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Sonido Isleno: Vive Jazz

Read "Vive Jazz" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Vive Jazz is a prime example of what “Latin jazz" really means. Benjamin Lapidus, who leads the longstanding group Sonido Isleño, says, “I look for ways to put jazz into Latin music rather than making Latin music subordinate to jazz, which is the classic notion of Latin Jazz. I try to present musical situations that can bring folklore and jazz together in a straightforward fashion, so that the listener doesn't lose the harmonic complexity of jazz." Lapidus, ...

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Sonido Isle: Vive Jazz!

Read "Vive Jazz!" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland


Changüi, a mix of Spanish guitar and African percussion, carries at its core a relentless churning. Toiling rhythms kick up bits of cultural history that fall in layers, like the overlapping generations from the old and the new country who made their way though the Caribbean to New York. Benjamin Lapidus' “East of el Son, Wes del Tres, the second track on this album, simmers with the sharp twang of the tres guitar, the swift shift of maracas and the ...

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Sonido Isle: Vive Jazz

Read "Vive Jazz" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


While lines are continually being drawn and redrawn to describe old and new Latin jazz styles, Sonido Isleño has created its own definition on Vive Jazz. Led by Dr. Benjamin Lapidus, who earned a doctorate in music, the band plays a mix of jazz and Spanish-Caribbean folk music which is authentic and highly accessible. Lapidus states his intent for the music is “to look for ways to put jazz into Latin music rather than making Latin music subordinate to jazz. ...

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Sonido Isle: Blue Tres

Read "Blue Tres" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz


The latest release of Sonido Isleño wouldn't disappoint followers of this New York group and it's as good an intro to its distinctively economic musical style as any of its previous recordings. BenjamÃ-n Lapidus, whose main ax is the Cuban tres, is the group's leader and he has always endeavored to offer somewhat unfamiliar takes on the all too familiar mixture of jazz and Cuban music. The results are always infectiously danceable...for the most part...and quite an enjoyable listening experience ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Vive Jazz

Tresero Productions
2006

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Vive Jazz

Tresero Productions
2005

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Vive Jazz!

Tresero Productions
2005

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Blue Tres

Tresero Productions
2004

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