Boléro

I discovered a secret place where one can listen to a vast collection of Bolero music on vinyl, that was recorded all over Latin America during the middle decades of the 20th century; Where Jorge, the bartender, will talk your ear off, telling you intricate stories about each and every track. It's called El Bolero Bar. Also, by reading this article I learned how to embed google maps into this blog! This is where you can find El Bolero Bar:


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But I should warn people that even with this map, the place is hard to find; in order to get there, you'll think that you're entering the garage of a giant condominium complex.

Before last night, the only time I had heard the word Bolero was in reference to the 1928 orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, which is actually spelled Boléro:

As it turns out, Bolero Music is also a genre of slow dance music that began in Spain and became popular in Cuba and some other places in the Americas. Most of the records Jorge played for me didn't sound at all like Ravel's piece.