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  • Africa Latina

    AYVA043

    Artist: Leo Blanco

    Label: AYVA Música

    Pianist and composer Leo Blanco explores the fertile sounds of his homeland Venezuela and other realms on this stunningly virtuose release. Several of the most acclaimed young musicians of today — among other notables, saxophonist Donny McCaslin, Mexican drummer Antonio Sánchez and guitarist Lionel Loueke, a native of Benin — join Blanco on this nine track excursion through the music hinterland of Venezuela, Colombia and Peru. Far from just a cursory, jazz-grounded overview of sundry South American music styles, Blanco and his compañeros focus on a particularly compelling element -- the far-ranging influence of African cultures on the music of these lands.