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Raphael Geronimo's RUMBA CALZADA - VOLUME 3 (2001) A Latin explosion featuring original and classic Latin Jazz & Salsa music
Al Johnston Baby
bass, electric bass
Mambo 234
4:29 more tracks can be heard on Vinilemania's Radio Channels
courtesy www.descarga.com review by Bruce Polin
If
great things are worth waiting for then this soulful almost
mesmerizing, project proves it. It's not often that a new Rumba
Calzada is released. In fact this is just their third CD in thirteen
years. Timbalero-percussionist Raphael Geronimo has created a
sophisticated vibes and trombone-based salsa that leads to deep
atmospheric descargas. The sound, full of soul and dimension, feels
almost vintage. Perhaps that's not exactly right: it sounds...
almost familiar — as if you were privy to some platonic ideal of
salsa-descarga jams. You hear it and it sounds "right". Listen to "Cuidado
Rene", an almost dreamlike drive into waves of Afro Cuban rhythmic
grace. Flawless? Damn close, 'cause there's a capacious dose of
sabor in these eight original tracks. Geronimo tries hard not to
shine the light too bright; he knows that the beauty, the sensual,
live in the shadows.
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