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08 April 2004
Pancho Quinto, Rumba Sin Fronteras (Riverboat/World Music Network)
Jazz fans, Cuban music fans, drum students, professional drummers, and percussionists of all stripes have already snatched up their copies of this disc. Although this new approach to rumba will dazzle the serious aficionado, even if you know nothing whatsoever about rumba, jazz, or rhythm at all, by the time this record is through you'll completely understand the concept "groove". With a solid group of players surrounding his percussive flights, Pancho Quinto is free to improvise. This work proves that "minimalism" can make for incredibly rich music. Two saxophones, one huffing low single notes in staggered rhythm and one wailing its melodic syncopation, and Quinto's inspired hand-driven rhythms set the atmospheric mood for "Bolero En Medio Del Carnaval". From the complexly textured instrumental melange of "Sosa En El Pais De Las Maravillas" to the happy sound of "Mi Derrota", carried only by two voices and Quinto's percussion until a rich chorus of voices responds, the best surprises here come in all shapes and forms.
— Barbara Flaska
.: posted by Editor 7:23 AM
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