Skin and Bones, by Johnny Blas

Skin and Bones

by Johnny Blas

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1.	Los Huesos 05:19	buy track
2.	Adelante 04:21	buy track
3.	Gianna 04:55	buy track
4.	Something Within Me 05:53	buy track
5.	I Remember Bennie Green 05:56	buy track
6.	Skin And Bones 04:18	buy track
7.	Cool Blas 05:50	buy track
8.	Mas Azucar 04:34	buy track
9.	Afro-Rican 06:10	buy track
10.	Yo No Se 05:57	buy track
11.	Black Bean Power 04:47	buy track
12.	Skin And Bones (Reprise) 04:01	buy track

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Best known for their roster of rare groove acts including Greyboy, Bugs, and Slide Five, Ubiquity's Jody and Michael McFadin also operate CuBop, their very own Latin jazz imprint. Following releases from timbale legend Henry "Pucho" Brown and percussionist Bobby Matos, and a reissue of an excellent Latin funk title from Har-You Percussion Group, rhythm master Johnny Blas made his debut on the label with Skin & Bones. It's indicative of the style that percussionists are so often thrust into the leader role. Though the horns may deliver sizzling Latin flavors and the piano (Mark Gutierrez) and vibes (Dave Pike) follow suit, the percussion artillery of Blas (congas), Jose Deleon (timbales), and Roberto Melendez (bongos, bells) gives the music its definition. Whether soloing or propelling the improvisations of others, song after song, they breathe life into this music. Skin & Bones is unique on a number of levels. For one, the four-piece horn section is an all-trombone unit of Dan Weinstein, Steve Baxter, Francisco Torres, and Isaac Smith. While every member of this quartet is an accomplished soloist, they are best heard in unison, delivering parallel threads of melody that reinforce each other through lively improvisations on the tunes -- which brings us to the compositions themselves. Impressive contributions from Blas (four), Weinstein, and Gutierrez (three apiece) make up the all original repertoire with their combined penmanship driving the fiery title track. Rather than being an exercise in nostalgia that much '90s traditional jazz had become, Skin & Bones is a testament to the continued vitality of this music. -All Music

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released March 25, 1997

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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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