• heavyweight, high-gloss gatefold

• Scintillating, masterful, roaring, classic Cubanismo, beautifully recorded in 2017 at the storied Areito Studio in Havana.
• Descargas, jazz, boogaloo, son… and some ritual music to bring the curtain down. You’ll find yourself hungry for more.

Spain's Zanja Records is a new label dedicated to the promotion of Cuban music and culture. Its inaugural EP The Zanja All Stars: Cuban Jam Session Vol 1 features singers El Indio, Maria Victoria, El Nene, and Ondy, under the musical direction of Julito Padron. All are top Cuban talents who perform "Descargas, Montunos, Instrumental Jazz, and Son" with authenticity and great charm. These percussive, shuffling grooves are alive with wandering basslines and expressive vocals that take you to the heart of the country in an instant. Big horns and jazzy keys, orchestral grandeur and street-wise realness all make them brilliantly irresistible.

PERSONNEL:
Julito Padron - (trumpet)
Rolando Luna - (piano)
Efrain Rios - (tres)
Emilio Cruz - (trumpet)
Emir Santa Cruz - (sax)
Eduardo Sandoval - (trombone)
Roberto Gomez - (guitar)
Gaston Joya & Yaroldy Abreu - (congas)
Otto Santana - (bongo)
Enrique Lagaza - (güiro)
Ramses Rodrigus, Rodney Barreto, Oliver Valdes - (drums)

TRACKS:
A1. Papa Boco
A2. Mambo En La Cueva
A3. Shaker Heights
A4. Obsesion
A5. Los Cacos Del Amor

B1. Carino Falso
B2. La Serpiente
B3. 1959
B4. Papa Boco (Ceremonial version)