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Eliane Correa & En El Aire Project: Rumba Con Flores
ByCorrea wrote and arranged all of the songs as well as playing piano, keyboards and synths and adding backing vocals. She's joined by around 30 other musicians, but only drummer Michel Castellanos, trumpeter Graeme Flowers and alto saxophonist Roberto Manzin contribute to more than four tracks. Most players, especially the many percussionists, join in on just one or two numbers.
The result of this wide range of players and singers is a richly diverse set, each song with its own distinct flavor even if Cuban rhythms are at the album's heart. Correa's arrangements make the most of the instrumental mix, especially on songs such as "Rumba Con Flores" that feature Flowers and Manzin. "Tengo Una Piedra En El Bolsillo" combines Flowers' fiery, attacking, solo with the album's tenderest vocal. "Flying Colours" is also a striking song: Josué Borges' flute and Yaisel Puerto Garcia's cello craft contrasting instrumental moods over Binisa Bonner and Yanaysa Prieto's distinctive vocal pairing.
"Cáscaras" once again features Prieto along with the members of Osain del MonteJorge Iván Martín on tres, plus percussionists Adonis Panter Calderón, Barbaro Yordanis Crespo Richard and Ramón Tamayo Martínez. The gentle, relaxing song brings this often high energy debut to a calm and romantic close and shows yet another side to Correa's talents. Rumba Con Flores is, one hopes, just the opening chapter in this exciting young talent's discography.
Track Listing
Wemilere; Silencio; Rumba Con Flores; Aftertaste; Flying Colours; Tengo Una Piedra En El Bolsillo; Veneno; Cáscaras.
Personnel
Eliane Correa
band / ensemble / orchestraEliane Correa: piano, keyboards, synthesisers, backing vocals; Binisa Bonner: vocals (3-7); Yanaysa Prieto: vocals (3, 5, 6, 8); Manuela Panizzo: vocals (1); Leo Power: vocals (2); Juanitta Euka: vocals (7), backing vocals (3, 4, 6); Gerardo De Armas: vocals (1); Graeme Flowers: trumpet (1-4, 6); Roberto Manzin: alto saxophone (1-4, 6); Landy Díaz: trombone (1, 4); Kico Cowan: flute (2, 3, 6); Josué Borges: flute (5); Wayne Francis: tenor saxophone (7); Taurean Antoine-Chagar: baritone saxophone (1); Yaisel Puerto Garcia: cello (1, 5); Greg Sanders: guitar (1); Jorge Iván Martín: tres (8); Jimmy Martínez: bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 5); Frank Portuondo: bass guitar (4, 6), double bass (7); Diobert "El Moro" Melgarejo Somoza: batá drums (1); Onel Matos Somoza: batá drums (1); Raicel Lázaro González Cruz: batá drums (1); Adonis Panter Calderón: percussion (8); Barbaro Yordanis Crespo Richard: percussion (8); Ramón Tamayo Martínez: percussion (8); Hammadi Rencurrell: percussion (1-3); Oscar Martínez: percussion (4, 6); Gerardo De Armas: percussion (3); Keisel Jiménez: chequere (5); Michel Castellanos: drums (1-4, 6, 7); Ernesto Simpson: drums (5).
Album information
Title: Rumba Con Flores | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Self Produced
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About Eliane Correa
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