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For your Grammy Consideration: Jane Bunnett And Maqueque

For your Grammy Consideration: Jane Bunnett And Maqueque. Latin Jazz Album. Improvised solo - Tormenta and Guajira S. XXI

Celebrated jazz flutist and soprano saxophonist Jane Bunnett has introduced a lot of Great Cuban musicians to North American audiences over the past couple of decades, including Dafnis Prieto, Yosvanny Terry, Pedrito Martínez, and David Virelles. Now she has assembled an exciting new sextet featuring the finest young women musicians in Cuba. Maqueque consists of Jane + virtuoso drummer Yissy García, dynamic percussionist Dayme, Yusa on tres guitar and fretless bass, pianist Danae, and Magdelys on batás and congas. All are great vocalists as well as instrumentalists, and all are in their early 20′s except Yusa who's a little older. Their blend of hardcore Cuban music with folkloric rhythms and Jazz has a broad appeal, and their live performances are dynamic.

Track Listing:
1. Papineau 6. New Angel
2. Maqueque 7. Mamey Colorao
3. Tormenta 8. Canto Afro
4. Guajira 9. De la Habana de Canada
5. Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone 10. Song For Haiti

Musicians:
Jane Bunnett - flutes, soprano sax, piccolo, marimbula, voice / Dayme Arocena - voice
Magdelys Savigne - bata's, congas, percussion, voice / Yissy Garcia - drums / "Yusa" - bass, tres guitar, voice / Danae Olano - piano, voice / Celia Jimenez - bass, voice / Special Guests: Eliana Cuevas - voice Jeremy Ledbetter - melodica / Hilario Duran - piano on 'Song For Haiti' and piano solo on 'Mamey Colorao' / Telmary Diaz - voice 'Song For Haiti' /Heavyweights Brass Band on 'Song for Haiti'




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