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Obatala

Jerry Gonzalez
1 disc

1. Intro
2. Nefertiti
3. Obatal
4. Evidence
5. Siempre Junto a Ti
6. Eighty-One
7. Jackie-Ing
Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): R2-79665
Credits

Producer Matthias Winckelmann
Engineer Ron Kurz
& The Fort Apache Band.
Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band: Jerry Gonzalez (trumpet, flugelhorn, congas); Milton Cardona (vocals, bata, chekere); John Stubblefield (tenor saxophone); Angel "Papo" Vasquez (trombone); Larry Willis (piano); Edgardo Miranda (guitar); Andy Gonzalez (bass); Steve Berrios (drums, bata, chekere, background vocals); Hector Hernandez (congas, bata, chekere, backgraound vocals); Nicky Marrero (timbales, percussion).
Recorded live at the International Jazz Festival, Zurich, Switzerland on November 6, 1988. Includes liner notes by Russ Musto.
Personnel: Jerry Gonzalez (trumpet, flugelhorn, congas, percussion); Milton Cardona (vocals, bata); Edgardo Miranda (guitar); John Stubblefield (tenor saxophone); Angel Papo Vasquez (trombone); Larry Willis (piano); Steve Berrios (drums, bata); Hector "Flaco" Hernandez, Hctor Hernndez (congas, bata); Nicky Marrero (timbales, percussion).
Liner Note Author: Russ Musto.
Recording information: International Jazz Festival Zurich (11/06/1988).
Photographers: Ivan Ramos Angulo; Lajos Keresztes.
Recorded live in Zurich, this is one of the finest recordings by Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band. Mixing together bop and post-bop with Latin jazz, Gonzalez's ten-piece group consists of his trumpet and congas, tenor saxophonist John Stubblefield, trombonist Papo Vasquez, pianist Larry Willis and a six-piece rhythm section including four percussionists. Gonzalez and his band show that it is possible to turn even such numbers as "Nefertiti," Miles Davis' "Eighty-One" and Thelonious Monk's "Jackie-Ing" into heated Afro-Cuban jazz. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow