Azucar Negra
Toque Natural
Import
CD
(Egrem 784),
Released 2006;
Editor's Pick:
Out comes the new Azucar Negra, led by the great Cuban composer and bandleader, Leonel Limonta, featuring a killing new woman singer Aylin Dalleras. The band hasn’t released an album in a couple of years, and here’s the real deal, hard timba dance music formed by all night dance shows, with the recording a studio version, shortened a bit, of what happens live. Just check out the first tune, "Toque Natural," which spends nearly 5 minutes — and ends 10 minutes to early — working through a maze of structural changes, rhythms that move around, riffs, breakdowns, coros, with Dalleras’s voice blowing like a trumpet over it all. Then the next tune, "El Picaron," with another great singer Lester Ciarreta, stepping through the thick coros, ventures into rap towards the end, with a wicked rhythm section churning up a storm. And if anybody wondered about Limonta’s songwriting skill, check out the third track, "La Palabra," featuring Dalleras, which opens with a long discussion about a word that’s only identified, finally, in the coro, dragging a listener/dancer into the music. The fantastic piano breaks, help, too, and her almost desperate improvisations — listen to her sing “Mi vida…” — for some beauty. Anyway, here it is, modern Cuban music, in all its precise glory.
Highly Recommended. (Peter Watrous, 2006-07-24)
Song titles include:
Toque Natural 4:52
El Picaron 3:47
La Palabra 4:57
Destino Millonario :34
A Mal Tiempo Buena Cara 4:19
Lo Prometido Es Deuda 5:00
Ay, Candela (tributo A Ibrahim Ferrer) 3:38
Boleto De Ida Y Vuelta 3:17
Estamos Como Estamos 4:00
El Dum Dum 5:08
Somos Dos 5:02
Toque Natural 5:16
Mi Unica Vida 3:08
El Dum Dum (remix) 2:46
Musicians include:
Carolos E. Sanchez Piano y teclados; coros
Ricardo Lopez Piano y teclados
Leonardo Oliva Bajo
Maikel Zamora Bateria
Gilberto Acen Congas, bongo y bateria
Leonel Limonta Percusion; voz en 13,14
Dunier Besu Herrera Trompeta
Rene A. Arbolae Trompeta
Angel Palomino Saxo
Lester Ciarreta Voz en 1,2,4,9
Bernardo Perez Voz en 5 y 11
Alexi Sanchez "El Nene" Voz en 7,.12,13; coros
Biunalikis Marquetis Voz en 10 y 12; coros
Participacion Especial En Toque Natural All Stars De Las Voces De: Triangulo Oscuao, Pedrito Calvo, Mayte, Amilcar (Warapo), Leoni Y Leo (Charanga Habanera) Sur Caribe, Pupi Y Los Que Son Son Y Amaray (Manolito Simonet Y Su Trabuco)
Aylin Dalleras Coros
Jorge Luis Arregoitia Coros
Category: Salsa/Son
=> Salsa Cubana
=> Cuba
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