LA MUSICA DI RAMON RODRIGUEZ
ORQUESTA MIRAMAR - VOLVIENDO A LAS RAICES... (2008)
Classic and pure SALSA music, salsa dura, written and arranged for the dancing enthusiast, performed by some of the best musicians out of Puerto Rico. This SALSA at its best, not only to listen to but to live it.
David "Piro"
Rodriguez Trompetas
Angel "Angie" Machado Trompetas
Rafael "Rafi" Torres Trombon
Angel Torres Baritono sax
Johnny Torres Bajo
Eric Figueroa Piano
Alfredo Llop Congas
Charlie Sierra Bongo
William "Tato" Gonzalez Timbales
Norberto "El Indio" Rodriguez Cantante
Ramon Rodriguez Coros
Osvaldo Roman & Henry Santiago Segunda voces en "Como Te Quedo El Ojo"
3 Siéntate
6 El Bobo
9 Ella
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review by Peter Watrous - courtesy www.descarga.com
Some recordings tell you everything
in the first few notes; they’re blessed with perfection.
Volviendo a las
Raices is one of those, in that from the get go it
flashes a deadly swing combined with great melodies and fine coro
singing, and by the time the album ends you want to keep it in the
car with you, and turn it up. Based in Puerto Rico, and run by the
composer and producer Ramon Rodriguez, who wrote all the material,
the band features some of the best musicians in Puerto Rico,
including a brass and reed section that includes Piro Rodriguez,
Angie Machado, Rafi Torres and Angel Torres, along with a rhythm
section that features Eric Figueroa on piano, Alfredo Llop, Charlie
Sierra and Tato Gonzalez on percussion with Johnny Torres on bass.
And in between the ferociously cool dance music, people actually
improvise, with fine trumpet and piano solos. The horn section,
built around the traditional Puerto Rican baritone saxophone, is
thick and wonderfully heavy, another element of the wildly
complicated interaction between horns, coros, lead singers, and
various parts of the rhythm section. This is dance music, Puerto
Rican style, at its best, and there’s nothing like it, no fishing in
the waters of pop or reggaeton, no ballads, just house rocking
salsa, with a swing that makes you want to live the music.
Highly Recommended. (Peter Watrous, 2008-06-23)
