Omara Portuoundo: Magia Negra.(Reseña)

From: Latin Beat Magazine | Date: May 1, 2002| Author: Tamargo, Luis | Copyright information

Magia Negra (Blue Moon)

In her first solo recording (Magia Negra, 1958)--reissued by Blue Moon in Europe and distributed in the U.S. by Boulevard--Omara Portuondo's rich timbre and bittersweet delivery were set against the lush accompaniment provided by Julio Gutierrez's orchestral organization. * Although this piano-playing bandleader from Manzanillo was the first-call accompanist of the greatest Cuban female vocalists of the 1950s, he is one of the most underrated figu...

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