Для тех, кто не знает, альбом, как и одноименный фиыльм, посвящен идолу пуэрториканской сальсы, почившему Эктору Лавое (Лаво). При всем уважении к Лавое, интерпретации известных тем гораздо больше зацепляют на альбоме Марка Антони. Во-первых, он вышел в эпоху "сальса дура" и пронизан магией таких монстров как Джимми Бош. Я нигде не могу найти ( Read more... )

A North American conguero, quite praised by some experts, associates quite much with «Spanish Harlem Orchestra». Maybe associates too much, which is hardly a reason to be proud. The themes that explode the brain (like those of Delgado’s friend - Bosch) are absent on this album. The rumbaless salsa looks like a hard one, but has a smack of pendulum ( Read more... )

If you have too many good music it gets more and more difficult for you to estimate it adequately. The bar gets higher and higher. Sometimes I catch myself at trying to find the flaws in a wonderful album only because the next one is even more wonderful. Spanish Harlem Orchestra plays pure Puerto Rican salsa, but the project was born in NY. The ( Read more... )

1. El avion de la salsa ( Read more... )

One of the loudest names of the last decade left me insane when I heard him for the first time. That’s definitely one of the best music albums of my life. Although Jimmy is a Boricua from NY, it doesn’t mean much, because the Cuban quality sign is stamped on his music undoubtedly. Bosch’s merits are clear and simple - he pulled out of the depths of ( Read more... )