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Radio Guantanamo: Guantanamo Blues Project Vol. 1

By Jane Bunnett

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Changui Para Alfredo; Give Me One Dollar; Kiriba; Guantanamo Blues, Pt. 1; Lomo de Chivo, Pt. 2; You Have Changed My Life; No Money No Chica; Conga Blue; New Orleans Under Water (Nueva Orleans Bajo Agua); Yemaya; Vamos Para Guaso Compay (Let's Go to Guantanamo Man).

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Jane Bunnett: Radio Guantanamo: Guantanamo Blues Project Vol. 1

Read "Radio Guantanamo: Guantanamo Blues Project Vol. 1" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler

This album from soprano saxophonist/flutist Jane Bunnett and her trumpeter husband, Larry Cramer, is a rich musical gumbo not only exploring the ancient Afro-Haitian-influenced changüi music of southeastern Cuba, but also stirring it up with jazz and the music of New Orleans. Most tracks feature one of two Cuban traditional bands, Grupo Changüi de Guantánamo or ...

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Jane Bunnett: Radio Guantánamo: Guantánamo Blues Project Vol. 1

Read "Radio Guantánamo: Guantánamo Blues Project Vol. 1" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

Canadian saxophonist/flautist Jane Bunnett's latest installment in her long and amply requited love affair with Cuban music directs our attention to changüi, a precursor to son from the eastern part of the island that dates back to the late eighteenth century. Two changüi ensembles, from Santiago and Guantánamo (the latter featuring the incredible singing of José ...

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Red Dragonfly

By Jane Bunnett

Label: EMI Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Odira-E (7:24) 2. Red Dragonfly (aka Tombo) (5:46) 3. Heaven's Gate (5:59) 4. Black is the Color (4:47) 5. Witchi Tia To (5:42) 6. Maria La O (4:23) 7. She's Like a Swallow (7:04) 8. Rabo de Nube (4:32) 9. Divule Oni (4:31) 10. Nkosi Sikelel'i Africa (6:59) 11. Moon Over Ruined Castle (5:37) 12. Un Canadien Errant (4:27).

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Jane Bunnett: Red Dragonfly

Read "Red Dragonfly" reviewed by Ken Franckling

by Ken Franckling

Toronto-based soprano saxophonist Jane Bunnett has built a solid career that for more than a decade has been focused on exploring traditional jazz and folk music from Cuba, touring with her Spirits of Havana band and also working to bring or send instruments to needy young Cuban players. Red Dragonfly is both an ...

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Jane Bunnett: Red Dragonfly

Read "Red Dragonfly" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

For a long time now Jane Bunnett has been a champion of Cuban musicians and their music. What's more, she has several albums that showcase both. This time around, Bunnett expands her parameters to play folk music from several countries. Besides a core jazz band, she also includes a string quartet. Together they take the music ...

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Red Dragonfly (Aka Tombo)

By Jane Bunnett

Label: EmArcy
Released: 2004

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Cuban Odyssey

By Jane Bunnett

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Arrival; Quitate El Chaquet?n (Take Off Your Jacket); A la Rumba; Suite Matanzas (Swingin? in the Solar); Pensando en Jane (Thinking of Jane); El Diablo (The Devil); Nan Fonn Bwaa; Alabans; Prizon; Ron con Ron (Rum with Rum); Movin? On.


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