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"Introducing…Ruben Gonzalez" Out June 16 Via World Circuit Records

"Introducing…Ruben Gonzalez" Out June 16 Via World Circuit Records

RE-ISSUE FEATURES EXTENDED AND UNRELEASED TRACKS ON DOUBLE 180gm VINYL AND CD “The greatest piano soloist I have ever heard in my life. He’s like a Cuban cross between Thelonious Monk and Felix the Cat.” —Ry Cooder “Gonzalez was known for his suave virtuosity and playful charisma.” —NPR Music Introducing…Ruben Gonzalez, the classic debut album by ...

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Momentos

Label: Escondida Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Date Una Vueltecita; Enriqueta; Fabiando; Como Siente Yo; Nuestra Cancion; Prestame La Bicicleta; Indestructible; Ambrosio; Mil Congojas; Zancudo; Yo Te Enseno Lola; Que Infelicidad; Fantoche; Tu Corazon Otra Vez; Todo Aquel Ayer.

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Article: Album Review

Ruben Gonzalez: Momentos

Read "Momentos" reviewed by Chris May


This is one of those evenly tempered and prettily mellifluous albums which sound at first like background music, but which reveal a subtle and sophisticated beauty if you pay closer attention. Like guitarist Johnny Smith's transcendental '52 masterpiece Moonlight In Vermont, this roughly contemporaneous compilation of archive recordings by Cuban pianist Ruben Gonzalez sounds superficially like ...

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Indestructible

Label: EGREM
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Nuestra canci

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Article: Album Review

Rub: Indestructible

Read "Indestructible" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Ruben Gonzalez: Introducing...Ruben Gonzalez

Read "Introducing...Ruben Gonzalez" reviewed by Derrick A. Smith


Most Cuban releases these days evoke the atmosphere of the dance hall, or the veranda of an Havana dwelling, depending on whether the music is in the big-band dancing format or one of the more folkloric string-oriented styles. This premiere full-length by Ruben Gonzalez, however, brushes the sepia and blues of an early 20th Century salon ...


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