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Various Artists
Cuba: I Am Time
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Latin Music

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. El Sinsonte - Pancho Quinto Y Su Grupo Anag7
2. Obatala - Merceditas Valdes
3. La Voz Del Congo - Clave Y Guaguanco
4. Chach - Los Munequitos De Matanzas
5. Yemaya - Conjunto Folklorico Nacional De Cuba
6. Papa Aggun - Celeste Mendoza Y Los Papines
7. Santa Barbara (Que Viva Chango!) - Celina Gonzalez
8. Con Su Pin, Pin, Pin - Comparsa San Agustin
9. Bata Rhythm - Various Artists
10. Osain - Merceditas Valdes Y El Grupo De Jose Maria Vitier
11. Chivo Que Rompe Tambo - Bola De Nieve
12. Soy Todo - Juan Formell Y Los Van Van
13. Assokere (Canto A Eleggua) - Sintesis
Track Listings (18) - Disc #2
1. Arolla Cubano - Maria Teresa Vera
2. Mamita Cambia - Miguelito Valdes
3. Saoco - Celeste Mendoza
4. Yo Si Tumbo Cana - Cuarteto D'Aida
5. Guajira Guantanamera - Joseito Fernandez
6. Son De La Loma - Trio Matamoros
7. Maria Cristina - Nico Saquito
8. El Verdulero - Paulina Alvarez
9. El Diablo Tun Tun - Miguelito Cuni
10. Ritmo Pilon - Pacho Alonso
11. Y Manana Me Caso Contigo - Conjunto Roberto Fax
12. Drume Negrita - Merceditas Valdes
13. Yayabo - Tito Gomez Con La Orquesta Riverside
14. Sabanas Blancas - Gerardo Alfonso
15. Mariposa - Pedro Luis Ferrer
16. Identidad - Pablo Milanes
17. A Bayamo En Coche - Alberto Alverez Y Son 14
18. Pa Que To Salves - Issac Delgado Y Su Orquesta
Track Listings (15) - Disc #3
1. Que Bueno Baila Usted - Beny More
2. Rumba Caliente - Elio Reve Y Su Charangon
3. Iliana Quiere Chocolate - Pello Afrokan
4. Echale Salsita - Septeto Nacional De Ignacio Pineiro
5. Tres Lindas Cubanas - Sexteto Habanero
6. Pare Cochero - Orchestra Aragon
7. Sociedad Antonio Maceo - Isreal Lopez 'Cachao'
8. Mulatica Revoltosa - Arcano Y Sus Maravillas
9. Adivinalo - Arsenio Rodriguez
10. Oye El Carbonero - Chappottin Y Miguelito Cuni
11. Que Sorpresa! - Juan Formell Y Los Van Van
12. Recordando Al Sonero - Adalberto Alvarez Y Su Son
13. La Bruja, Camara - Jose Luis Cortes Y NG La Banda
14. La Bola - Manolin El Medico De La Salsa
15. Se Te Fue La Mano - Issac Delgado Y Su Orquesta
Track Listings (11) - Disc #4
1. Mambo - Mario Bauza
2. Descarga Numero Dos - Chico O'Farrill
3. Juana Mil Ciento - Irakere
4. Nueva Vision - Emiliano Salvador
5. Bemba'e Cuchara/Spoon Lips - Cachao
6. Tumbao De Coqueta - Jesus Alemany
7. Bobre Un Canto A Eleggua - Grupo Afro-Cuba
8. Parraga - Orlando Valle 'Maraca'
9. El Noticiero - Los Terry
10. Woody'n You - Gonzalo Rubalcaba
11. Montuno - Steve Coleman w/AfroCuba De Matanzas

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Cuba: I Am Time
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Blue Jackel
Release Date: 8/6/1999
Album Type: Box set
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Latin Music
Styles: Caribbean & Cuba, Cuba, Mambo, Big Band, Afro-Cuban, Latin Music, Latin Jazz, Modern Postbebop, Bebop, Latin Pop, Tropical, Salsa
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPCs: 085365450226, 600065501025

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Cleverly packaged in a faux cigar box, this four-CD compilation of Cuban music is designed with the curious fan in mind. Each disc is dedicated to a genre: Cuban Invocations (Afro-Cuban religious music), Cantar en Cuba (songcraft), Bailar con Cuba (dance music), and Cubano Jazz (jazz). Rather than attempting a full historical account, the selection of both classic and modern performers suggests the evolution of the music in broad, bold strokes. Cantar en Cuba features singer Maria Teresa Vera, a key historical figure, but also up-to-the-minute salsero Issac Delgado. In Cubano Jazz, the late bandleader Mario Bauza, crucial in the birth of Latin jazz in the early '40s, is represented alongside contemporary pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba. The accompanying 112-page booklet includes essays, interviews, and a useful song-by-song discussion that sets the music in context. The result is an informative, rewarding overview of Cuban music--and a terrific instant dance-music collection. --Fernando Gonzalez

CD Reviews

Nice selections, inadequate documentation

Richard Periut | 07/02/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Good sampler of styles and artists. However, while the well illustrated booklet that accompanies the set discusses at length cultural and religious influences on the music, basic information such as recording dates and personnel is completely absent. For a newcomer to Cuban music trying to piece together a history of major artists, innovators and most influential recordings, the lack of discographical information and historical context is frustrating."

Can't get any better.

Richard Periut | Little Ferry, New Jersey United States | 09/29/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is truly an eclectic collection of the diversity that makes not only the Cuban music, but its people. Of course, it does not include the classical compositions of Ernesto Lecuona (I recommend Lecuona plays Lecuona,) amongst other Cuban musicians of different genres. It does justice with respect to the music of the early 20th century, to the latter years of musicans under Castro's BIG eye."