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Corina Bartra
New Release CD Release Bambu Sun |
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Corina Bartra Bambu Sun
Corina Bartra new CD represents a look both back and forward in musical direction. The new album is both a return to the Peruvian artist Afro-Peruvian jazz roots after two wonderful chanting/meditation records, and a look forward to joyful and rewarding musical days ahead.
Bambu Sun reflects a bright and joyous spirit that consolidates the artist pioneering incorporation of Afro-Peruvian and New Latin undercurrents into her own personal creation. Fans of Corina previous jazz CDs, Corina Bartra Quartet, Son Zumbon and Travel Log, will find she has even revisited a couple of the key songs on those records, holding them up to the light of a Bambu sun to find new meanings. It is great to hear Peace Loving People Are on the Rise and its timeless message in a new version.
As
always, Corina fronts top-rate musicians like Rufus Reid, Jay
Rodriguez, Cliff Corman and Vince Cherico, and their support of her mix
of originals (like uajira Son and ol Azabache and covers (Wayne
Shorter, Lennon/McCartney) is outstanding. Listen hard and you can hear
a lot of things on Bambu Sun: bits of bebop, the complicated rhythms of
Peru, energetic male voices on choruses or just exclaiming behind the
music (the recording sessions must have been fun). It is really
impressive and also the first time to hear in a jazz recording two
cajon players playing counterpoint rhythms together on ajoral.
Let hope there is nothing but bambu sun for this engaging artist from now on!
-MARK FOGARTY
Listen to Selected MP3's of Bambu Sun:
Ground breaking fusion of jazz in Afro Peruvian music.
One of Corina's original compositions with a cha-cha groove.
Peace Loving People are on the rise
Soulfull ballad Corina wrote to inspire world peace.
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Corina Bartra is a remarkable musician. A native of Peru living in NY City, she has an extraordinary range and an almost restless musical ability to incorporate exotic traditions into her own unique music. I'm fortunate to have a copy of an earlier recording she made Son Zumbon featuring a heady mix of African, traditional Peruvian and American jazz that felt like a fresh, reviving wind and is one of the more unusual "world" recordings around. You can listen to it by following this link. Recently I received two more CDs that truly surprised me and are vastly different from each other. Instead of following the path set in Son Zumbon, Corina Bartra spreads her musical wings to encompass a whole new world. The Quartet CD features several jazz standards expertly performed by Corina's quartet and includes many originals that range from a pop latin dance number to the humorous Boring Blob. These musicians have been playing together for several years and it shows. I expect this earlier produced recording is closer to the kind of music Corina performs at her many NY City club dates. The newer Trave Log CD is an altogether different story. Here we have Corina Bartra exploring the voice- ancient singing techniques to modern jazz and putting altogether in a brand new way. The tracks feature an extraordinary mix of styles fashioning a brand new world that is wild and mesmerizing. Please take some
time to listen to these musical offerings from this most gifted and unprecedented
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