Julio Barreto Cuban Quartet - Iyabo (2002)
Julio Barreto Cuban Quartet - Iyabo (2002)
MP3 320Kbps | 00 h 55 min 39 sec | 118.04 Mb
Label: Termidor Music | Genre: Jazz / Latino
Previously unheard as a bandleader, Julio Barreto has been one of Cuba's most well-received drummers of the last two decades, working as a sideman with such household names as Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Roy Hargrove, and Chucho Valdés. With the release of 2002's Iyabó, Barreto stepped into the limelight, and a bright light it was. Though undeniably Cuban in nature, the music on Iyabó has the searching quality characteristic of native players ready for exploration. The rhythm section rounded out by Manuel Orza on bass and Dany Martinez on guitar has the flexibility to reach into funk and jazz just as easily as groove en clave. Some Cuban music purists may even find this record a little too stylistically adventurous. Barreto himself is armed to the teeth with fusion chops to rival the best.
Tracks:
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01. Latineo
02. Spider Strings
03. Cantar Bueno
04. Coming Home Baby
05. Count Down
06. Lulla Baby
07. X-Bono
08. Iyabo
09. Donna Lee
10. Third Stone from the Sun
Personnel:
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Ravi Coltrane: Saxophones
Julio Barreto: Drums
Danny Martinez: Guitar
Manuel Orza: Bass