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Viva Cubop 3: The Essential Latin & Afro-Cuban Jazz Collection

Label: Cubop
Released: 2003
Track listing: Just Another Guajira, Kimbisa, My Favorite Things, Mallet Hands, I Don't Speak Spanish, Skin & Bones, My Dream Boogaloo, Juan Jose, Barrets Bag, Tresguanco (for Iris Pell), Back to the Roots, 42nd & Broadway, Bemba Colora

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Various Artists: Viva Cubop 3: The Essential Latin & Afro-Cuban Jazz Collection

Read "Viva Cubop 3: The Essential Latin & Afro-Cuban Jazz Collection" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 11, 2003

This set layers thirteen tracks from the Cubop roster of Afro-Cuban masters past and present into a thick forest of steamy, sweltering percussion funk. Timbalero Bobby Matos was the first artist the label signed and is represented by “Kimbisa” from his album Footprints. Matos also produced “Back to the Roots,” a reminder that the ...