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)
