THE FINEST IN LATIN JAZZ

• 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL
• THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 1 BONUS TRACK
• LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES

Legendary composer, arranger, band leader and double bassist Israel “Cachao” López (1918-2008) is universally recognized as one of the most prolific and influential figures in the history of Cuban Music. He was a co-founder of the widely popular mambo style in the late 1930’s (along with his brother Orestes “Macho” López and Antonio Arcaño), and a primary exponent of the “descarga” movement of the 1950’s.

The album Jam Session with Feeling, presented here, was one in a series of recorded “descargas”, and includes several legends of Cuban music, such as Alejandro “El Negro” Vivar, and Tata Güines.

PERSONNEL:

ISRAEL LÓPEZ “CACHAO”, leader and String Bass, with:

ALEJANDRO “EL NEGRO” VIVAR & ARMANDO “ARMANDITO” ARMENTEROS-  (trumpet)
ORESTES “MACHO” LÓPEZ - (piano)
RICARDO “PAPÍN” ABREU - (tumbadora)
“TATA GÜINES - (tumbadora & drums);
ANDRÉS ECHEVERRÍA “NIÑO RIVERA” - (electric tres);
ROGELIO “YEYO” IGLESIAS - (bongos)
GUSTAVO TAMAYO - (güiro)

Recorded in Havana, Cuba, 1958.

(*) BONUS TRACK: Cachao with Chico O’Farrill and His Cuban All-Stars, featuring Chico O’Farrill (tp), Richard Egües (fl), Osvaldo Peñalver (as), Emilio Peñalver (ts), Pedro Justiz “Peruchín” (p), Cachao (b), Tata Güines (congas). Havana, 1959.

TRACKS:

A1 SIBONEY
A2 AVANCE JUVENIL
A3 MARTA
A4 LA FLORESTA
A5 EL NIÑO TOCA EL TRES
A6 LA BAYAMESA
A7 BILONGO (*)

B1 EL MANICERO
B2 JUAN PESCAO
B3 A BUSCAR CAMARONES
B4 DESCARGA GENERAL
B5 Y TÚ QUÉ HAS HECHO
B6 REDENCIÓN