes 36 and 37 feature from Venezuela, Ronald Borgas from Guaco (band) and Servando & Florentino respectively. Episode 38 featured Gaby Zambrano who is a member of Agua Bella is a female technocumbia music group from Peru.

Other guest[edit]

In episode 38, beside Gaby Zambrano from Peru also included Puerto Ricans Pete Perignon and Jeremry Bosch. Pete Perignon, the son of legendary salsa bandleader Don Perignon. Pete is a Latin Grammy-winning bandleader, musical director, and master percussionist. He was recognized in the category of Tropical Best Salsa Album "La Esquina del Bailador" at the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Jeremy Bosch who wrote "Ya No Me Duele", the fourth track on the album SALSWING!

Transition and Creation[edit]

On April 14, 2023 Norberto released a musical production titled "Transición y Creación" that reflected the evolution of Norberto Vélez as a singer, composer and producer. Transición y Creación has nine unpublished songs, all authored by the singer. In this production, the salsa public had the opportunity to listen to Norberto, but also to his bandmates Carlos García and Jota Ruiz, with whom he also shared composition credits on two songs.

Sesiones Desde La Loma YouTube Videos[edit]

Title Date Title (Título) – Guest (Invitada-Invitado) Performers Views
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 1" October 14, 2019 Manolo Ramos[19] 188k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 2" November 8, 2019 Gilberto Santa Rosa "El Caballero de la Salsa" ("The Gentleman of Salsa") 2.9m+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 3" December 6, 2019 La Parranda (Party) Desde La Loma - From the Hill - Christmas Party 1m+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 4" January 23, 2020 Madera Fina[20] 126k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 5" February 13, 2020 Victor Manuelle El Sonero de la Juventud ("The Singer Of Youths") 2.4m+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 6" March 5, 2020 Danny Rivera 442k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 7" April 27, 2020 Tus Canciones Favoritas - Your Favorite Songs 66k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 8" May 10, 2020 Los Seis De La Loma 129k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 9" June 11, 2020 Johnny Rivera 542k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 10" July 10, 2020 Michelle Brava[21] 233k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 11" August 14, 2020 Domingo Quiñones 205k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 12" September 10, 2020 Carlos García 136k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 13" November 5, 2020 ¡Nuestro Aniversario! - Our (First) Anniversary 62k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 14" November 25, 2020 Homenaje a Tito Rojas "El Gallo Salsero" (Su Última/Last - Live/Presentación En Vivo) 755k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 15" January 15, 2021 Luisito Carrión[22] 625k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 16" February 12, 2021 Serenata Desde La Loma 149k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 17" June 4, 2021 Ángel "Cucco" Peña 441k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 18" July 16, 2021 La Fuerza De Choque[23] 207k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 19" August 12, 2021 Tito Nieves "El Pavarotti de la Salsa" 2.2m+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 20" September 9, 2021 Chucho Avellanet 149k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 21" October 14, 2021 Maelo Ruiz - ¡Nuestro Segundo Aniversario! - Our (Second) Anniversary 760k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 22" November 11, 2021 Start of the Christmas Celebration - Plenéalo ensembles in my Puerto Rico! 233k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 23" December 9, 2021 Christian Nieves-Virtuoso Puerto Rico cuatro & feat. Omar Santiago[24] trovador 248k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 24" January 27, 2022 Moncho Rivera[25] - Homenaje/Tribute - Ismael "Maelo" Rivera - "El Sonero Mayor" 552k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 25" March 17, 2022 Moncho Rivera - (Parte II) 515k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 26" April 21, 2022 El Último Bolero y sus Compositores 66k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 27" April 28, 2022 Andy Montañez 719k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 28" June 10, 2022 Michael Stuart 146k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 29" July 14, 2022 La Fuerza de Choque (Parte II) 233k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 30" August 12, 2022 Homenaje a Tres De Los Grandes: Frankie Ruiz, Hector Lavoe, Tricoche 267k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 31" September 15, 2022 José Alberto "El Canario" 979k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma El Evento I" October 22, 2022 3-Hour Live Concert El Evento I Uploaded on New Year's Eve 2022 815k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 32" November 24, 2022 El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico 1.3m+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 33" January 06, 2023 Grupo Mapeyé: Orquesta Criolla Nacional de Puerto Rico 265k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 34" February 09, 2023 Daniela Darcourt[26][circular reference] 765k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 35" February 09, 2023 David Rivera[27] 97k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 36" May 04, 2023 Ronald Borjas 389k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 37" June 24, 2023 Servando & Florentino during the celebration of "La Noche de San Juan" 1.7m+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 38" Jul 27, 2023 Pete Perigñon FT. Gaby Zambrano & Jeremy Bosch 126k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 39" Jul 27, 2023 Bobby Valentín y Su Orquesta 370k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma El Evento II" October 1, 2023 3-Hour Live Concert El Evento II Uploaded on New Year's Eve 2023 198k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 40" Oct 20, 2023 La Vellonera De La Loma 119k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 41" Dec 14, 2023 La Vellonera Navideña 153k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 42" Feb 01, 2024 Nino Segarra 163k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 43" Feb 22, 2024 Manny Manuel 91k+
"Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 44" Mar 22, 2024 Willie Rosario 11k+

