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sabu martinez - sabu’s jazz espagnole - 8th records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Latin

1. Intro
2. The Oracle
3. I Remember Carmen
4. Delilah
5. Breakin' It In
6. Flipping
7. Otra Vez
8. Flamenco Ain't Bad
9. Woody'n You
10. Enchantmene
11. Nica's Dream
12. Coda

Repress from his 'Sabu's Jazz Espagnole' album - recorded just before moving to sweden - noteworthy for its innovative arrangements, which reinterpreted standard arrangements of the genre, by imposing them over high-energy boleros, mambos, sambas, and other classic Latin sounds.

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One of the great influential figures of Latin Jazz percussion is that of Louis "Sabu" Martinez, who had been performing in groups and ensembles as early as the age of 11. Over the decades of his live,
Martinez had worked with some of the greatest names in latin, jazz, and swing history, from Benn Goodman and Count Basie to Thelonius Monk and Charles Mingus to Tony Bennett and Harry
Belafonte. Later after many years of session playing, he would lead his own band, which would go on to record several essential albums in latin jazz, including Palo Congo, which was listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die, before later re-locating to Sweden in the late 1960s.