Jazz Articles about Rhubumba

Rhubumba: Rhubumba

by Matt Merewitz
August 1, 2004

Palm Beach-based Sea Breeze Records has quietly crept up as one of the most prolific of contemporary boutique jazz labels. Sea Breeze not only exposes the talents of prodigious college groups and faculty combos, it captures many regional acts that haven't yet broken into the national consciousness. The LA-based collective Rhubumba (a made-up word) fits the bill perfectly. Blending straight-ahead with evident Latin sensibilities, this group shows with its self-titled album that it doesn't need star power (though veteran trumpeter ...