Guest (Invitada-Invitado) Performers[edit]

Instrumentos - Instruments[edit]

  • Los Bongós

    Los Bongós

  • Ls Clave

    Ls Clave

  • Las Congas-Tumbadoras

    Las Congas-Tumbadoras

  • Contrabass

    Contrabass

  • El Cencerro-Cowbells

    El Cencerro-Cowbells

  • Cuatro

    Cuatro

  • Flauta-Flute

    Flauta-Flute

  • Güiro

    Güiro

  • Guitarra-Guitar

    Guitarra-Guitar

  • Guitarra Eléctrico Bajo-Bass

    Guitarra Eléctrico Bajo-Bass

  • Maracas

    Maracas

  • Pandeiro

    Pandeiro

  • Piano Eléctrico

    Piano Eléctrico

  • Piano

    Piano

  • Saxophone

    Saxophone

  • Los Timbales

    Los Timbales

  • Trompet

    Trompet

  • Trombone

    Trombone

  • Violin

    Violin

See Also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ NG2
  2. ↑ Gerardo Rivas tells his truth about the separation of NG2
  3. ↑ Puerto Rican salsa orchestra NG2 breaks up after 16 years
  4. ↑ Entrevista a Norberto Vélez Curbelo (Interview)
  5. ↑ Salsa that transcends in 'Sessions from the Loma'
  6. ↑ Norberto Vélez presents his album “In my way”
  7. ↑ La Loma del Temeguindo
  8. ↑ Everything ready for "Sessions From the Loma... The event"
  9. ↑ Norberto Vélez defiende la salsa y el bolero desde su loma
  10. ↑ ¡Me Quedo En La Loma! Hablemos un rato A "I'm Staying On The Hill" Let's have a conversation
  11. ↑ Norberto Vélez ans his "magical place" on the hill of Hatillo
  12. ↑ Norberto Vélez’s “Sesiones Desde la Loma”
  13. ↑ “Sessions from the Loma” by Norberto Vélez
  14. ↑ Enjoyed “Sesiones Desde la Loma, El Evento”
  15. ↑ Norberto Vélez y su "lugar mágico" en la loma de Hatillo
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Mason, J. Alden; Espinosa, Aurelio M. (1918). "Porto-Rican Folk-Lore. Décimas, Christmas Carols, Nursery Rhymes, and Other Songs". The Journal of American Folklore. 31 (121): 289–450. doi:10.2307/534783. JSTOR 534783.
  17. ↑ "Puerto Rico's 'Tiempos de Aguinaldo' Debuts Top 10 on Tropical Albums Chart". Billboard.
  18. ↑ "Contento Nano con 'Tiempos de aguinaldo' – Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular | San Juan, Puerto Rico" (in español). 22 September 2019.
  19. ↑ Salsa Circuit Bio Manolo Ramos
  20. ↑ Solar Latin Club Bio Madera Fina
  21. ↑ Iba boston Bio Michelle Brava
  22. ↑ Salsa Master Bio Luisito Carrón
  23. ↑ Create in Puerto Rico- "The Shock of Force"the-force-of-shock-with the new generation of Salsa of the island
  24. ↑ Decimanía: Musicians from Puerto Rico and the Canary Islands to Gather in New York
  25. ↑ Moncho Rivera
  26. ↑ es:Daniela Darcourt
  27. ↑ Discussions in Percussion


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