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DESCARGA:
Pi-Mozambi-Son
with Chaguito u Sus Timberos
Released by Boogalu Productions.
DVD: 68
Minutes
Descarga in Spanish means to unload. The
tradition of descarga in Cuba is about unloading creatively in music -
a special form where musicians can improvise and interact with more
freedom. To this end, descargas often have stripped down arrangements
of a repeating melody line, strong bass, and percussion. With this
rhythmic groove solid, individual musicians have permission to solo,
invent, and stretch out.
In the spirit of descarga,
a group of exceptional Cuban musicians assembled under the leadership
of Santiago "Chaguito" Garzón, the former musical director
of “Rumberos de Cuba” and "Clave Y
Guaguancó. For this project Chaguito invited a group of
longtime friends, many from his native Guantánamo. Included
are musicians from such legendary groups as Conjunto
Chappottín y Sus Estrellas, Orquesta Sublime, and Pachito
Alonso y Sus Kini Kini.
Descarga Pi-Mozambi-Son is a
series of eight music sessions that reflect the depth and beauty of
popular and folkloric Cuban music, as well as featuring new inventive
forms that are mixtures of the classic genres.
descargas
on the DVD:
Bailado Mi Negra - cha cha chá
solos:
flute, congas, timbales, bass
Estrellas Del Son - son
solos:
trumpet, tres, piano, bongo
Pi-Mozambi-Son
a
mix of the rhythms in pilón, mozambique, and son
solos:
flute, trumpet, tres, piano, campana
Ogún
Guerrero Tumbaloya
bembé guantánamero
solos:
flute, congas
Timba Para Changó -
batá rumba
solos: congas, tres, timbales
Tremendo
Descargón - son montuno
solos: bongo, congas,
timbales, trumpet
Guarapacha-Son
a mix of
rumba guarapachangeo and son
solos: congas-cajón
A
Paso Firme de Aqui Pa'Ya
conga
bonus tracks
and files on the DVD include:
~ outakes of sessions and solos
not used in the body of the film
~ mp3 audio of all the
sessions that can be turned into a CD, or uploaded to your mp3 player.
musicians
and their music group:
Santiago "Chaguito"
Garzón - percussion/voice
former musical director
of Clave y Guaguancó & Rumberos de Cuba
Melquiades
Fundora Dina - wooden flute
Orquesta Sublime (founding member
1956)
Tomás "Panga" Ramos - congas
studio
and/or touring artist with: Pupy y Los Que Son Son, Buena Vista Social
Club Alumni, Cubanismo, Paulito FG
Armando Fuentes
Silega - Cuban bass
Conjunto Chappottín y Sus
Estrellas
Angel Labori Hernández - piano
Conjunto
Chappottín y Sus Estrellas
Juan Carlos
Tito Rojas - trumpet
Pachito Alonso y Sus Kini Kini
Alberto
Muguercia Ramos - timbales/voice
Grupo Reye 73
Esconodio
Padilla Perés - tres/voice
Grupo
Tradición 2000
Luis Enrique "Kiki" Romero
- bongo/voice
Grupo Caña Santa
