Plena Libre
Plena Al Salsero - Live In Monterrey, Mexico
CD
(GN Musica 0801),
Released 2008;
Editor's Pick:
Plena Libre, what a fantastic band. The recording catches the group live, and it simply rocks. From the first tune, "Tumbalakatin," a five-minute work out on plena rhythms, the band just nails it. Super tight coros fly over plena and bomba rhythms, and a pile of good singers who never forget that rhythm is the point. The band was brought together in the mid-90s, to work with traditional Puerto Rican rhythms; as heard on the disc, the band’s absorbing all sorts of musical influences, including salsa and other Caribbean music. But everywhere is percussion and great singing and improvisation, and whether the band’s stretching out to Latin jazz or working over Van Van’s "Sandunguera," it’s all pretty great, a portrait of one of the Caribbean’s most powerful groups.
Highly Recommended. (Peter Watrous, 2008-07-08)
Song titles include:
Tumbalakatin
Plena Al Salsero
Plena Caribeña
Festival
Si, Si, Si
Julieta
Sandunguera
Moreno
Remolino Del Mar
Sirena Morena
Pa' Que Tu
Soy Soy Soy
Flores
Tin Tin
Musicians include:
Gary Nuñez Director Musical, arreglista, bajo, and coros
Kalie Villanueva Cantante, percusion menor and pandero
Pole Ortiz Cantante and percusion menor
Wichy Camacho Cantante and percusion menor
Victor Velez Cantante, pandero and barriles
Rafi Falu Pandero requinto
Luis Gabriel Nuñez Pandero, percusion menor and coro
William "Kachiro" Thompson Congas
Rolando Lopez Piano
Raul Rosario Timbales
Gamaliel Gonzalez Trombon
Cesar Ayala Trombon
Moises Cancel Trombon
Category: Folkloric
=> Plena/Bomba
=> Puerto Rico
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