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-by Scott Allan Stevens
This album's title seems to have thrown a monkeywrench into some music stores' labeling, but whether you call it (R)Evolución or Revolucion or Evolucion, Jose Conde is onto something marvelous. What it is exactly is hard to say, but his blend of traditional Afro-Cuban music with a bit of this and that makes for a modern sound with deep roots. Flawless rhythms and tight arrangements follow the tracks from the son-flavored funk of "Ritmo y Sabor" to the catchy Haitian/son closer "Pititi Y Titi" (which appears in both French and Spanish).
Conde's parents fled Cuba following the rise of Castro, raising Jose in Miami. "I feel en Cubano and I think en Americano," Conde says. "That's the core. Growing up in south Florida, I came into daily contact with the mix of sounds: son, funk, rock, rumba, Haitian compas, cumbia, guaracha. And to me, it's all one thing and can be intermixed at will and with taste."
(R)Evolución is Conde's third release, following two albums of more traditional Cuban tunes, Esencia in 2001 and Ay! Que Rico in 2004. 07/01/07 >> go there
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