Customer Reviews

Humo De Tabaco

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Humo De Tabaco is the sound of evolution. With each generation music changes & grows; evolving into a form that is an invitation to others to get to know us all beter. This album invites you to Cuba and allows you to listen to true musicianship with influences of Rock, Pop & R&B. No Buena Vista Social Club, this is young & fresh, contemplative and exciting. It's all at once danceable and romantic, jazz and pop, it emits visions for soundtracks to foriegn films and cinema nuevo... Humo De Tabaco is magic.

Very good record. Even though this is much more polyrhythmic than the music of Silvio Rodriguez, you can tell he knows that music's lyrics well. I think the lean arrangements are what makes the music sound fresh. My only two complaints: 1) the strings are a distraction, obviously added onto already-existing arrangements that can stand on their own, and 2) the two duets are lousy...they seem forced and awkward.

me facino este cd lleno de musica afro jazz cubana, alex is a great musico , he brings a magical sound to our ears !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just Love It! Me gusta mucho. Alexis' voice is evocative and the lyrics are wonderful. Yes all this Pop with old style
Mambo & ChaChaCha.

To address other negative comments made of this album: Duke Ellington once said "If it sounds good, it IS good."

I am a musician and I have a critical ear. This album sounds good. It doesn't matter how it is classified.

This guy is what the new wave in Cuba is all about. All the songs are good. If you like the traditional songs with some serious acoustic (Pancho Amat) tres, and Chucho Valdes on piano with a great conga player this is for you. I heard it for the first time here in Eastern Europe. It has a good rhythm similar to the R&B with a blend of sonmontuno. The music is inspiring to the tobacco smoker. Buy it!

The Buena Vista thing, as wonderful as it is, is a little played out. This is something different -- it's folksy and tropical, a real breath of fresh air. Jazzy, guitar-ry, elegant, cool. So if you're looking for Buena Vista, and only for Buena Vista type recordings, you may not like this. But I suspect that most will be blown away by this original CD anyway.

I met this guy in a busy cafe in San Francisco. He offered to share a table since we were both alone. After talking to him and hearing how he described his music and his inspirations, I was intrigued. I listened to all the tracks and am going to order this cd. I think my husband, who is also Cuban, is really going to enjoy it. Not only does he make great music, but he was a really nice guy and very excited about his craft.

A pretentious CD that tries to be a contemporary Cuban recording and fails miserably. It has occasional Cuban flavours but then you realise how dated and forced these instances are. There are much better REAL Cuban records out there.