Results for "Cubop"

Viva CuBop 3

By Various Artists

Label: Cubop
Released: 2003
Track listing: Just Another Guajira; Kimbisa; My Favorite Things; Mallet Hands; I Don

Viva Cubop 3: The Essential Latin & Afro-Cuban Jazz Collection

By Various Artists

Label: Cubop
Released: 2003
Track listing: Just Another Guajira, Kimbisa, My Favorite Things, Mallet Hands, I Don't Speak Spanish, Skin & Bones, My Dream Boogaloo, Juan Jose, Barrets Bag, Tresguanco (for Iris Pell), Back to the Roots, 42nd & Broadway, Bemba Colora

Carnival In San Juan

By Papo Vazquez

Label: Cubop
Released: 2003
Track listing: Carnival in San Juan; Mundo Bizarro; Las Torres; Plena Pa

Viva Cubop 3

Label: Cubop
Released: 2003
Track listing: Just Another Guajira; Kimbisa; My Favorite Things; Mallet Hands; I Don

Papo Vazquez Pirates Troubadours: Carnival In San Juan

by Jim Santella
December 3, 2003

This hot Latin treat is a steaminng portion of Afro-Caribbean jazz that reflects the specific cultural elements found in Puerto Rico. Trombonist Papo Vazquez wrote most of the selections and interprets them with a little help from some wildly enthusiastic friends. Vazquez, Willie Williams, Arturo O’Farrill, John Benitez and Victor Jones form the ...

Various Artists: Viva Cubop 3: The Essential Latin & Afro-Cuban Jazz Collection

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 11, 2003

This set layers thirteen tracks from the Cubop roster of Afro-Cuban masters past and present into a thick forest of steamy, sweltering percussion funk. Timbalero Bobby Matos was the first artist the label signed and is represented by “Kimbisa” from his album Footprints. Matos also produced “Back to the Roots,” a reminder that the ...

Papo Vazquez / Pirates Troubadors: Carnival In San Juan

by Jerry D'Souza
October 8, 2003

From the melting pot of Latin jazz in all its vibrant, exhilarating colors comes the music of Angel “Papo” Vazquez. He weaves a vast mosaic, bringing into play an array of styles that dwell in bomba rhythms as well as in the waltz and the gentle ministrations of a delectable ballad. Vazquez's control of ...

Various: Viva Cubop 3

by Jerry D'Souza
May 6, 2003

A rich lore of Latin jazz remains to be mined, and this collection offers a great lead-in. Cuban music takes off on different tangents, giving it a wide body encompassing a richness of sound, a munificence of rhythm and an abundance of emotion. The collection here evokes these images. It gets off to ...

Various Artists: Viva CuBop 3

by Jim Santella
April 2, 2003

As with most “best of” compilations, CuBop’s third features many exciting artists, each of whom can command entire sessions of their own. Michael Turre performs a fiery “Kimbisa” on flute with the band of Bobby Matos. Charles Owens soars eloquently over “My Favorite Things” with Francisco Aguabella’s ensemble. Marvin Horne’s laid-back guitar sings from the heart ...

Cubacan

By Francisco Aguabella

Label: Cubop
Released: 2002