The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (Remastered) Various Artists - Cuban Jam Sessions

• 1 Introduction 00:29
• 2 Theme On Perfida 08:28
• 3 Theme On Mambo 03:29
• 4 Cimarron 06:35
• 5 Theme On Cha Cha Cha 04:47
• 6 Opus For Dancing 10:20
• 7 Theme For Conga 03:43
• 8 Jam Session (Descarga Caliente) 17:00
• 9 Rumba Theme 05:09
• 10 Listen To The Rhythm Of The ChaChaCha 06:31
• 11 Bata Rhythm 05:54
• 12 Montuno – Swing 09:15
• 13 Montuno Guajiro 09:23
• 14 Cha Cha Cha Montuno 09:13
• 15 Guanguanco – Comparsa 06:14
• 16 Trombon Criollo 03:06
• 17 Controversia De Metales 03:11
• 18 Estudio En Trompeta 02:17
• 19 Guajeo De Saxos 02:19
• 20 Oye Mi Tres Montuno 02:39
• 21 Malanga Amarilla 03:17
• 22 Cogele El Golpe 02:39
• 23 Pamparana 02:34
• 24 Descarga Cuban 03:01
• 25 Goza Mi Trompeta 02:55
• 26 A Gozar Timbero 02:57
• 27 Sorpresa De Flauta 02:51
• 28 Juaniquita 06:21
• 29 Pa’ Coco Solo 03:55
• 30 Busco Una Chinita 04:01
• 31 Guajirando 07:00
• 32 Goza El Montuno 05:53
• 33 Vamos A Gozar 04:09
• 34 La Flauta De Jose 06:45
• 35 La Charanga 04:26
• Total Runtime 03:02:46

Info for The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (Remastered)

Just as American jazz musicians of the 1950s typically headed off to jam sessions following their last sets at clubs, Cuban musicians did the same in Havana. Musicians who dressed in guarachera shirts to play for tourists in hotel ballrooms slipped into button-down shirts and slacks after work at 3 a.m. and headed off to play for themselves. In some cases, they wound up at the recording studio of Ramo´n Sabat's Panart Records. There, a dozen or so guests stood along the studio's perimeter waiting to enjoy the music. Musicians and guests were usually fortified by food and rum and cola, creating a party atmosphere. The results of these early-morning gatherings were five albums entitled Cuban Jam Session Vol. 1-5.

The music on these discs provides insights into the development of Latin jazz by legendary Cuban musicians before, during and apart from the Castro regime. As you'll hear, the improvised music has strong, rich rhythms but there's a quaint lyricism as well. It's not as explosively mambo-centric as American Cuban dance music of the period, emphasizing instead individual jazz-inspired soloists and the more subtle and nuanced countryside folk forms popular in Cuba.

Vol. 1 was recorded in 1956 and was directed by jazz-influenced pianists Julio Gutie´rrez and Pedro Nolasco Jústiz Rodríguez.
Vol. 2 was recorded in 1957 and was led by the same musicians.
Vol. 3 was recorded in 1962 in Havana, despite Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. It was led by be-bop influenced guitarist Nin~o Rivera, who played the tres.
Vol. 4 was recorded in 1957 and was led by bassist Israel “Cachao” Lopez.
And Vol. 5, led by flutist Jose Fajardo, was recorded in New York in 1964. By then, Sabat had fled Cuba.

Digitally remastered

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