Tirso Duarte
Fin Del Juego
Import
CD
(Envidia 7193),
Released 2007;
Editor's Pick:
Singer and pianist Tirso Duarte, along with a few others (Michel Maza comes to mind), leads the current pack of modern Timba dance bands in Cuba. Last years Timba Cubana cemented his reputation as a "hard" timba artist who is here to stay. Duarte, who wrote most of the songs for this project, including the sizzling cover track "Fin Del Juego," has an almost instantly recognizable voice -- a combination of nervous urgency and combustible energy -- that mirrors the qualities of Timba itself. It's a quality that was seen by the leaders of the high profile bands he sang for before going solo: Charanga Habanera, NG La Banda, and Pupy Y Los Que Son Son. He's made for this stuff.
With bassist Pedro Pablo, conguero Yosvanlys Perez Herrera, trumpeter Frank Padron, trombonist Ulises Benavides, sax player Orestes Valido and others.
Highly Recommended. (BP)
Timba’s young genius comes up with another masterpiece of modern Cuban dance music. On track after track Duarte, a singer, composer and pianist, exposes his version of modern timba. Duarte worked with both Charanga Habanera and Pupy — the two best working bands in Cuba today — and it shows with brilliant choice after choice in coros, tumbaos, the mixture of singing and a type of rapping, the breakdowns, Duarte’s own pitch specific singing, and on and on. Lots of street wisdom, bitter harmonies at times, and a wide range of rhythms; it’s music that brings so much to the table it’s a paradigm for modern dance music, one that subverts the idea that dance music is limited. Highly Recommended. (Peter Watrous, 2008-03-23)
Song titles include:
La Madre Maria 5:28
Olvida La Peña 5:56
Fin Del Juego 5:40
Yo Soy Tu Papi 6:09
Regalame La Silla 6:38
El Chino Chulo 4:19
La Cosa Mas Bella 5:15
El Asesino 5:54
Maldito Dolor 6:55
Ceci 5:28
Musicians include:
Tirso Duarte Piano, teclado y voz solista, coros
Pedro Pablo Gutierrez Bajo
Lazaro Averhof Casals Timbal
Yosvanlys Perez Herrera Tumbadoras
Osvaldo Huerta Bongo y campana
Orlando Jesus Vazquez Peña Trompeta
Frank Padron Trompeta
Ulises Benavides Trombon
Ariel Guillot Manzano Trombon
Orestes Valido Saxofon tenor
Carlos Amores Guiro y maracas
Ciso Guanche Coros
Michel Perez Coros
Miguel Pena Coros
Iala Batule Coros
Category: Salsa/Son
=> Salsa Cubana
=> Cuba
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