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Hot House: Hot House: Cuban Tribute to Charlie Parker

by Nicholas F. Mondello
February 21, 2009

Over the last year, there have been a number of Latin tribute CD releases, incuding trombonist Conrad Herwig's The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter (Halfnote, 2008). Trumpeter Steven Gluzband's Hot House: Cuban Tribute to Charlie Parker tribute goes right for the “tribute jugular" of jazz with this entertaining, and highly interesting CD. Who better to honor than Bird himself--who, while revolutionizing both the pathway of jazz and the alto saxophone, frequently incorporated Latin tunes and licks ("Tico Tico" was a ...