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Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez & Robby Ameen: Robby & Negro At The Third World War (La Timba No es Como Ayer)

Read "Robby & Negro At The Third World War (La Timba No es Como Ayer)" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Horacio “El Negro" Hernandez and Robby Ameen pack a whole lot into this collaboration. The prime beat comes from Latin music, but there is hip-hop, classical, and jazz as well. How does it all fit in? Just perfectly, thank you! The different strands go to make a compact body which the players get into ...

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Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez/Robby Ameen: Robby & Negro At The Third World War (La Timba No es Como Ayer)

Read "Robby & Negro At The Third World War (La Timba No es Como Ayer)" reviewed by Michael McCaw


Have you ever heard a salsa version of “Sympathy for the Devil ? With the piano carrying the melody and a myriad of percussion instruments forming the swaggering beat? No matter what preconceptions or feelings you have towards the original, it's hard not to find yourself moving with the opening track on Robby & Negro at ...

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Italuba

Label: Pimienta Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Free Latin, Puerto Rico, Danzon For You, Tropical Madrid, 90 Miles to Miles, A Night in Torino (Tunisia), Only With Me, Que Negro Esta

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Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez: Live at the Modern Drummer Festival

Read "Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez: Live at the Modern Drummer Festival" reviewed by John Kelman


With a breadth of ability, drummer Horacio “El Negro" Hernandez still maintains strong roots in the traditional music of his native Cuba. Despite playing in a variety of contexts since relocating to New York City a few years ago, and recording with artists including Victor Mendoza, David Samuels, Steve Turre and, most notably, on Carlos Santana's ...

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Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez: Italuba

Read "Italuba" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Drummer Horacio “El Negro" Hernandez arrived in New York from his native Cuba (via Italy) and slipped into the percussion driver's seat on recordings by pianists Michael Camilo and Chucho Valdes, trumpeter Roy Hargrove and guitar legend Carlos Santana, helping those artists snag a bunch of Grammy Awards. Italuba “"the title a melding of the names ...

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Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez : One Size Fits All

Read "Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez : One Size Fits All" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Horacio “El Negro" Hernandez is a drummer for all seasons. One size fits all. A consummate pro with broad musical tastes, he graces the bands and recordings of a wide variety of performers, not just those in the jazz realm. He's a drummer. Period. Don't mistake that for “any ol' drummer," because he is far from ...

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Michel Camilo: Live From New York

Read "Michel Camilo: Live From New York" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Pianist Michel Camilo is excited. Those who know this virtuoso pianist might think: what else is new? Camilo is not a brooding artist. He's vivacious and upbeat. He's talkative and joyous as a rule. And well he should be, with a dynamite trio and recordings that are garnering both sales and critical praise. He's ...

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Pink Elephant Magic

Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Pink Elephant Magic; Ghost Butter; Wave; What’s Your Choice, Rolls Royce?; Beethoven Meets the Millennium in Spain; Strange Meadowlark; Tico Tico; In Vogue; Cram n Exam; Filenes.


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