Hello all,
Due to hurricane Rita and other conflicting interests, the event planned at the American Airlines Arena was rescheduled and never materialized. Miami-Dade College, The Kiwanis of Little Havana, WPBS, WLRN, Arturo Sandoval, Negroni's Trio, The Fuego Caliente Band, Alfredo Oliva and Miami Symphonic Services, Dana Paul, Peter Graves and the Jaco Pastorious Word of Mouth Revisited Big Band, The American Federation of Musicians, and many other existing and new partners and artists worked hard to put the ecent together but were unable to make the event happen. Other events did take place throughout the community including a benefit concert at the University of Miami where professor Calle participated.

Song: The Motherland of Jazz/La Capital del Jazz
Composer: Arturo Sandoval
Arranger: Ed Calle
Date: Labor Day, Sept. 5, 2005
Time: 8:00 AM - 2:30 AM
Studio: Recorded at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus Studio-M
Vocal soloists: Jon Secada, Betty Wright, Lisanne Lyons, Wendy Pederson, Dana Paul, Rudy Perez, Willie Chirino, Carlos Oliva, Arturo Sandoval, Ed Calle
Chorus: Monica Pututi.
Rhythm Section: Lee Levin (drums), Dan Warner (guitar), Jim Gasior (piano), Tomasito Cruz (percussion), Jeff Carswell (electric bass) & Armando Gola (acoustic bass), Pututi (drums).
Clarinet: Gary Lindsay
Saxophones: Gary Keller, Gary Lindsay, Ed Calle, Ken Mattis, Mike Brignola
Trumpets: Jim Hacker, Jason Carder, Alex Norris, Kenny Faulk
Trombones: Dana Teboe, John Kricker, Steve Sigmund, Dan Satterwhite
Engineers: Ron Taylor, Lee Levin, Dan Warner, Ed Calle
Assistant engineer: Luke Gilfeather
Mixed by: Bruce Sweeden