Jazz Articles

Henry Mora Orchestra:

by Javier AQ Ortiz
February 11, 2004

The West Coast's Henry Mora Orchestra is a mambo-era dance type of big band with its own updates to such musical reliquaries in the arrangements, R&B vocal inflections, its manifest salsa influences and the contemporary expressions of the soloists. 'Round Midnight, however, is a swinging danceable piñata with a mixed bag of candy. Not all tastes will be pleased with the styles of all seven performances, yet most listeners should be able to partake of the sweet and sour goodies ...