Artist: Danilo Perez
Album: Motherland
Genre: Post-Bop, World Fusion
Label: Verve Records
Released: 2000
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Intro (Perez) - 0:47
- Suite for the Americas (Part 1) (Perez) - 2:56
- Elegant Dance (Perez) - 5:49
- Panafrica (Perez) - 4:47
- Baile (Brenes-Perez) - 1:57
- Song to the Land (Perez-Vlieg) - 5:21
- Suite for the Americas (Part 2) (Perez) - 5:01
- Prayer (Perez) - 4:39
- Overture (Perez) - 3:49
- Rio to Panama (Perez) - 4:39
- Panama Libre (Perez) - 6:49
- Panama 2000 (Perez) - 8:36
- And Then... (Perez) - 1:02
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- Personnel:
- Danilo Perez - piano, Fender Rhodes
- Richard Bona - lead vocal, electric bass
- Carlos Henriquez, John Patitucci - acoustic bass
- Antonio Sanchez, Brian Blade - drums
- Regina Carter - violin
- Luciana Souza, Claudia Acuna - vocals
- Chris Potter - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
- Diego Urcola - trumpet
- Luisito Quintero - congas, small percussion intruments, caja tambora, chimes, durban drums, caja santena, cajon, maracas criollas, timbales, tamborine, bell, chekere, triangle, djembe, bata okonkolo, kaxixi
- Ricaurte Villarreal - tambor repicador, tambor pujador, maracas
- Aquiles Baez - cuatro, acoustic guitar
- Kurt Rosenwinkel - electric guitar
- Louis Bauzo - bata iya, lead chant
- Greg Askew - totele, response chant
- Richard Byrd - okonkolo, response chant
When most people hear the term Latin jazz, they think of a mixture of bop and Afro-Cuban rhythms -- bop mixed with son, mambo, cha-cha, guaguanco, danzón, and other Afro-Cuban styles that have been described as salsa. But Latin-flavored jazz doesn't have to be Afro-Cuban jazz; in fact, jazz is compatible with numerous Latin rhythms that didn't originate in Cuba. Technically, Danilo Pérez's Motherland is Latin jazz because it fuses jazz with Latin elements. But it isn't Afro-Cuban jazz, and it isn't the type of Cubop that people associate with Machito, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader, and Poncho Sanchez. Instead, this introspective, chance-taking CD finds Panamanian pianist Danilo Pérez combining post-bop with a variety of Latin rhythms, everything from Panamanian tamborito to the samba and baião of Brazil. Pérez also uses Afro-Cuban rhythms at times, but it's important to stress that salsa is only one of the many tools in his arsenal. There is no reason why Motherland cannot be described as Latin jazz, after all, it is jazz with a strong Latin flavor. But unlike other releases by Spanish-speaking jazz artists, this excellent CD demonstrates that Latin jazz isn't necessarily Afro-Cuban jazz.
Review by Alex Henderson