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Cuban Jazz
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Cuban Jazz
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Cuban expatriate
performs on
with
, a group of close musical friends who play with a number of Cuban groups. It's a pretty basic session of
, with some fine players pitching in to provide work on the various pieces of the ensemble. There's a blend of old Cuban classics,
, and new compositions covering the spectrum of genres throughout the album. Perhaps more notably,
was classically trained, giving him the ability to work himself into a light
mode with references to any number of composers along the way. It doesn't necessarily have the pounding beat and piano acrobatics of a
album, but then again,
isn't trying to do that in the first place. It's a nice look through a catalog of genres spanned by a group of friends meeting for a tour in Paris, and the sound is just that: a happy endeavor among some good musicians. Pick it up for the
bent, but for pure
power, look up some
or solo
work first. ~ Adam Greenberg