Product Description

This CD was recorded live, February 2005, at one of the hottest new theatre/dining clubs in the US. Layla is the composer, saxophonist, and musical director of her 11-piece Latin Jazz orchestra featured on this independently produced project.

Track Listing

1. Intro
2. La Noche Del Tambor - (The Night of the Drum)
3. Desesperos - (The Desperate Ones)
4. Luna Rosa (Rose Moon)
5. Mu�eca (Doll)
6. A Golpe De Cajon
7. Que Te Valla Bien Sin Mi (Go Well Without Me)
8. Tus Manos (Your Hands)
9. La Rumbera

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #415764 in Music
• Released on: 2005-02-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

About the Artist
Layla has been playing sax since age 10 and performing in clubs since age 14. Some of the musicians she has performed with more recently include George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars, George Clinton Jr., James Brown's band, Hadley Caliman (Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Mongo Santamaria), Julian Priester (Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington, Max Roach), Paoli Mejias (Eddie Palmieri), and Joe Santiago's Salsa All Stars including Giovani Hidalgo and many others.  Layla previously released one Latin Jazz CD with all original compositions. The fierce enthusiasm and encouragement of her loyal fan base keep pushing Layla to even higher musical planes and she is in fact already back in the studio recording her 3rd CD with some of the most accomplished Latin Jazz recording artists.    As one of a handful of women instrumentalists performing in the Latin Jazz genre, Layla may very well be the only female saxophonist/composer of authentic Latin and Afro/Peruvian Jazz in the world today. To learn more about Layla or purchasing the CD, please visit her website: www.laylaangulo.com

Customer Reviews

Hot Latin Grooves With Style And Passion
I love this CD! I've seen Layla with her sextet at a club in Seattle and she definitely rocked the house and at the end of the night she literally sent people dancing out into the street. But when I heard her with her 11 piece orchestra -- wow -- she really knocked all of us who were listening to it out! (It also sounds awesome in a car CD, but please, don't start dancing while driving on the freeway ;) )

What's great about this live recording is the ENERGY and sheer love of the music you can feel from Layla and her talented group of musicians. You can really hear her leading the band, keeping them tight, and pumping them up and pushing them to the next level.

Plus, as a great musician herself -- man, can she play that sax -- she knows when to pull in her guys, and then let them go and wail on their own solos, letting them fly into places you rarely hear Latin Jazz go.

The songs -- and she wrote almost all of them -- are so CATCHY, they stick in your head for days. I especially like the opening song, "La Noche Del Tambor" "Tus Manos" "La Rumbera" and there was one song that I thought would be perfect for Mark Anthony, "Que Te Valla Bien Sin Mi" -- it had some "pop" to it, but never compromised the real Latin rhythms going on.

I think Layla and her band are on their way to something big! I can't wait to hear what her next studio album is going to do.