Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!

"The repertory movement came slowly to Afro-Latin music. ... You might know about the projects spearheaded through the last decade by Arturo O’Farrill ... and by Wynton Marsalis. ... One that’s still a bit under the radar is the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, led by the drummer Bobby Sanabria. A new record, 'Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!,' released by Jazzheads, suggests much hope about transmitting the work of bandleaders like Puente through new bands, players and arrangements. In a live set from 2008 the group burns through songs like 'Cuban Nightmare,' 'Mambo Buddha' and 'Ran Kan Kan,' spurred by Mr. Sanabria’s conducting and yelling. ... You could, of course, just seek out the originals, and you should. But this is something worthy unto itself: a performance that hangs together by a band that’s kicking in the stall. " (Ben Ratliff, "Playlist," New York Times, 3/27/11).
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