2005-02-25
The new release Afro-Latino Soul from Bryan Vargas & ¡Ya Esta!, perhpas best falls into the category we loosely refer to as a "multi-cultural stew".Bryan Vargas is a New York City-based composer and guitarist writing original Latin jazz pieces with backing by trumpet, bass and a three piece percussion section.
Bryan’s debut is produced by pianist Arturo O’Farrill, who’s also the head of Lincoln Center's new Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra. Arturo O’Farrill joins the band on this track from the debut release.
BRIA SKONBERG
So Is the Day
Bob Merrill and Roswell Rudd
Cheerin' Up The Universe
PETE ESCOVEDO
LIVE FROM STERN GROVE
THE CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy - Cornell 1964
GENE CIPRIANO
First Time Out
Azar Lawrence & Al Mclean
Frontiers
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