Album Review: Unidad from Aguankó
Album: Unidad Artist: Aguankó Label: Self-Released Website: https://www.aguanko.com Cuban bop or Cubop is not only the moniker of percussionist Alberto Nacif's dormant Latin group through the 1990's but it is a type of musical style in the jazz spectrum that is recognizable and easily persuades the body to move along to its rhythmic stride. Think of the theme song from the TV program Sex in the City , composed by Douglas Cuomo. Nacif tweaks percolating romps with woodwind and brass threading that finesses the Cuban-fermented bop style to a sophisticated vintage. Aguankó's 5th effort, Unidad , is filled with original Latin jazz arrangements. The recording features the core members of Aguankó, all coming from the halls of the Detroit area jazz scene. Hitting it off with the spicy mambo-clad furls of "Kintsugi," the track is fraught with tingling percussive beats. Followed by the cha-cha chassis mooring "Discurso," having an immediate e...