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Arturo Sandoval: Hot House
by Javier AQ Ortiz
In societies haunted by seemingly providential preventive warnings and labels, this album should come with a cover admonition: “Warning! Testicular trumpet playing can affect all those with a weak heart for well-executed music, especially Kenny G fans. Please consult your physician before buying this album.” Well, on the other hand, do not think for a minute ...
La: Sonaron los ca
by Javier AQ Ortiz
This recording is a worthy representative of the Cuban Sonora groups. Such bands are trumpet led ensembles that arose from the stringed Cuban Son traditions, which several figures such as Arsenio Rodríguez, transformed forever. Herein you will find three veteran singers, two trumpets and a rare tasty paila led rhythm section, which is a miniature timbale ...
Bamboleo: Yo no me parezco a nadie
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Listen to its entreaty... Camina pá la pista que la pista no tiene espinas... (Walk to the dancing floor ‘cause it doesn’t have thorns). That's what Bamboleo is all about: contempo-Cuban-orgasmic-tantric- despelote -causing-music that will land you in the chiropractor's office in a hurry, baked and tilted by the good times had dancing under its charisma. ...
Angel Bonn: Circunstancias
by Javier AQ Ortiz
A contemporary Cuban group featuring a balmy singer, unlike today's dominant shrieking style, surfing over fiercely pliable piano montunos, wicked horn riffs, a quite astounding percussive afinque, while not leaving the dancer astray for one second, should be a hot item on the world's Latin Dance airwaves, club and festival circuits. Surprisingly, although this recording is ...
Suthukazi Arosi: uBuntu
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Mythical characters arise out of the aspirations and fears of people and such figures end up conforming the dreamy inroads of inspiration into music. On the cover of uBuntu appears a warrior-like personage that could very well sing her way into the pantheon of ancestral spirits that reigns, according to many honorable local traditions, over African ...
African Jazz Pioneers: Afrika Vukani
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Although these days Africa, as well as humanity at large, is rightly concerned about contagions of all sorts, some infections can be quite beneficial. Good music, for example, has always been viral in nature no matter where it comes from, what languages coalesce in it or which influences entwine in its social and cultural genetic codes. ...
Lita Branda and Melcochita with Jos: Hermanos de la Salsa
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Often times we wonder why some excellent LP has not find its way into CD format. Fortunately, In 1998, this hard swinging Salsa 1980 recording was finally updated to the new format. Originally issued under the title “Con sabor” or With Taste, this recording is a fine example of the latter part of the heydays of ...
Los Naranjos: Respeta mi tamb
by Javier AQ Ortiz
After more than 70 years, this group continues to engage the traditional Cuban Son with elegance, taste, fun, and respect. The most important points of origin and development of Cuban music lie around Oriente de Cuba, and Havana. Los Naranjos, from Cienfuegos, are a salient and rare point in between. In this recording we find yet ...
Rub: Indestructible
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Havana... After gazing, throughout the day, at the freshly painted and renovated walls of this city, as complementary backdrop for its equally renovated and painted citizens, haunting melodies enthrall the soul and entice towards a corner establishment. As the bar is approached, things become rather obvious... Beyond the frenetic raucous engulfing the Cuban country after the ...
The Manhattan Brothers: The Very Best of the Manhattan Brothers
by Javier AQ Ortiz
When a group like the Manhattan Brothers is this well known among its primary audience, and its career has been amply documented through several media, what else is there to say? Perhaps not much to said audiences, but their music, as represented in the collection The Very Best of The Manhattan Brothers, should also be quite ...
