Eddie Cano - Cole Porter, Duke Ellington & Me (1992)

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Eddie Cano - Cole Porter, Duke Ellington & Me (1992)

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Eddie Cano, this gifted pianist, arranger and composer from Mexico originally started with Cal Tjader. This album is a gem, with highly original arrangements of Ellington and Porter compositions. The selections are top rate and the arrangements are highly original. Those of you who are familiar with the Duke Ellington masterpiece "Prelude to A Kiss" will be in for a surprise when you hear this arrangement. This is without question, the most original, imaginative arrangement one is likely to hear. Using only latin percussion and trombones to augment his piano, the song, which is a ballad, is played faster and with a strong latin beat. The trombones play the beginning of the melody then is finished with Cano's piano. This is possibly one of the finest versions of this song ever recorded. One has to hear it to believe it. Rather than taking the main melody and improvising with a new one based on the song's chord progression, he keeps the melody flowing and uses the latin rhythm to keep it exciting. The Cano originals are highly enjoyable too. If you know the great tunes he wrote for Cal Tjader, then you already know to expect great melody from Cano.