Blue Tres
Sonido Isleño’s exciting new album, Blue Tres (2004), takes Latin Jazz into the future while maintaining roots in traditional Spanish Caribbean music. Drawing from palo, mozambique, changüí, bebop, guaracha, bembé, bolero, and reggae, this long-anticipated follow-up to Tres Is The Place (2001), demonstrates why Sonido Isleño is the most exciting musical group in today’s Latin Jazz scene. Special guests include Pedro Pablo Martínez, Harvie S., Paul Carlon, William “Beaver” Bausch, and Jesús Álvarez.
Joel Hamburger tracked and mixed this record.
Jesús Álvarez – bongó de monte 5
William Bausch – drumset 4, 7, 10
Paul Carlon – Tenor Saxophone 3, 5, 8
Francisco Javier Cotto – bass 1-3, 5-8, coro
Benjamin Lapidus – tres, guitar, coro, lead vocal 5
Michael Molina – bongó, güiro, maracas, campana, chekeré
Harvie S. – bass 4, 10
Felix Sanabria – batá 3, congas, chekeré, jodienda
Hector Torres – timbales, guayo, guagua, coro
Pedro Pablo Martínez – lead vocal 3