Tag: Guillermo Barreto
Generoso “Tojo” Jiménez: Trombón Majadero
This 2007 reissue of two classic albums from the inimitable Cuban trombonist Generoso “Tojo” Jiménez bookends five years between 1969 and 1965. Entitled ...
Various Artists: The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions
There is much anecdotal evidence – some of it apocryphal – that the Cubans brought a diabolical complexity to Jazz when the musicians among...
Craft Recordings to Release “The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions”
Craft Recordings is proud to announce the release of The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions 5-LP and 5-CD box sets on November 9, 2018. Compiled...
Armando Romeu: 1er Concierto de la Orq Cubana de Música Moderna
The Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna was one of the early swing bands that rocked Cuba and it’s hardly surprising why. The big band...
Jane Bunnett: Spirits of Havana 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
"Listening to it now, it’s clear: Spirits of Havana was twenty-five years ahead of its time — Ned Sublette, June 2016
Tempis Fugit! Twenty-five years since...
Cachao y su Ritmo Caliente: Descargas
Essential Albums Revisited (5 Stars - Editor's Pick)
Cachao's Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature "Descargas"
Depending on who you talk to, Cachao ‘invented’ the Descarga –...
Peruchín Y Su Grupo: Piano Con Moña
Essential Albums Revisited
Pedro “Peruchín” Jústiz is one of the most iconic and seminal figures in Afro-Cuban music, a pianist who was an important influence...
Jane Bunnett: Spirits of Havana
Every one of the albums that Jane Bunnett has made, with or without her husband and trumpet/flugelhorn player, Larry Cramer, with or without Don...
Frank Emilio, Guillermo Barreto y su Cuban-Jazz Combo: Drume Negrita
The clave that is pronounced in Afro-Cuban music is almost stealthily present in Jazz and has been lurking secretly in that idiom ever since...
Jane Bunnett – Mundo: The World of Jane Bunnett
"Happily, there are two new charts on this double CD. The first is “Gotcha”, a delightful song that mixes the New Orleans dirge with...