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CD: Filosofia Caribeña, Vol. 1 Track: El Esqueleto Rumbero Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. On this new release (the 11th under John’s Machete Records label) entitled Filosofía Caribeña Vol. 1, The John Santos Sextet is in fine form, creating compelling and socially engaged music. According to John “Filosofía Caribeña is a cross-disciplinary project (original music/spoken word, dance) that aims to illuminate Afro-Latino presence, identity, and the marvelous, undeniable, and unheralded historical connections between Black and Latino communities.” A work in progress, Vol. 2 will come out in 2012. |
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CD: Parting Shot Track: Los Gaiteros Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Considered one the greatest jazz guitarists, Steve Khan’s body of work spans more than 30 years. In Parting Shot, he’s joined by longtime musical partners Anthony Jackson, Dennis Chambers, Manolo Badrena, and a dream Latin percussion team conformed by Bobby Allende and Marc Quiñonez. This new recording showcases seven outstanding compositions penned by Mr. Khan, plus great takes on Thelonius Monk’s Bye-Ya, and Ornette Coleman’s Chronology and Blues Connotation. |
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CD: Latin Bird Track: Moods of Parker Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Also known as Talib Kibwe, T.K. Blue is a multi-talented artist and educator in total command of his instruments of choice: saxophones and flutes. A member of Randy Weston’s band since 1980 (currently serving as its musical director), T.K. Blue is joined on this CD by pianist Theo Hill, bassist Essiet Essiet, drummer, master timbalero Willie Martinez and percussionist Roland Guerrero. Special guests are Steve Turre on trombone and shells, and Lewis Nash on drums. Latin Bird is a terrific recording that deserves airplay and wider recognition. |
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CD: Simplicidade: Live at Yoshi’s Track: Feira Livre Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Grupo Falso Baiano teams up with Brazilian master Jovino Santos Neto on this delightful Live in concert new release. A great follow-up to Viajando Choro e Jazz (their first recording), Simplicidade: Live at Yoshi’s showcases Grupo Falso Baiano’s original take on the classical Brazilian style, incorporating three compositions by special guest, Santos Neto. They have carved themselves a niche in an increasingly competitive musical environment with extraordinary results. Percussionist Brian Rice is also featured as a special guest. |
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CD: Satierismos Track: Gnossienne 1 Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The Afrodisian Orchestra is a Big Band based in Madrid, Spain. His founder and director, Miguel Blanco, assembled a fantastic team, creating (along with Nuyorican trumpeter and conguero Jerry González) an ensemble that projects a distinct sound and style. This band fuses a wide variety of rhythms: flamenco, latin, funk, jazz, you name it. Now releasing their second CD entitled Satierismos, Blanco and his Afrodisian Orchestra delve deep into the avant-garde world of French pianist and composer Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (known as Erik Satie). The result is refreshing and innovative, to say the least. A great follow-up to Mediterraciones. |
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