| All Artists: Tiempo Libre Title: Arroz Con Mango Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Shanachie Release Date: 5/24/2005 Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Latin Music Styles: World Dance, Caribbean & Cuba, Cuba Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 016351663528, 669910108567, 001635166352 |
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 | Tiempo Libre Arroz Con Mango Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Latin Music Cuba's timba musicians create a hard-edged dance music filled with energy, drawing upon jazz, funk, European classical, reggae, and myriad traditional Cuban rhythms. The music has a more global flair to it than some of the... more » |
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Amazon.com Cuba's timba musicians create a hard-edged dance music filled with energy, drawing upon jazz, funk, European classical, reggae, and myriad traditional Cuban rhythms. The music has a more global flair to it than some of the older styles, but timba is still wholly Cuban. Starting out as a Miami-based group of Cuban expatriate musician who played in other bands (Albita, Arturo Sandoval, NG La Banda and others), Tiempo Libre got serious when it was offered a slot opening for the legendary Celia Cruz and hasn't looked back since. The septet gets a surprisingly big sound driven by the traditional twin engines of sizzling brass and unrelenting rhythms. Most of the tunes on this too-short 40-minute debut are originals that offer the musicians' own take on their new home fused with the music they love. Indeed, while so many other Cuban exports are looking to the past, here's a band that's proudly in the here and now. --Tad Hendrickson Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsGreat album, but kind of short Marcos | California, USA | 02/26/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "Como todos los que han escrito estoy de acuerdo que es un buen album. Yo diria que el ritmo que tocan es perfecto para un grupo de Timba fuera de Cuba, ya que no es tan fuerte como Bamboleo o Los Van Van. La bateria aqui esta mas controlada y las canciones no son tan largas como otros grupos. Tambien los metales son mas sutiles que muchos grupos de Cuba. Pero eso no hace que el grupo sea de menor calidad, sino que les da un estilo un poco diferente que esta muy bien pulido. Algo interesante tambien es que tienen a un percusionista tocando bateria, bata, timbal, bongos, y cencerro. En ciertas canciones algunos de estos instrumentos se estan tocando al mismo tiempo lo cual da a preguntar que hara el grupo cuando tocan en vivo para arreglar el deficit." Timba: La vida misma!!! A. Salazar | Miami, USA | 12/11/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "Finally a US Timba band capable to groove like those in Havana. I grew up dancing Timba in Cuba and this band makes me feel like if I was there all over again. Once you get Timba in your system every other rhythm takes a second place. A LATIN GRAMMY nomination for this band speaks for itself. " Perfect Follow up to my previous favorite - Buena Vista Soc. Eva Ludwig | Wilmington, North Carolina | 07/18/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "don't know that much about Cuban music - just know I've loved Buena Vista Social club since that album came out. I never believed anything could top that. But now that I've listened to ths album by these young Miami-based Cubans, I've fallen in love with Cuban music all over again. A perfect album to perk you up on even the bluest of days. These guys have a pipleline into some pure sense of musical joy that most musicians just dream of.
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