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HECTOR CONTRERAS & HIS LATIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE
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NILS FISCHER & TIMBAZO - GRACIAS JOE CUBA (2007) Nils Fischer (Germany)- congas, bongó & campana, güiro, chekere, batá, clave, quinto, djembe, cajón José “Pepe” Espinosa (Cuba)- timbales set Lucas van Merwijk (The Netherlands) - timbales set Liber Torriente (Cuba) - timbales set Gerardo Rosales (Venezuela) - maracas, bongó Eduardo Alfonso (Cuba) - güiro Marc Bischoff (Germany) - grand piano Jan Laurens Hartong (The Netherlands) - grand piano Leslie Lopez (Puerto Rico)- electric bass Alain Pérez (Cuba) - baby bass, electric bass Fabian Nodarse "Huracán" (Cuba) - singer, coro Nando Vanin (Colombia) - singer, coro Alberto Caicedo (Colombia) - singer, coro Brian Lynch (USA) - trumpet (soloist) Joe Rivera (Puerto Rico) - 1. trumpet Nico Schepers (Belgium)- 2. trumpet Alberto "Molote" Muñoz (Cuba) - trombone (soloist) David Rothschild (USA)- 1.trombone, 3rd Santiago Castañeda (Spain) - 2. trombone Bart Platteau (Belgium) - vibraphone, flute Gerrit Jan Binkhorst (The Netherlands) - baritone sax Christof Knoche (USA)- alto sax
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review by Bruce Polin - courtesy www.descarga.com Boom! With the opening track "Ariñañara" you know something special is going on. The song is familiar — a classic done by everyone from Tito Puente to Fruko, and a signature tune for Joe Cuba. But man has this been timba-fied or what? Track-by-track, band-leader and master percussionist Nils Fischer has brought these already great tracks onto a new level, one of intensity and sparkling swing. What a great idea: Take classic Joe Cuba tracks like "Ariñañara," "El Hueso," "Guaracha Y Bembé," and "Tremendo Coco," pump them up with high-octane timba-powered arrangements, and add red hot musicians like percussionists Gerardo Rosales and José "Pepe" Espinosa, trumpeter Brian Lynch, trombonist Alberto "Molote" Muñoz, Cuban bassist Alain Perez and vocalists Fabian Nodarse "Huracán," Nando Vanin and Alberto Caicedo. What you're left with is one of the most exciting projects of the year: Joe Cuba like you've never heard before. Turning old-school on it's head — there's a lot of fertile ground there, touched upon recently by Las Estrellas De Envidia. If, like me, you loved their Homenaje A Fania, you better grab this one, but fast. With liner notes by George Rivera and Rebeca Mauleón, as well as comments by Orestes Vilató, Bobby Sanabria, Armando Peraza and Joe Cuba himself. It's a remarkable debut CD by Mr. Fischer, and a BIG DJ Alert. Easily one of the best releases of 2007: Very Highly Recommended. (BP, 2007-08-02)
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RAY BARRETTO
ARTURO SANDOVAL
HECTOR LAVOE
WAYNE GORBEA
CARLOS PATATO VALDES
JUAN PABLO TORRES
DAVE PIKE
MARIO BAUZA'
CHICO O'FARRILL
ISRAEL "CACHAO" LOPEZ
MONGO SANTAMARIA
PONCHO SANCHEZ
DIZZY GILLESPIE
FANIA ALL STARS
JOE CUBA
TITO PUENTE
CAL TJADER
FRANCISCO AGUABELLA
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