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De la Habana con Clave: el Afro-Cubano All Stars no toma prisioneros en La La land.(TT: From Havana with Clave: The Afro-Cuban All-Stars Take No Prisoners in La-La Land.)(Artículo Breve)

From: Latin Beat Magazine  |  Date: 6/1/2000  |  Author: Tamargo, Luis

For many years, the visionary tresero/composer/arranger/vocalist/bandleader/producer Juan de Marcos González - no relation to Juan Miguel González(1) - dreamt about combining, within a 1950s style Cuban big band format, the creative virtuosity of unfairly neglected luminaries of the pre-Castro era with the electrifying energy of younger generations that emerged after Cebolla's(2) advent to power. Juanito's dream turned into reality five years ago, when he organized Havana's ...

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