!bool(false) !
Advanced search
Artist
2024 0-9 z y x w v u t s r q p o n m l k j i h g f e d c b a

Jerry Gonzalez - The River Is Deep '1983/2000

The River Is Deep
ArtistJerry Gonzalez Related artists
Album name The River Is Deep
Country
Date 1983/2000
GenreJazz
Play time 00:42:25
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 105.1 MB / 236.3 MB / 228,87 MB
PriceDownload $1.95
Order this album and it will be available for purchase and further download within 12 hours
Pre-order album

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[0:28] 01. Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Introduction by Jerry
Gonzalez
[2:07] 02. Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Elegua
[11:16] 03. Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Bebop
[6:55] 04. Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Rio Esta Hondo
[1:48] 05. Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Guiro Apache
[13:08] 06. Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Parisian Thoroughfare
[6:50] 07. Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band - Wawina Era Wo

**********

ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
Total length: 00:42:25
Main artist: Jerry Gonzalez
Composer: Various Composers
Label: ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann
Genre: Jazz
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
1983 ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann GmbH



Jerry Gonzalez, equally proficient at trumpet and congas, leads his Fort Apache
Band through a live set concentrating on Latinized versions of bop standards and
pieces directly from the Afro-Cuban santeria tradition. The bop pieces, Dizzy
Gillespies Bebop and Bud Powells Parisian Thoroughfare, are given rough and
tumble treatments, bobbing along on extensive percussion and tight arrangements.
They feature some fine soloing from pianist Jorge Dalto and altoist Wilfredo
Velez especially, the latter stretching things a bit beyond the changes. But the
real highlights are the songs by vocalist Frankie Rodrigues, including the title
track (though its listed in Spanish as Rio Esta Hondo). The call and response of
the singers over the crackling, extraordinarily complex rhythms of the
percussionists is very exciting stuff, providing a unique sort of tension and
release. The final cut, Wawina Era Wo, makes the African part of Afro-Cuban
crystal clear: a wonderful interlocking melody reminiscent of parts of Clifford
Thorntons The Gardens of Harlem, with the horns and percussion in an intricate
and heady dance. On the whole, The River Is Deep has perhaps a shade less bite
than the preceding release, Ya Yo Me Cure on American Clave, but its an
invigorating session nonetheless. Recommended.
© Brian Olewnick /TiVo

Personnel:

Jerry Gonzalez — Bells, Conga, Coro, Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Frankie Rodrigues — Claves, Conga, Vocals
Wilfredo Velez — Sax (Alto)
Steve Turre — Trombone, Trombone (Bass)
Angel Papo Vasquez — Trombone
Edgardo Miranda — Cuatro, Guitar
Jorge Dalto — Piano
Andy González — Bass, Coro
Steve Berrios — Bata, Chekere, Coro, Drums
Gene Golden — Bata, Bells, Chekere, Conga
Héctor Hernández — Bata, Chekere, Conga
Nicky Marrero — Guataca, Percussion, Timbales

**********




**********

Jerry Gonzalez


Album