Beyond Brazil
Afro-Cuban All Stars
A Toda Cuba le Gusta
Tracks
02 – Alto songo
03 – Habana del este
04 – A toda Cuba le gusta
05 – Fiesta de la rumba
06 – Los Sitio' asere
07 – Pío mentiroso
08 – María Caracoles
09 – Clasiqueando con Rubén
10 – Elube Changó
Length: 55:58
Tracks 3 & 9 composed by Juan de Marcos González. All arrangements by Juan de Marcos González, except track 1 (Demetrio Muñiz) and track 8 (José Manuel Ceruto).
Musicians
Juan de Marcos González: director; tres; chorus vocals; tres solos on tracks 5, 6 & 10; lead vocals on tracks 6 & 10Manuel “Puntillita” Licea: lead vocals on tracks 1 & 2
Rubén González: piano; solos on tracks 1, 2, 6 & 9
Orlando “Cachaito”; López: bass; solo on track 3
Luis Alemañy: trumpet
Manuel “Guajiro” Mirabal: trumpet; solos on tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 & 10
Daniel Ramos: trumpet
Carlos “El Afrokán”; Álvarez: trombone; solo on track 9
Demetrio Muñiz: trombone; solo on track 10
Javier Zalba: baritone sax; solo on track 4
Miguel “Anga”; Díaz: congas; solos on tracks 8, 9 & 10
Yulien Oviedo: timbales
Carlos González: bongos
Alberto Virgilio Valdés: maracas and chorus vocals
Carlos Puisseaux: güiro
Luis Barzaga: chorus vocals
Raúl Planas: lead vocals on tracks 2 & 4
Pío Leyva: lead vocals on tracks 2 & 7
José Antonio “Maceo” Rodríguez: lead vocal on track 2
Félix Baloy: lead vocals on tracks 5 & 6
Ibrahim Ferrer: lead vocal on track 8
Special Guests
Barbarito Torres: laud and solo on track 1Ry Cooder: slide guitar and solo on track 2
Richard Egües: flute and solo on track 3
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from A Toda Cuba le Gusta. This is Juan de Marcos González's composition, “Habana del este.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)Website: afrocubanallstarsonline.com
Record label: World Circuit Records
El Eco featuring Guillermo Nojechowicz
Two Worlds
Tracks
02 – Partido final
03 – Time lost
04 – Samba de Maya
05 – Uruguay
06 – La bossa nova de Claudio
07 – Café Opinião
08 – Fragile
09 – Chacarera de Paloma
10 – Boa viagem baião
11 – Buenos Aires
Length: 56:38
All compositions written by Guillermo Nojechowicz, except track 8 (Sting).
Musicians
Guillermo Nojechowicz: drumsKim Nazarian: vocals & background vocals
Hélio Alves: piano
Dino Govoni: tenor sax; soprano sax on track 10
Fernando Huergo: bass
John Allmark: trumpet on tracks 1, 2, 7 & 10
Special Guests
Claudio Roditi: trumpet on track 1; flugelhorn on track 6Romero Lubambo: guitar on tracks 3, 4, 6 & 7
Café: percussion
Nestor Sanchez: background vocals
Donny McCaslin: tenor sax on tracks 5 & 9; soprano sax on track 11
Additional Players
Brad Hatfield: keyboards on tracks 3, 5, 9 & 11Amaro Laria: congas on tracks 5, 9 & 11
Mark Greel: trumpet on tracks 5, 9 & 11
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Let's Talk about Love. This is Guillermo Nojechowicz's composition, “Samba de Maya.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)Website: www.elecomusic.com
Record label: Dream Box Media
Distribution: CDBaby, Amazon, and iTunes
Rachel Caswell
We're All in the Dance
Tracks
02 – A lovely way to spend an evening
03 – We're all in the dance
04 – Devil may care
05 – Two for the road
06 – Drown in my own tears
07 – I didn't know what time it was
08 – Tell me a bedtime story
09 – Dexterity
10 – Reflections (Looking back)
Length: 58:20
All arrangements by Dave Stryker, except tracks 2 & 5 (Dave Stryker and Rachel Caswell).
Musicians
Rachel Caswell: vocalsSara Caswell: violin on tracks 1, 3 & 5
Dave Stryker: guitar
Fabian Almazan: piano and Fender Rhodes
Linda May Han Oh: bass
Johnathan Blake: drums
Sample Track
Here's a sample track from We're All in the Dance. “I didn't know what time it was,” written by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)Website: www.rachelcaswell.com
Record label: Turtle Ridge Records
Distribution: CDBaby, Amazon, and iTunes