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Kat Parra: Azucar de amor

AAJ Italy Staff By AAJ Italy Staff

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La cantante Kat Parra ha trovato il modo migliore di esprimersi musicalmente confrontandosi con la musica dei paesi di lingua spagnola. Non solo i ritmi più famosi e conosciuti di salsa, merengue e mambo, ma anche canti provenienti dalla tradizione degli ebrei sefarditi in Spagna o afro-peruviani. Il tutto senza mai dimenticare l'amore per il jazz. Azucar de amor dimostra chiaramente questi interessi della Parra, a partire dalla title-track, di Stanley Turrentine, e passando per brani dagli arrangiamenti (del co-produttore Wayne Wallace) piú impegnativi.

Troviamo anche due sempre-verdi come "Misty" di Erroll Garner e "Night in Tunisia", che vengono trasformati su ritmi di bolero e salsa, ottimamente interpretati da una band che cambia continuamente di formato e dalla voce della leader, sicura e precisa sugli intricati ritmi.

Il suo latin jazz guarda a tante tradizioni, con brani danzabili e non, messi insieme in un disco divertente, che ben si adatta alla stagione estiva, da ascoltare fra un cuba libre ed una caipirinha.


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Track Listing

Sugar (Azucar de Amor); Por La Tu Puerta; Quitate La Queta; Canción Con Todos; Misty; Un Grito; Pedacito De Mi Vida; A Night in Tunisia; Esta Montanya D'Enfrente; Feed My Desire.Sugar (Azucar de Amor); Por La Tu Puerta; Quitate La Queta; Canción Con Todos; Misty; Un Grito; Pedacito De Mi Vida; A Night in Tunisia; Esta Montanya D'Enfrente; Feed My Desire.

Personnel

Kat Parra
vocals

Kat Parra: vocals; Ray Vega: trumpet; Wayne Wallace: trombone; John Calloway: flute; Masaru Koga: flute, saxophone, shakuhachi; Anthony Blea: violin; Murray Low: piano, synthesizer; Jovino Santos Neto: piano; Rick Vandivier: guitar; David Belove: electric bass; Peter Barshay: acoustic bass; David Pinto: bass; Paul van Wageningen: drums; Katja Cooper: darbuka, tar, riq, bells; Michael Spiro: congas, güiro, bongó, pandeiro, tamborim, shaker, percussion; John Santos: timbales, bell, percussion; Raúl Ramirez: cajón, quijada, bell, shaker; David Chaidez: coro; Orlando Torriente: coro.

Album information

Title: Azucar De Amor | Year Released: 2008 | Record Label: Patois Records


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