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The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions Limited 180gram Vinyl 5LP Box Set

by Various Artist

Release Date: 09 November 2018

Format: Boxed Set Vinyl

Label: Concord

£129.99

Various Artists The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions Limited 180gram Vinyl 5LP Box Set

Overview:

Craft Recordings is proud to announce the release of The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions 5-LP and 5-CD box sets. Compiled here in their entirety and original format for the first time, the five volumes of Panart’s Cuban Jam Session albums were recorded over a span of almost a decade, from 1956–1964. Together these albums encapsulate a stylistic and historic panorama of Cuban music, from big band son montuno to Afro-Cuban rumba, mambo, cha-cha-chá and country acoustic guajira music. At the same time, they attest to Cuba’s long relationship with popular American music and jazz. These sessions collectively feature an impressive line-up of renowned pioneers of descarga (improvised jam session), including pianist Julio Gutiérrez, tres player Niño Rivera, flautist José Fajardo and the legendary master bassist and mambo co-creator, Israel “Cachao” López. Participating musicians include the legendary percussionist Tata Güines, trombone master Generoso Jiménez, pioneering Cuban jazz drummer Guillermo Barreto, Cachao’s brother and co-father of the mambo Orestes López, ground-breaking timbales player/drummer Walfredo de los Reyes, Sr., jazz-influenced pianist Pedro Jústiz “Peruchín,” and Cuban scat singer Francisco Fellove, among many others. The 5-LP set includes 35 tracks on 180-gram audiophile vinyl in tip-on jackets. It offers a 28-page book featuring black-and-white archival images of the featured artists as well as extensive liner notes and musician bios, in English and Spanish, by award-winning Latin music writer, Cuban music specialist and box set co-producer, Judy Cantor-Navas. 

Featured Tracks:

Disc: 1
1. A1: Julio Gutiérrez - Introduction
2. A2: Julio Gutiérrez - Theme On Pefidia
3. A3: Julio Gutiérrez - Theme On Mambo
4. A4: Julio Gutiérrez - Cimarron
5. B1: Julio Gutiérrez - Theme On Cha Cha Cha
6. B2: Julio Gutiérrez - Opus For Dancing
7. B3: Julio Gutiérrez - Theme For Conga

Disc: 2
1. A1: Julio Gutiérrez - Jam Session (Descarga Caliente)
2. B1: Julio Gutiérrez - Rumba Theme
3. B2: Julio Gutiérrez - Listen To The Rhythm Of The ChaChaCha
4. B3: Julio Gutiérrez - Bata Rhythm

Disc: 3
1. A1: Niño Rivera - Montuno - Swing
2. A2: Niño Rivera - Monuno - Guajiro
3. B1: Niño Rivera - Cha Cha Cha Montuno
4. B2: Niño Rivera - Guanguanco - Comparsa

Disc: 4
1. A1: Cachao - Trombon Criollo
2. A2: Cachao - Controversia De Metales
3. A3: Cachao - Estudio En Trompeta
4. A4: Cachao - Guajeo De Saxos
5. A5: Cachao - Oye Mi Tres Montuno
6. A6: Cachao - Malanga Amarilla
7. B1: Cachao - Cogele El Golpe
8. B2: Cachao - Pamparana
9. B3: Cachao - Descarga Cuban
10. B4: Cachao - Goza Mi Trompeta
11. B5: Cachao - A Gozar Timbero
12. B6: Cachao - Sorpresa De Flauta

Disc: 5
1. A1: José Fajardo - Juaniquita
2. A2: José Fajardo - Pa' Coco Solo
3. A3: José Fajardo - Busco Una Chinita
4. A4: José Fajardo - Guajirando
5. B1: José Fajardo - Goza El Montuno
6. B2: José Fajardo - Vamos A Gozar
7. B3: José Fajardo - La Flaunta De Jose
8. B4: José Fajardo - La Charanga

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