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From bebop to bolero and beyond, LIVE IN CUBA captures nine-time Grammy Award-winning Wynton Marsalis and the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis's first—and only—performances in Cuba. Explore the profound connections between American jazz and Afro-Cuban music on this two-CD set, the debut release from Blue Engine Records, a new label dedicated to preserving, promoting and pushing forward jazz.
Recorded in front of clamorous, sold-out crowds over three nights at Havana's Mella Theatre in October 2010, LIVE IN CUBA finds the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis performing Ellington standards, Afro-Cuban numbers, and distinctly modern compositions from band members. LIVE IN CUBA is the orchestra’s first album in five years and a document of two nations’ indelible cultural connections and of an emotional reunion between long-lost musical cousins.
Every purchase of this album includes a digital download that will be emailed to you.
Track listing:
DISC 1
- 2/3’s Adventure
- Ba Ba Black Sheep
- Inaki's Decision
- Sunset and the Mockingbird
- Como Fue
- Dali
- Light Blue
- Braggin' in Brass
DISC 2
- Limbo Jazz
- Doin' (Y)our Thing
- I Left My Baby
- Bearden (The Block)
- Symphony in Riffs
- Spring Yaoundé
- Things to Come
- The Sanctified Blues
Personnel:
REEDS
Sherman Irby - alto saxophone, flute, piccolo, clarinet
Ted Nash - alto & tenor saxophones, flute, piccolo, clarinet
Victor Goines - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Walter Blanding - tenor & soprano saxophones, clarinet
Joe Temperley - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
TRUMPETS
Ryan Kisor
Kenny Rampton
Marcus Printup
Wynton Marsalis
TROMBONES
Vincent Gardner
Chris Crenshaw
Elliot Mason
RHYTHM SECTION
Dan Nimmer - piano
Carlos Henriquez - bass
Ali Jackson - drums