| Product Summary | | Label: FONTANA | | UPC: 00657036113428 | | Release Date: 5/15/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204401508 | | Item#: M3L5HK | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2007 Six Degrees Records
(C) 2007 Six Degrees Records
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Ray de la Paz (vocals); Hector Colon (trumpet); Hector "Maximo" Rodriguez (bass guitar); Jorge Gonzalez (bongos); George Delgado, Pete Nater, Dan Reagan, Jimmy Bosch, John Walsh, Marcos Bermudez, Oscar Hernandez, Mitch Frohman, Willie Torres, Luisito Quintero. | | Personnel: Willie Torres (vocals, guiro, maracas); Marcos Bermudez, Paul Simon (vocals); Mitch Frohman (flute, baritone saxophone); Pete Nater, Hector Colon, John Walsh (trumpet); Dan Reagan, Jimmy Bosch (trombone); Oscar Hernandez (piano); George Delgado (congas); Luisito Quintero (timbales); Kenny Baldwin (dancer). | | Additional personnel: Paul Simon. | | Audio Mixers: Dave Kowalski; Oscar Hernandez. | | Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ (11/23/2006-11/26/2006). | | Authors: Paul Simon; Rub?n Blades. | | Photographers: Mikki Allen Willis; Jerry Lacay. | | Arrangers: Oscar Hernandez; Jose Febles; Gilbert Lopez; Angel Fernandez; Sonny Bravo. | | With 2007's Grammy-nominated UNITED WE SWING, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra reinforces its revered reputation by offering up a lively set of salsa tunes. Led by pianist/arranger Oscar Hernandez, the horn-heavy New York City-based ensemble shines on exuberant tracks such as "Llego La Orquesta" and "Sacala Bailar," closing the album with a surprisingly simpactico collaboration with Paul Simon on his slice-of-city-life song, "Late in the Evening." |
Producer: Oscar Hernandez; Oscar Hernandez |
Engineer: Dave Kowalski; Dave Kowalski |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/15/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 1134 | | Label : Six Degrees | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 68m : 43s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00657036113428 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Down Beat (p.66)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Here, bandleader/pianist Oscar Hernandez leads his team into some wildly graceful attacks."Dirty Linen (p.79)
- "Through 123 stellar cuts, they offer a crisp and hip-swiveling array of percussion and horns that don't let up, throwing in a rumba and a mambo for good measure." Global Rhythm (Publication)
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- "[T]he battery of congas, bongos and timbales here is never short of explosive, the horns and vocals soar without fail, and the controlled flamboyance of Hernandez's piano decorates buoyantly cool bass." |
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