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Ray Armando - Mallet Hands (2000) [Afro-Cuban Jazz, World Fusion, Latin Jazz]; FLAC (image+.cue)

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Ray Armando - Mallet Hands (2000) [Afro-Cuban Jazz, World Fusion, Latin Jazz]; FLAC (image+.cue)

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Artist: Ray Armando
Album: Mallet Hands
Genre: Afro-Cuban Jazz, World Fusion, Latin Jazz
Label: CuBop/Ubiquity
Released: 2000
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue)
Tracklist:
  1. Con Mi Guaguancó /Armando/ 7:11
  2. The Boxer /Clatworthy/ 5:21
  3. Eighty One /Davis, Carter/ 6:54
  4. Mallet Hands /Armando/ 4:53
  5. Take the "A" Train /Strayhorn/ 6:20
  6. Soko /Saunders/ 8:20
  7. Elizete /Fischer/ 5:11
  8. In Sid's Thing /Ammons/ 5:15
  9. As We Were /Armando/ 5:02

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    Personnel:
  • Ray Armando - conga (#1-4,6,8,9), Brazilian percussion & whistles (5,7);
  • Benn Clatworthy - sax;
  • Eddie Resto - baby bass;
  • Enzo Todesco - drums;
  • Theo Saunders - piano (#1,2,5,6);
  • Jorge Valentin Gaffenito - piano (3,4,7-9);
  • Robertito Melendez - bongos & bells (#1,2,6), chekere (#6);
  • Papo Rodriguez - bongos & bells (#4,8,9)

Ray Armando, long a fixture in the Los Angeles area, had a relatively rare chance to record as a leader on this disc. The style of music is very much 1950s/'60s Afro-Cuban jazz, with tenor saxophonist Benn Clatworthy (whose main inspiration is John Coltrane) generally being the main soloist. Along with some originals, such songs as Ron Carter's "Eighty One," a slower-than-usual "Take the 'A' Train," and Gene Ammons' swinging "In Sid's Thing" are successfully Latin-ized. The sextets (with Theo Saunders or Jorge Valentin Gaffento on piano) are excellent, featuring Armando and either Robertito Melendez or Papo Rodriguez on percussion. This is very easy music to enjoy, both by jazz listeners and Latin dancers.
Review by Scott Yanow

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