Fania All Stars - Havana Jam II (2009)
Fania All Stars - Havana Jam II
Latin | MP3 320 Kbps | 2 CD | 183 MB
Red 2009
Latin | MP3 320 Kbps | 2 CD | 183 MB
Red 2009
A rare cross-cultural session from 1979 – one in which Columbia Records was allowed to record live performances involving a number of American jazz musicians playing alongside Cuban groups like Irakere and The Cuban Percussion Ensemble! The blend of modes here is really great – somewhat in the territory of Irakere's albums for Columbia, but a lot wider-ranging overall – sometimes sensitive and jazz-based, sometimes much more upbeat and jamming! Jazz players include Dexter Gordon, Paquito D'Rivera, Jimmy Heath, and Stan Getz on tenor sax; Arthur Blythe on alto sax, Cedar Walton on piano, Jimmy Heath on bass, and Tony Williams on drums – as well as the members of Weather Report, who turn in one especially cooking number. Irakere plays "Mil Ciento De Junedad" and "Contradanza", Weather Report play "Teentown", Cuban Percussion Ensemble play "Scherezada/Sun Sun", John McLaughlin's Trio Of Doom play "Para Oriente" and "Continuum", and assorted jazz players handle "Tin Tin Deo", "Polkadots & Moonbeams", "Sounds For Sore Ears", and "I Wanna Be".01. Mil Ciento De Junedad - Irakere
02. Polka Dots & Moonbeams - CBS Jazz All-Stars
03. Sounds For Sore Ears - CBS Jazz All-Stars
04. Para Oriente - Trio Of Doom
05. Scherezada - Sun Sun Cuban Percusion Ensemble
01. Teentown - Weather Report
02. Contradanza - Irakere
03. I Wanna Be - CBS Jazz All-Stars
04. Continuum - Trio Of Doom
05. Tin Tin Deo - CBS Jazz All-Stars