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San Francisco Latin Jazz Society: This

Read "This" reviewed by Dave Sumner


The San Francisco Latin Jazz Society is standing all by its lonesome in a corner of the jazz room. Filling a largely ignored niche, SFLJS channels late sixties Latin jazz à la Gato Barbieri and fuses it with the rock-jazz fusion that rose to prominence in the seventies with bands like Mahavishnu Orchestra and the Love, Devotion, Surrender (Columbia, 1973) collaboration between guitarists Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin.On its previous release, Now What (Scott Brown Music, 2011), SFLJS ...

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San Francisco Latin Jazz Society: Now What

Read "Now What" reviewed by Lewis J Whittington


Now What is raucous, adventurous music from The San Francisco Latin Jazz Society--the first of two winter 2012 releases from this electric, bluesy ensemble--and a reminder that Stateside studio jazz is not permanently lurching toward predigested pop territory as it might sometimes seem. On its website, SFLJS states it has had many aliases, including New Latin Jazz Society, Descarga Libre, the Psychedelic Mambo Cult, Los Pinguinos and Latin Jazz Descarga.This album recalls Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) ...

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Now What

Peace69Love Records
2012

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This

Ahau Records
2012

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Sonrisa

Ahau Records
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Sonrisa

From: Sonrisa
By San Francisco Latin Jazz Society

For Demian

From: This
By San Francisco Latin Jazz Society

Something For Freddie

From: Now What
By San Francisco Latin Jazz Society

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