Track Listing

1. God of the Crossroads
2. Chameleon
3. Cafe con Bagels
4. Mi Guaguanco
5. Creator Has a Master Plan
6. Chameleon, Pt. 2 (The Tenor Groove)
7. Ayo
8. Afro Cubismo
9. Bembe/The Promised Land
10. Chameleon, Pt. 3 [The Trombone Groove]
11. Groovin'
12. Guiro Elegua

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #359154 in Music
• Released on: 1998-02-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Amazon.com
Percussionist Bobby Matos leads his Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble through a wildly diverse (three takes of Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon" and covers of the Rascal's "Groovin'" and Pharaoh Sanders's "The Creator Has a Master Plan") romp on this LP culled from a 14-year stash of studio tapes. Intended to illustrate the evolution of Matos's sound, Sessions really serves to underscore the fact that when the man hits his groove, he's capable of steamrolling a wide and danceable path marked by funky horn charts, jaunty piano, and the ever-present plink and plunk of percussion. Matos, however, is not one to smooth things over for the sake of a song--Sessions's finest moments come when things seem most hectic. Matos pits percussion against piano leaving the horns to whoop and exclaim all around him and filling in a sound that, despite its swinging demeanor, is all business. --S. Duda

Jazz Times
This compilation of 12 tunes, covering a fourteen year period, serves as an excellent introduction to the work of percussionist/bandleader Bobby Matos, who describes his approach as having a strong "Afro-Cuban rhythmic sensibility and ... a Jazz Messengers horn approach." Latin jazz fans will savor this release.

Customer Reviews

Good!
Good Cd but it a compilation so be aware when ya buy it......`
This is not an ALBUM.
Except this the sound is good and slow.