Hi
a review for this fantastic CD on air on RADIOVINILEMANIA in Italy:

http://www.vinilemania.net/vTIEMPOLIBRE.htm

Ciao ciao Pietro

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Tiempo Libre
Arroz Con Mango
CD (Shanachie 66035), Released 2005;
Produced by Jorge Gomez
Editor's Pick:
Round two for the timba band from Miami, Florida. Weirdly, the
recording is the best timba record to show up in a year or so, in
part because the band's getting better and better, but also because
the straight up timba scene in Cuba is seemingly over. Arroz Con
Mango takes its cues from the late 1990s in Havana with funky, funky
bass parts and hard working tumbaos, breakdowns, and singers who nab
odd parts of a tune's harmony. As on its first album, the band takes
on an older tune, "Pare Cochero." There's even a tune praising
Miami, the sort of thing that would have been sung about Havana;
here it sounds political. And another tune takes on the state of
being in exile. Anyway, it's hard rocking timba, the sort that
hardly ever gets recorded anymore. Ripe for dancefloors, easy on the
ears, and well done, all the way through.
Highly Recommended. (Peter Watrous, 2005-05-09)
Song titles include:
La Cosa
Ven Pa Miami
Arroz Con Mango
Lengua Larga
Un Son
Pare Cochero
Esa Mujer
Fe
Se Formo La Rhumba
Se Ponen
Musicians include:
Jorge Gomez Musical director, piano, coro
Joaquin Diaz "El Kid" Lead vocals
Fernando Pina Drums, shekere, bongo, timbales, cowbell
Leandro Gonzalez Conga
Tebello Fonte Electric bass, coro
Eduardo Quintana Saxophone, wind controller
Julio Diaz Trumpet
Category: Salsa/Son => Salsa Cubana