Search - Pamela Wise :: Negre Con Leche (Black With Cream)

When Wise creates it's always from a sunsplashed rhythmic base projecting a joyful, dance-like resonance. That's evinced in the opening "NEGRE CON LECHE PART II, with its carnivalesque introduction that breaks into a percussive, propulsive theme. Even the more reflective GRANDE SIESTA the melody caressingly conferred by the bass bespeaks a smiling contentment that becomes a clave driven rush of delight before it's over. No sleepy music here. Wise has assembled a group of Afro-Cuban percussion and bebop masters who play with verve and inventiveness.-Lawrence Gabriel