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Tony Succar: Tony Succar y Mixtura: De One Live Sessions, Vol. 1
by Mike Oppenheim
Arranger, producer and percussionist Tony Succar and his Latin jazz band Mixtura offer their renditions of a handful of standards on the 2013 album De One Live Sessions Vol. 1. Though a studio album, the band embraces the “live in the studio" feeling, which shines throughout. A DVD of the band during the same studio session accompanies the album, providing a glimpse of the coordination and communication between the performers. Succar plays timbales and cajon, and is joined ...
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by Dave Wayne
Born in Peru and raised in Miami, Tony Succar has been steeped in the sounds and traditions of Latin music practically since birth. Still in his 20s and comfortably ensconced as an Artist-in-Residence at Florida International University, the versatile percussionist / pianist has worked with worked with the likes of Arturo Sandoval, Néstor Torres, Ed Calle, and Tito Puente Jr., to name a few. While De One Sessions Live, Volume 1 features Mixtura, a fiery, homegrown, all-instrumental Latin jazz band, ...
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