Que Viva La Musica presents our recent conversation with Mario Grillo - Machito Jr. supporting our fundraising efforts for WFDU 89.1 FM and promoting his upcoming presentation.

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts presents “Palladium in the New Millennium,” on Saturday, March 5, at 8 p.m. Organizers say this eagerly awaited event will consist of a night of reminiscing on the era in the 1950s-1960s when Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez headlined as “The Big Three” at Manhattan’s Palladium Ballroom.

Organizers say the show honors Robert Sancho, vice president of development and external affairs at Bronx Care Health System, who they say has worked incredibly hard for more than 20 years to make the arts shine on the Bronx stage and has produced excellent season opening concerts at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts. So ...