Arroz Con Mango

Tiempo Libre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 24, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B00080Z76Y
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,337 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album, but kind of short, February 26, 2006

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Marcos "salsero" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Arroz Con Mango (Audio CD)

Como todos los que han escrito estoy de acuerdo que es un buen album. Yo diria que el ritmo que tocan es perfecto para un grupo de Timba fuera de Cuba, ya que no es tan fuerte como Bamboleo o Los Van Van. La bateria aqui esta mas controlada y las canciones no son tan largas como otros grupos. Tambien los metales son mas sutiles que muchos grupos de Cuba. Pero eso no hace que el grupo sea de menor calidad, sino que les da un estilo un poco diferente que esta muy bien pulido.
Algo interesante tambien es que tienen a un percusionista tocando bateria, bata, timbal, bongos, y cencerro. En ciertas canciones algunos de estos instrumentos se estan tocando al mismo tiempo lo cual da a preguntar que hara el grupo cuando tocan en vivo para arreglar el deficit.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timba: La vida misma!!!, December 11, 2005

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A. Salazar (Miami, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arroz Con Mango (Audio CD)

Finally a US Timba band capable to groove like those in Havana. I grew up dancing Timba in Cuba and this band makes me feel like if I was there all over again. Once you get Timba in your system every other rhythm takes a second place.
A LATIN GRAMMY nomination for this band speaks for itself.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Follow up to my previous favorite - Buena Vista Soc. Clb, July 18, 2005

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Eva Ludwig "Eva Ludwig" (Wilmington, North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arroz Con Mango (Audio CD)

don't know that much about Cuban music - just know I've loved Buena Vista Social club since that album came out. I never believed anything could top that. But now that I've listened to ths album by these young Miami-based Cubans, I've fallen in love with Cuban music all over again. A perfect album to perk you up on even the bluest of days. These guys have a pipleline into some pure sense of musical joy that most musicians just dream of.