Carambola

Carambola

ASIN: B00004YX56

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With 60 years of music making under his belt, the Cuban-born composer, arranger, and bandleader Chico O'Farrill reigns as the dean of Latin jazz. After arriving in New York in 1948, he worked with Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Machito. Carambola, the maestro's first CD of the 21st century, finds him in rare form. Old tunes like "Carambola," "Havana Blues," and "Crazy City (...But I Love It)" charge with a mambo-bebop fire. "Waller Exercise" is a ragtime-stride, New Orleans second-line ditty recorded to sound like a scratchy 78, while "Rhapsody for Two Islands" is a Cubop shout to George Gershwin. The timeless vocals of Graciela, the sister of Machito and wife of Mario Bauza, grace "Oye Mi Rumba." The CD's high points, though, are O'Farrill's extended compositions--his 1950 masterpiece, "The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite" with its mercurial, millennial mood, and "The Aztec Suite." Composed in 1959, the latter is featured on CD for the first time. Both numbers indulge peppery rumbas, bebop lines, boleros, and Afro syncopations with the touch of a master. Trumpeters Phillip Michael Mossman and Jim Seeley, trombonist Papo Vazquez and alto saxophonist Mario Rivera add their improvisations to the mix and make this aural offering one tasty Cuban-American dish. --Eugene Holley Jr.

From Rhythm Magazine
The symphonic sweep of Chico O'Farrill's exuberant Afro-Cuban jazz sensibilities suffuses Carambola, further testimony to the Havana-born, New York-seasoned composer's understated mastery of the Latin big-band sound. For five decades O'Farrill has worked with the best in the business: Mario Bauza, Machito, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Candido, Patato, and many more. Two well-known extended works, "Aztec Suite" and "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite," garner fresh hearings. Then there's the title track's mambo-bebop sass, the mellow bolero "Delirio," the straight-ahead clave swing of "Havana Blues," the brassy Broadway cha-cha of "Vanna's Song," the frenetic mambo tribute to New York, "Crazy City (But I Love It)," and the speakeasy foxtrot feel of "Waller Exercise." There's no arguing either with singer Graciela's resonant cameo on "Oye Mi Rumba," the suave jazz trio setting of "Enamorado," or the Gershwin-tinged "Rhapsody for Two Islands" (Cuba and Manhattan, naturally). Says O'Farrill, "I get a kick out of the promiscuity of Cuban and American sounds and I think that maybe what we began doing years ago was destined to be." Sublimely so. -Michael Stone

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Average customer rating: I love this album love the trumpets

Carambola Chico O'Farrill Manufacturer: Milestone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Heart of a Legend Cuban Blues: The Chico O'Farrill Sessions Pure Emotion Bebo Rides Again Bebo de Cuba ASIN: B00004YX56 Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

1. Carambola
2. The Aztec Suite
3. Delirio
4. Havana Blues
5. Vanna's Song
6. Crazy City (...But I Love It)
7. Waller Excercise
8. Rhapsody For Two Islands
9. Oye Mi Rumba
10. Enamorado (Falling In Love)
11. Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite

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Customer Reviews:

I love this album.......2001-09-27

This father/son re-creation of Afro-Cuban jazz brings new life to an old favorite, The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite. Very tasty. Not just a retrospective though, plenty of new stuff.

Go back to Havana, enjoy a Cuba Libre with a lime slice and party on to the original sounds that made Batista one serious party dude until that bearded kook took the fun out of it.

love the trumpets.......2001-04-06

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Papirapa Gigi Trujillo Manufacturer: Tratore/Carambola ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002S0FJ6 Release Date: 2004-08-01

Tracks:

1. Nos Filmes As Mocinhas Sempre Torcem O Pe
2. Pula Eu
3. Balangandans
4. Chut'o Balde
5. Vou Casar No Uruguay
6. Faixa De Pedestre
7. Al!
8. Delegacia Da Mulher
9. Sou Uma Mulher Feliz
10. Errata Suicida
11. Medidas
12. Uma Questao De Prioridade
13. Vaqi La Bem
14. Janelas Da Alma

Album Details

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Carambola Filotto/Tutti in Buca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000FDEC9M Release Date: 2006-04-25

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Magitule Sergio Turcao Manufacturer: Tratore/Carambola ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00079LWQK Release Date: 2005-02-21

Tracks:

1. Sin Salabin
2. Adolescencia
3. Nascimento
4. Tocumpressa
5. Tema Mike Time
6. Vinheta Nascimento
7. Voce Pode Tudo
8. Ping-Pong
9. Sou Uma Mulher Feliz
10. Vinheta Nascimento Ii
11. Vem Brincar Comigo
12. Renascimento
13. Vinheta Caixinha De Musica

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Carambola: Live at Birdland (1951) Machito & His Afro-cubans Manufacturer: Tumbao ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Mambo | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000027WNO Release Date: 1995-03-21

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Carambola Manufacturer: Fernando Dissenha ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTL0C8 Release Date: 2003-01-01

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Carambola-Live at Birdland 195 Machito & His Afro-Cubans Manufacturer: Tumbau ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005TBN Release Date: 1995-04-05

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Carambola De Exitos Jimmy Manufacturer: Peerless ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Mexico | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008FIXJ Release Date: 1997-05-13

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Carambola 1951 Machito Manufacturer: Tumbao Cuban Classix ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B0006Z2L6A Release Date: 2004-11-16

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Carambola Augusto Enriquez Y Su Mambo Band Manufacturer: RCA Intl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004XR6T Release Date: 2001-09-19

Tracks:

1. Elige T Canto Yo
2. Mani Picao
3. Inolvidable
4. Bonito y Sabroso
5. Fidelidad
6. Deja Que Suba la Marea
7. Los Aretes de la Luna
8. Pinar del Rio
9. Aquellos Ojos Verdes
10. Santa Isabel de las Lajas
11. Me Miras Tiernamente
12. Mientras Exista el Mambo
13. Que Te Hace Pensar
14. Carambola

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1. Choices
2. Coltrane Plays the Blues [Extra tracks]
3. Complete Barry Galbraith Milt Hinton [Import]
4. Complete Clyde Mccoy on Columbia
5. Complete Columbia Master [Import]
6. Controlled Nonchalance, Vol. 2 [Live]
7. Cool
8. David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas
9. Dedicated to Connie [Live]
10. Desire/No Tears [Import]

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