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Acknowledgement

Label: LifeForcejazz
Released: 2005
Track listing: Manhattan Mozambique; Cuando Baila Ramon; Song For Jud; A Love Supreme - Acknowledgement; Motivos de Jazz; Songoro; Runji; Chango's Jazz; Soy Lucumi; Evelyn; Equinox; Chango's Charanga; Drum Dance.

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Bobby Matos and His Latin Jazz Ensemble: Acknowledgement

Read "Acknowledgement" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes


It's too bad that the audience actually watching the show at Queens' Jamaica Jams Festival on August 6th wasn't as large as expected--most people there seemed to be more interested in shopping and eating than enjoying the music. Their loss, for those who did stop to listen to the short set presented by Bobby Matos and ...

Album

Made by Hand

Label: Life Force Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Afro Blue 2. Babara Milagrosa 3. Descarga Cubana 4. El Montuno De Almeja 5. Llegue 6. Philadelphia Mambo 7. Oye Mi Querida 8. Lluvia Con Nieve

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Bobby Matos: Made by Hand

Read "Made by Hand" reviewed by Russ Musto


Transplanted New York timbalero Bobby Matos brings his hot New York style salsa to his adopted home state of California on Made By Hand , a live '03 Pasadena concert recording by his Afro Latin Jazz All Stars, a group of fine players who are relatively unknown to listeners here in New York. Matos, who is ...

Album

Mambo Jazz

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2001

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Bobby Matos & John Santos: Mambo Jazz

Read "Mambo Jazz" reviewed by Jim Santella


By allowing their bands to jam together for this project, Bobby Matos and John Santos have created a loose-knit, easy to like affair. Both percussionist bandleaders emphasize Afro-Latin jazz in their respective ensembles. Beside a colorful lineup of tuned drums and cowbells of different sizes, their combined orchestra has room for traditional Afro-Cuban vocals and fiery ...

Album

Live At Moca

Label: Tzadik
Released: 1999

Album

Sessions

Label: Cubop
Released: 1998

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Bobby Matos: Sessions

Read "Sessions" reviewed by Joel Roberts


This compilation album is drawn from nine sessions recorded over a 14-year period by Bobby Matos and his Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble. The emphasis here is on the “Jazz" side of “Latin Jazz." Matos, a percussionist and vocalist, leads the various groups through a wildly eclectic assortment of originals, traditional Latin tunes, pop songs, and modern jazz. ...


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