JERRY GONZALEZ & FORTE APACHE BAND: RUMBA PARA MONK

JERRY GONZALEZ
Esta homenagem a Thelonious Monk em 1989, abria o caminho para outras tantas que Jerry e o Forte Apache viriam a prestar aos seus heróis (Art Blakey, Miles Davis, etc) ao longo dos anos.
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ALBUM REVIEW
Jerry G., leading one of the most astonishingly fluid rhythm sections in jazz, re-assesses Monk's music, digging deep into the rhythmic corners, and re-imagining some Monk standards as latin jazz. When Jerry's not being one of the three or four greatest conga players aliveon the planet, he's channeling (a less laconic) Miles on trumpet and fleugelhorn, while Carter Jefferson piles on late-sixties Wayne Shorter-isms on tenor. All is laid over a continuously shifting carpet of astonishing rhythmic interplay between Jerry, bassist/brother Andy and trap drummer percussionist Steve Berrios, playing like a six-handed, six-legged mythic rhythmic demi-god.
(Source: Amazon. com)
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MINHA OPINIÃO - Neste álbum Jerry homenageia outro de seus heróis, THELONIOUS MONK.
Mais um grande álbum do seminal Forte Apache.
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JERRY GONZALEZ & FORTE APACHE BAND: RUMBA PARA MONK
Grabado en Nueva York en octubre de 1988 y febrero y marzo de 1989.

PERSONNEL:
Jerry González: trompeta, flugelhorn. congas, chekeré, campana, güiro
Steve Berríos: batería, batá, timbales, claves, chekeré, campana
Andy González: bajo
Carter Jefferson: saxo tenor
Larry Willis: piano

ARRANGEMENTS by JERRY GONZALEZ

TRACKS/FAIXAS
Monk's Mood
Bye-Ya
Nutty
Little Rootie Tootie
Misterioso Ugly Beauty
Reflections
Jackie-Ing.