Mallet Hands, by Ray Armando

Mallet Hands

by Ray Armando

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1.	Con Mi Guaguanco 07:11	buy track
2.	The Boxer 05:23	buy track
3.	Eighty One 06:56	buy track
4.	Mallet Hands 04:55	buy track
5.	Take the A Train 06:22	buy track
6.	Soko 08:22	buy track
7.	Elizete 05:13	buy track
8.	In Sid's Thing 05:17	buy track
9.	As We Were 05:06	buy track

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Ray Armando, long a fixture in the Los Angeles area, had a relatively rare chance to record as a leader on this disc. The style of music is very much 1950s/'60s Afro-Cuban jazz, with tenor saxophonist Benn Clatworthy (whose main inspiration is John Coltrane) generally being the main soloist. Along with some originals, such songs as Ron Carter's "Eighty One," a slower-than-usual "Take the 'A' Train," and Gene Ammons' swinging "In Sid's Thing" are successfully Latin-ized. The sextets (with Theo Saunders or Jorge Valentin Gaffento on piano) are excellent, featuring Armando and either Robertito Melendez or Papo Rodriguez on percussion. This is very easy music to enjoy, both by jazz listeners and Latin dancers. -All Music

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released September 19, 2000

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Cubop Cuba

Ubiquity Records sub-label specialized in latin-jazz. The CuBop catalog includes releases by home-grown West Coast talents and living legends from the world of Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz music.

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