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Title: Afrocuba who?????
Review: This is one of those bands that thanks to the embargo, no one knows about Stateside. I only found out about it in Leonardo Acosta's Cubano Be Cubano Bop history book about jazz in Havana (thank you Victor!). The CD cover leads you to think that it was recorded at Ronnie Scott's in London, but it wasn't. It's a fine studio recording, 100% done in Havana's Egrem studio, from two sessions in the 1980's and 1990's. Great liner notes in what is a simple product package added to what Acosta had already said about the band in his book. A laid back Iraquere, in three words. Jazz, Afrocuban, great singing and playing. I have only two CD's by AFRO CUBA, the other is from the FORBIDDEN CUBA series, and this is my favorite. Hope to see them live in my lifetime! By the way, is the cover foto la Quinta Avenida?
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