Little could Maurice Ravel expect that his "Pavana for a deceased infant" would be transformed, by magic, into an Afro-Cuban guajira with a vital rhythm. The culprit is Ramon Escalé and his impeccable The Jamboree Big Latin Band. "The most Cuban orchestra on this side of the Atlantic", in the words of the expert Luc Delannoy, who premieres an album with a review of danzones, guarachas and other pieces by great masters of Caribbean music. The essential "Pavana Club".
Tracklist
Total time: 49:23 min.
01. Conjunto (Arturo Sandoval) 7:12
Solos: David Pastor, Gorka Benítez
02. Isora Club (Coralia López) 6:10
Solos: Martí Serra
03. La Comparsa (Ernesto Lecuona) 7:02
Solos: Gorka Benítez
04. Pavane pour une infante défunte (Maurice Ravel) 6:22
Solos: Joan Chamorro
05. A fozar con mi combo (Israel López 'Cachao') 7:51
Solos: Ramón Escalé, Quino Béjar (bongó)
06. Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (Xavier Montsalvatge) 6:07
Solos: Martí Serra
07. Aguardiente de caña (Manuel Barcasnegras) 8:39
Solos: Víctor Correa, Víctor de Diego
Album details
Total time: 49:00 min.
All tracks arranged by Ramón Escalé
Personnel:
Ramón Escalé (leader, piano), David Pastor, Jaume Peña, Lluís Figuerola (trumpets), Victor Correa, Sergi Vergés (trombones), Victor de Diego (flute, alto sax), Martí Serra (tenor sax, soprano sax), Gorka Benítez (flute, tenor sax), Joan Chamorro (clarinet, baritone sax), Isaac Coll (bass), Àlex Ventura (paila), Vicenç Soler (conga).
Recorded live at JazzRoom, Barcelona, on April 25, 2013
Recorded, mixed & mastered by David Casamitjana
Liner notes & musical supervision: Pere Pons
Artwork: Albert Violant
Produced by Pere Pons
Executive producer: Jordi Pujol
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas S.L.
Press reviews
"I haven't found in Europe an orchestra with a sound as genuinely Cuban as that of the Jamboree Big Latin Band."
—Luc Delannoy
