Ftlix Guerrero - Serenata Cubana - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The 1940's was a fertile period for Cuban music. Inspired by recent advances in American jazz, several influential conjuntos appeared, such as Conjunto Casino, Sonora Matancera, Conjunto Matamoros and Conjunto Azul led by Chano Pozo, dominating the airwaves and Havana's vibrant club scene with a densely rhythmic and more sophisticated melodic approach. With all these bands needing arrangements, a great Cuban school of arrangers emerged and Felix Guerrero, who studied with the great Nadia Boulanger, was their major figure. Guerrero's students included Bebo Valdes, Arturo InchChicoInch O'Farrill and Armando Romeu. Recorded in Havana in the late 1940's, InchRapsodia CubanaInch features maestro Guerrero at the piano leading his orchestra through a rich, tropical set featuring compositions by Otillo del Portal, Miguel Barrios, Frank Dominguez and others. Finally available in the digital domain - all selections newly remastered.

One of the great bandleaders and highly influential arrangers from Cuba's golden age in the 1950's - a professor of music in Havana into his 90's - rare late 50's sessions from the famed Sonotone tag

One for All,Inch the debut album by Brand Nubian, celebrates it's 35th anniversary. As a group, Grand Puba, Sadat X, and Lord Jamar fused politically conscious lyrics with jazzy, sample-heavy production rooted in golden age boom bap. Widely praised by critics, One for All remains a cornerstone of early '90s East Coast rap. This box set includes the entire track list as 7Inch singles, including it's most celebrated singles InchBrand Nubian,Inch InchFeel So Good,Inch InchSlow Down,Inch InchWake UpInch and InchAll For One.