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Bobby McFerrin: Beyond Words
by Javier AQ Ortiz
How does one write about the ineffable? It is, after all, Beyond Words... We must, however, reflect on Bobby McFerrin's Beyond Words. There is a certain degree of serendipity in the fact that this recording is being capitalized upon, in the best economic system the world has ever known, through the marketing efforts of ...
Gloria Bosman: The Many Faces of Gloria Bosman
by Javier AQ Ortiz
According to a mathematical theory developed by Dr. Stephen R. Marquardt, facial beauty can be measured, represented and standardized through a formula called the Golden Proportion. Indeed, the biological and cultural import of the human face is undeniable and it is quite a fascinating story. One could very well wonder how The Many Faces of Gloria ...
Enrique : Mi viol
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Once you realize that this pretty much a mixed attempt at a Cuban Timba album encased within two Charanga tunes, things work out a bit better, although not that much. In the opening tune, “Mi violÃ-n charanguero, the violins sizzle in the hands of Alfredo de la Fé and Enrique Álvarez. Alfredo de la ...
Truco & Zaperoko: Fusi
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Truco & Zaperoko Fusión Caribeña Ryko Latino 1999 In Puerto Rico there is a rather illustrious ferryboat called La lancha de Cataño that traverses the bay between San Juan and the seaside town of Cataño. Joe Quijano wrote a celebrated song to it and that city has the ...
Santiago Cer: Cool
by Javier AQ Ortiz
If you are looking for a solid-in-your-face-dance-till-you-drop Salsa recording, this one is for everyone who ever felt sorry for those under the tired category of “Artist Deserving Wider Recognition. The back up vocals, as well as the horn lines, phrase themselves in contemporary Salsa styles, adding themselves to Cerón's authoritative voice and improvisations. Pepper ...
Edwin Bonilla: Edwin y su Son
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The betting kind would be wise to put their money on the fascinating results of a study of the neurological effects of music such as this. Indeed, captive audiences throughout Europe, Japan, the Americas and Africa have experienced a matchless neural realignment after listening to this album. A French Canadian television special, honoring Benny Moré, featured ...
Bongo-Logic: Charanga-rama
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Listening to this album is difficult to recall how small this big sounding Charanga ensemble is. Charangas are a type of musical group, originally from Cuba but with distinctive developments beyond Cuban shores, mostly led by a frontline of violins a rhythm section and singers. Varieties of feel in this album have in stock Bomba, the ...
Jimmy Bosch: Salsa Dura
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Bosch's second release, under Ryko Latino, carried the unveiling of the soul of a trombonist's air. His first recording as a leader, Soneando trombón, was decidedly autobiographical. Salsa Dura, is no exception. In the recording's cover, he is playing his trombone on top of New York, hence, on top of the world, while contemplating a burning ...
Maraca y Otra Visi:
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Orlando Valle's first production for Ahí-Namá followed the trek of his previous ones: “Ballsy Going Where No One Had Gone Before.” Of course, his musical trek did not obviate who and what made it possible as he is as familiar with the past, as he is eager to mark the future. Maraca has proven his mettle ...
Gloria Bosman: Tranquility
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Gloria Bosman's Tranquility hark back to a hike through passages in the Maluti mountains in Lesotho, the Mountain Kingdom, or Kingdom in the Sky, whereupon one encounters the endangered Lekhala kharatsa, also known in Afrikaans as Kroonaalwyn or Spiral Aloe. In the flora and fauna of South African music, Bosman flowers high and attractive, just as ...
