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Roger has played a set for us at the NAMM (music trade) show in 2005 and 2006, much to the delight of our visitors and ourselves. This year (2006) an urgent matter at home caused me to miss Friday and Saturday at the show, and my wife Linda and I flew back on Sunday. Happily, Roger's set was on Sunday this year, so I didn't miss it.
About a month later, Linda and I were in a gift shop on the north coast. She commented that the CD that was playing in the background reminded her of the music she'd heard at our NAMM show booth. It was playing very softly, so I paused to listen closer. You're way ahead of me, right?
"There's a good reason for that," I said. Yes, it was Roger's CD, Cafe Fuego. "It's the same guy."
"Let's get the CD," she said.
"We already have it," I said, although I had to admit it was at my office, and promised to bring it home.I'm rapidly becoming a fan of this blend of Flamenco and Latin jazz, especially when played by such a skillful guitarist as Roger Espinoza.
Roger at our NAMM booth, 2005
