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The Echo Park Project: It's My Turn
ByWhile there are a number of admirable solos, especially from trumpeter Ron Francis Blake, saxophonist Frank Fontaine and pianist Jonathan Montes, it is the broad-shouldered rhythms that carry the day in a session whose compass is inflexibly pointed due south. Blake and Fontaine share the front line in a septet whose diligent and able rhythm section numbers Montes, Lopez, Belzaguy, Joey De Leon on timbales and Tomas Martin Lopez on bongos, guiro, shekere and barriles.
Fontaine (on tenor sax) is especially persuasive on the ambling "Felicity's Harvest" (presaging a quick shout-out to daddy by "Felicity" herself?) and shines again on the lively "Charanga in Q" and percussive closer, "Si! Si! C.L.!," while Blake has some of his best moments on "C.L.!" and the irrepressible "Guanica." Fontaine appends a nimble flute solo to "It's My Turn." Meanwhile, the rhythm section keeps stoking the furnace, making sure the indispensable flame never wavers.
It's My Turn should assuage any cravings of those to whom Latin music is akin to food for the soul. The Echo Park Project has prepared a wholesome and seductive table; all that remains is for the listener to sample the rich and tasty menu.
Track Listing
En Camino; Monktuneando; It’s My Turn; Guanica; Can’t Complain; Felicity’s Harvest; Charanga in Q; Si, Si, C.L.I.
Personnel
The Echo Park Project
band / ensemble / orchestraCarlo Lopez
congasRon Francis Blake
trumpetFrank Fontaine
saxophoneJonathan Montes
pianoJoey De Leon
congasTomas Martin Lopez
percussionJohn Belzaguy
bassAlbum information
Title: It's My Turn | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: Self Produced
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