Jazz / World Fusion, Latin Jazz, Hard Bop
Recorded: May-November 1997, Clinton Recording Studio, New York City
The Bronx Horns
Mitch Frohman - tenor saxophone, flute, leader
Ray Vega - trumpet, flugelhorn
Bobby Porcelli - alto saxophone
Oscar Hernandez - piano
Bernie Minoso - bass
Johnny Rodriguez - bongos, cowbell, guiro
Jimmy Delgado - timbales
Wilson "Chembo" Corniel - congas, chekere
Jose Madera - conductor, timbales
Yolanda Duke - vocals
Ray Vega appears courtesy of Concord Jazz. Jimmy Delgado plays timbales except on Home Cookin. Jose Madera conducts and plays timbales on Home Cookin.
All selections written by Horace Silver, Ecaroh Music-ASCAP. The Preacher is published by WB Music-ASCAP.
Project Coordination by Ria Wigt. Design & Photos by Jack Frisch.
Recorded: Mitch Frohman
Engineers: Troy Halderson, Mark Fraunfelder
Producers: Wim Wigt, Todd Barkan
Another signpost in the steadily growing awareness of the value of Horace Silver's tune catalog, an octet of Latin-jazz-minded New Yorkers take on ten Silver songs with style and a certain amount of fire. Many of the precisely arranged tunes are naturally cut out for the salsa treatment, though a few such as "The Preacher" have to be shoehorned somewhat awkwardly into the Latin groove. The horns -- all of whom are stalwart members of the Tito Puente band -- are leader Mitch Frohman (tenor, flute), Bobby Porcelli (alto) and Ray Vega (trumpet, flugelhorn), hard-nosed boppers who all have cogent stories to tell in their solos. The ensemble is a classic eight-piece salsa band, with the capable Oscar Hernandez on piano, Bernie Minoso on bass, and Johnny Rodriguez, Jimmy Delgado and Wilson "Chembo" Corniel as the mostly medium-flamed percussion team. Good stuff, though not electrifying. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide |
