Release Date: 07 August 2020
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093074058923
Genres: Jazz Latin Music
Description
Built on the Afro-Caribbean past, forged by visionaries such as John Santos and his comrades, and steeled by its rootedness in American life, Latin jazz is a major force shaping contemporary American musical culture. Over decades of performing, arranging, producing, and teaching, Santos has helped make the San Francisco Bay area a Latin jazz stronghold. In 'Art of the Descarga', The John Santos Sextet and a parade of stellar guests mine the music's imaginative motherlode, the descarga—the spontaneous, improvisatory interplay that is the beating heart of Latin jam sessions. Orestes Vilató, Jerry González, Orlando "Maraca" Valle, Tito Matos, Juan "Juango" Gutiérrez, and other luminaries join the sextet in this spectacular collision of beauty, design, and time-honored creativity.
Tracklisting
Charlie Parr
Jim Nollman
Various Artists
Joy Harjo
Kronos Quartet
Little Folkies
Los Originarios del Plan
Meklit
Shapis
Marcos Valle
Isadora / Leonor Gonzalez Mina
Eddie Lebron
Ray Obiedo
Mongo Santamaria
Astor Piazzolla & Quinteto Tango Nuevo
Conrad Herwig
