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Jane Bunnett: Alma De Santiago

by Jim Santella
November 1, 2001

Traditional music from Cuba covers a lot of territory. With vocal soloists and chorus, lively charanga flute features, a stellar jazz saxophone quartet, and a 38-piece percussion ensemble, the session stands on familiar ground. However, this is not mere traditional folkloric music. Bebop jazz and Afro-Cuban actions weave an exciting tale of ceremony and a history ...

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Jane Bunnett: Alma De Santiago

by Jim Josselyn
November 1, 2001

When I began listening to this recording I began to immediately think of some of the things I enjoy most in music - creativity, execution, counterpoint, interplay, feeling and spirited improvisation - and this disc has all of those in abundance as saxophonist Jane Bunnett leads a group of fine musicians through some extremely fresh and ...

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Ritmo + Soul

By Jane Bunnett

Label: EmArcy
Released: 2000

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Jane Bunnett & the Spirits of Havana: Ritmo + Soul

by Jim Santella
July 1, 2000

Merging a traditional Afro-Cuban spirit with the sound of acoustic mainstream jazz, Jane Bunnett and her Spirits of Havana have topped their previous projects. Since her 1992 Spirits Of Havana album on the Denon label, the saxophonist/flutist has brought more than 40 Cuban musicians on tour with her in Canada and in the United States. In ...

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Chamalongo

By Jane Bunnett

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Mondongo; Yambu; Inolvidable; Amor Por Ti; Descarga A La Hindemuth; San Lazaro; Chamalongo; Avisale; Freedom At Last; Coco.

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Jane Bunnett: Chamalongo

by Jim Santella
May 1, 1998

Dedicated to the memory of Cuban singer Merceditas Valdes, Jane Bunnett's latest release brings back the “spirits of Havana" with an ensemble that features pianist Hilario Duran, bassist Carlitos del Puerto, conguero Tata Guines, and includes support from over a dozen others, including tenor saxophonist Yosvanny Terry, Bunnett's husband, trumpeter Larry Cramer, and the Cuban Folkloric ...

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