CUBAN MUSIC

		£10.95	CD:TUMI084...........5022627-00842-4

JOVENES CLASICOS DEL SON - FRUTA BOMBA

Son, salsa, trova, cumbia, bolero

Jóvenes Clásicos del Son (JCS) are Cuba's magnificent seven. Awarded the prize of Best Cuban Group of 1997 by the Cuban government they have had a string of hits in Cuba including Que me comparen and their new hit Fruta Bomba, also the name of their first internationally released album. Eclectic Cuban music mixing elements of highly charged son and salsa influenced by trova, jazz, blues and funk.

		£10.95	TUMI085..........5022627-00852-3

CLAVE Y GUAGUANCO - NOCHE DE RUMBA

Rumba, rumba-flamenca, guaguanco, columbia, bataguanco, catumba,rumba-poetry

Featuring Celeste Mendoza, Jose Luis Quintana 'Changuito', Eloy Machado, Lazaro Morua.

Clave y Guaguanco are synonymous with Afro-Cuban music and are the most sought-after rumba groups at present. In this exciting new album the percussive based group combine traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms including guaguanco, bataguanco and catumba with poetry, flamenco and powerful singing achieving a real revelation in rumba. An extraordinary album breaking boundaries in the fusion of rumba and traditional music. For a great rumba compilation check out Cuba Classics Vol 3 - Rumba (TUMICD052).

		£10.95	CD: TUMI CD070..............................5022627-00702-1

PAPI OVIEDO - ENCUENTRO ENTRE SONEROS -
Eastern Cuba: traditional acoustic son

This band was formed in 1995 by 10 excellent musicians headed by Papi Oviedo after he left his key role as song-writer and tres player with Elio Revé. Papi is the son of another renowned Cuban tres player, Isaac Oviedo. Papi, now in his late 50's, plays acoustic traditional son using tres, guitar, contrabajo (acoustic bass), tumbadores, bongo, maracas, guiro, two trumpets and two vocalists.

As well as playing with Elio Revé, Papi has previously been with Típica Habanera,
Bolero Enrique Perez, Abelerdo Barros and Estrella de Chocolate.

		£10.95	CD: TUMI CD065..............................5022627-00652-9

SON 14 - CUBANIA -
Havana, Cuba: son, bolero

'Son 14 are the most important musicians in Latin America for cultivating the son.' Frank
Fernandez (musician and critic, Havana)
'Stands out as authoritatative .. attractively sawtoothed vocals of El Tiburón and a raging horn section .. one of the best examples I've heard outside the purpose built allstar projects.'
Venue magazine, UK
Their sonero (vocalist), Eduardo Morales, better known as Tiburón (Shark!), is 'one of the few who took the seed of son from Cuba's eastern Oriente province to Havana and the rest of the world without the son losing its flavour'. Felix Valera Miranda (musician, sonero and director of Grupo Familia Valera Miranda, Santiago de Cuba)

		£10.95	CD: TUMI CD057..............................5022627-00572-0
		£6.95	CASSETTE: TUMI C057...................5022627-00574-4

CANDIDO FABRÉ - SON DE CUBA -
Cuba: traditional son, charanga format
(with violins and flute rather than brass)

'Cuban charanga at its finest.' The Beat magazine, USA
'Cuban son at its best.' Folk Roots magazine, UK
'Totally absorbing and successful example of how to swing the old style into a modern direction.' Straight No Chaser magazine, UK
'One of Cuba's leading soneros.' Time Out magazine, UK
'One of the best vocal improvisers in the World.' Virgin Directory of World Music

		£10.95	CD: TMG CD2..............................5022627-40022-8

CANDIDO FABRÉ - POQUITO POCO -
Cuba: traditional son, charanga format
(with violins and flute rather than brass)

Following Candido's sell-out tour of the UK and Europe in 1996 this album not only marked a 1997 European tour, it also launched our new Tumi Gold series - select albums chosen for their extra special interest.