Customer Reviews

Sentimiento

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So disappointed...This CD does not sound like Ruben Gonzalez at all. It features too much trumpet and you can't hear Ruben at all. Why put his name on the CD if you can't hear his piano playing? I go 100% with "Introducing Ruben Gonzalez" and "Indestructible" but I was compelled to send "Sentimiento" back. Bad News. It sounds to me like you put his name on the CD just to be able to sell it! Sorry!

Katy K.

This record is a perfectly good one, but it is by a Ruben Gonzalez not at all connected with the one who has become well known through the Buena Vista Social club.

This album may not sound like Introducing Ruben Gonzalez or Indestructible Ruben Gonzalez however I am glad I ordered it because as a jazz album it is very good. Maybe if you could let your visitors hear a few notes of it the sales may go up! For anybody who is looking for more Cuban sounds it may not be a favorite but those who enjoy listening to Ruben Gonzalez and jazz, this is the album.

The title of this CD is misleading - Ruben Gonzalez does play, but as part of an ensemble, not solo as on his more popular albums. A more accurate title would be, "Sentimiento, Performed by the Cuban Jazz Nonet (featuring Ruben Gonzalez)".

Like some other readers, I was at first disappointed that Gonzalez is not more prominent. Once I accepted the fact that the album features a whole group of good musicians, not just Gonzalez, I enjoyed it much more. This is a good CD.

By the way, the reviewer above is wrong - this is _THE_ Ruben Gonzalez, not somebody else.

If you want cuban salsa (something like Buena Vista Social Club)this in not your record. This record is pure Jazz (very good 50-60's jazz)with a small taste of latin jazz.