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Daniel Sadownick: There Will Be a Day
by Elliott Simon
Granted this is an oversimplification, but modern Latin jazz was created when percussionist Chano Pozo and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie got together in NYC in the late '40s. While percussionist Daniel Sadownick's sense of history is acute on this debut--witness his use of an excerpt from Pozo's Rumba En Swing" on the catchy solo percussion opener Dedication"--he has accomplished much more than a tribute to congueros past. This is a varied program with infectious percussive breaks reminiscent of ...
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