Carlos Cippelletti: HYBRID/C

HYBRID/C is a musical and cultural fusion project with a common point that is Afro-Cuban music and jazz. Jazz serves as a vehicle on this journey to the roots of Cuban music and Afro-Cuban culture from a modern musical perspective. Born in Spain to a Cuban father and French mother, Carlos Cippelletti’s compositions reflect his various identities. Jazz, Cuban folklore, Neo-Soul and classical music combine to create a sound all its own. This album collects the traditional Afro-Cuban jazz sextet format, (trumpet, tenor sax, piano, double bass, congas / batá drums and drums) including a seventh element that is electronics and synthesizers, creating a point of union between tradition and modernity. HYBRID/C, is a fusion project that shows how, regardless of our roots and ages, beauty always prevails, and unites us through the most universal language we know, music.
– Carlos Cippelletti

Musicians

• Carlos Cippelletti: piano / compositions / arrangements
• Bobby Martínez: tenor sax / soprano sax
• Manuel Machado: trumpet
• Gregorio Herreros: keyboards / synths / electronics
• Reinier Elizarde: double bass
• Georvis Pico: drums
• Erik Larrea: batá drums / congas

Guests Artists

• Maria José Llergo: vocals (on track 1 & 10)
• Yuvisney Aguilar: batá drums / congas / vocals (on track 4)
• David Lorenzo Adkinson: sound design vocal effects (on track 9 & 10)
• Alvaro Artime: trumpet (on track 7)
• Cesar Filiú: alto sax (on track 7)
• Christian Murgui: bass clarinet (on track 1 & 10)

• Artist Profile: Carlos Cippelletti