Elio Villafranca and the Jass Syncopators - Caribbean Tinge: Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (2014)

Posted By: v3122
Date: March 24, 2022

Elio Villafranca and the Jass Syncopators - Caribbean Tinge: Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (2014)
FLAC (Tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Official Digital Download | Time: 01:06:54
Contemporary Latin Jazz | Motema Music, LLC | ~ 1.32 Gb

This recording finds Elio Villafranca leading an outstanding group of jazz musicians and with seamless transitions from latin jazz to straight ahead jazz.

Last Train to Paris is likely the most mellow of the tunes. Mambo Vivo is my favorite with a sensational piano solo from Villafranca and blazing solos from Vincent Herring and Terrell Stafford; a must for Perez Prado fans.

Flower by the Dry River provides the most inspired solo by Villafranca and is one of the more complex tunes. The Source in Between is Another interesting and complex tune starting with Villafranca's piano solo, and also Willie Jones III on a super drums solo.

Expert musicians will likely appreciate and understand the rich music in this CD, and decipher the rhythms that are being fused. For the rest of us, a detailed description of the tunes was written by Villafranca. This description ("liner notes") is helpful to understand the significant amount of research and preparation behind this album. The recording is based on a well planned fusion of Afro-Caribbean and jazz. Villafranca brings his native Cuban rhythms and also Puerto Rico's bomba and makes a strong effort to include the entire Caribbean in this recording.

Overall a thorough fusion, a great step beyond the latin jazz category of recordings from yesteryears. This movement to seamless-exciting fusions appears to be a new initiative from this latest generation of jazz musicians.
Elio Villafranca and the Jass Syncopators - Caribbean Tinge: Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (2014):

Tracklist:

01 - Intro 00:17
02 - Sunday Stomp at Congo Square 04:54
03 - Last Train to Paris 08:25
04 - Caribbean Tinge 05:31
05 - Flower by the Dry River 12:33
06 - Corfradias 09:40
07 - Mambo Vivo 08:30
08 - Two to Tango 07:05
09 - The Source in Between 09:59

Alto Saxophone – Vincent Herring
Bass – Carlos Henriquez, Gregg August
Bongos – Camilo Molina, Jonathan Troncoso, Juango Gutierrez, Nelson Mateo
Congas – Anthony Carrillo
Drums – Lewis Nash, Willie Jones III
Piano – Elio Villafranca
Tenor Saxophone – Greg Tardy
Trumpet – Sean Jones (2), Terell Stafford

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log date: 2022-03-24 00:09:46

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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -2.44 dB -20.00 dB 12:34 05-Flower by the Dry River (Live)
DR14 -0.20 dB -18.57 dB 9:40 06-Corfradias (Live)
DR13 -0.94 dB -16.99 dB 8:30 07-Mambo Vivo (Live)
DR15 -0.42 dB -18.04 dB 10:00 09-The Source in Between (Live)
DR14 -3.61 dB -21.97 dB 8:26 03-Last Train to Paris (Live)
DR13 -0.31 dB -17.57 dB 5:31 04-Caribbean Tinge (Live)
DR14 -0.27 dB -20.17 dB 7:05 08-Two to Tango (Live)
DR14 -0.25 dB -16.99 dB 4:54 02-Sunday Stomp at Congo Square (Live)
DR12 -8.69 dB -25.95 dB 0:18 01-Intro (Live)
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2678 kbps
Codec: FLAC

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