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5.0 out of 5 stars
My personal favorite Cachao recording..., December 15, 2006
This review is from: Sus Amigos Part 1: Latin Jazz Descarga (Audio CD)
This may be my favorite Cachao recording. This and part two, along with both Master Sessions and the "Descargas en Miniature." It's hard to choose a favorite, obviously. The personnel on this set is reduced from the other descarga sessions. It's a quartet. Piano, bass, drums (trap set), and percussion.
Incidentally: Walfredo Reyes Sr., Master Drummer on this session, born in Havana, would no doubt recoil from the assertion that this stellar group lacks the power of some of Cachao's other groups. Or, for that matter, that this particular Cachao group does not contain Cubans...
This set is dynamite.
Song titles include:
Caliente
Me Esta Gustando
Loco
Quinto Con Vibrafon
Walpataca
La Leccion
Walfredo
Todo El Corazon
Musicians include:
Francisco (Paquito) Hechavarria Acoustic piano, vibes
Israel Lopez (Cachao) Acoustic bass
Tany Gil Congas, percussion
Walfredo De Los Reyes Drums and percussion
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
more jazz and less jive, July 19, 2003
This review is from: Sus Amigos Part 1: Latin Jazz Descarga (Audio CD)
A bit disappointing compared to Israel Lopez's recent recordings. Instead of surrounding "Cachao" with authentic Cuban musicians this recording, and its sequal-volume 2- is jazz oriented to a piano trio and altho the music is not poorly performed, it never reaches the red hot "ritmos caliente" beat nor feature any guitar or horn accompaniments that blow the music up into the Sun.
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