NILS FISCHER & TIMBAZO
¡Gracias Joe Cuba!
Walboomers (original import)
Originally released: 2007
Category: SALSA/SON; SALSA; NETHERLANDS
EditorsPick: Boom! With the opening track "Ariñañara" you know something special is going on. The song is familiar - a classic done by everyone from Tito Puente to Fruko, and signature tune for Joe Cuba. But man has this been timba-fied or what? Track-by-track, Netherlands based band-leader and master percussionist Nils Fischer has brought these already great tracks onto a new level, one of intensity and sparkling swing. What a great idea: Take classic Joe Cuba tracks like "Ariñañara," "El Hueso," "Guaracha Y Bembé," and "Tremendo Coco," pump them up with high-octane timba-powered arrangements, and add red hot musicians like percussionists Gerardo Rosales and José "Pepe" Espinosa, trumpeter Brian Lynch, trombonist Alberto "Molote" Muñoz, Cuban bassist Alain Perez and vocalists Fabian Nodarse "Huracán," Nando Vanin and Alberto Caicedo. What you're left with is one of the most exciting projects of the year: Joe Cuba like you've never heard before. Turning old-school on it's head - there's a lot of fertile ground there, touched upon recently by Las Estrellas De Envidia. If, like me, you loved their Homenaje A Fania, you better grab this one, but fast. With liner notes by George Rivera and Rebeca Mauleón, as well as comments by Orestes Vilató, Bobby Sanabria, Armando Peraza and Joe Cuba himself. It's a remarkable debut CD by Mr. Fischer, and a BIG DJ Alert. Easily one of the best releases of 2007:
Very Highly Recommended. (BP)
SONG TITLES:
1. Ariñañara (3:28) 2. Que Va/Guaracha Y Bembé/Cachondea (6:49) 3. Bochinchosa (3:37) 4. Entrada (1:08) 5. El Hueso (2:55) 6. Pancho/Yo Vine Pa' Ver/Tremendo Coco (7:00) 7. Lo Bueno Ya Viene (3:51) 8. Oriente (3:32) 9. Llegué (4:54) 10. Que Pollo/Mujer/Picando De Vicio (8:19) 11. Ya No Tengo Amigos (6:13) 12. Radio Edits: Que Va (2:09) 13. Guaracha Y Bembé (1:27) 14. Cachondea (3:11) 15. Pancho (2:13) 16. Yo Vine Pa' Ver (1:19) 17. Tremendo Coco (3:24)
MUSICIANS:
• Nils Fischer: Congas, bongo & campana, guiro chekere, claves, quinto, djembe, cajon, bata
• José "Pepe" Espinosa: Timbales set
• Lucas Van Merwijk: Timbales set
• Liber Torriente : Timbales set
• Gerardo Rosales: Maracas, bongo, & campana
• Eduardo Alfonso: Guiro
• Marc Bischoff: Grand piano
• Jan Laurens Hartong: Grand piano
• Leslie Lopez: Electric bass
• Alain Perez: Baby bass, electric bass
• Fabian Nodarse "Huracán": Lead vocals, coro
• Nando Vanin: Lead vocals, coro
• Alberto Caicedo: Lead vocals, coro
• Brian Lynch: Trumpet (soloist)
• Joe Rivera: 1st trumpet
• Nico Schepers: 2nd trumpet
• David Rothschild: 1st trombone, 3rd trombone (track 7)
• Santiago Castañeda: 2nd trombone
• Alberto "Molote" Muñoz: Trombone (soloist)
• Bart Platteau - Vibraphone, Flute; Gerrit Jan Binkhorst - Baritone Sax; Christof Knoche - Alto Sax
