  Pa Los Treseros is nominated for a Latin Grammy
for
Best Tropical Album of 2002. No other
independent label has ever been nominated in this catagory! Nelson
wishes to thank all the friends who participated on the album, and have
supported his music over the years. (Check out his
other Cd: Son Mundano) |
Featuring
Special Guest
Papi Oviedo, Tresero
Also featuring lead vocalists
Danny Rivera
Germ?n Olivera
Pedro Mart?nez
Joseph "Quique" Gonz?lez
Nelson "Yankeeman" Gonz?lez III
Michelle R?os
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2001 QBADISC
Available at Amadeo's on Prospect and WestchesterAve., online HERE, and all major stores.
QBADISC Online Link
Short sound samples available on Amazon.com |
Featuring Pianists
Papo Lucca
Oscar Hernandez
Juan Gonz?lez |
Featuring
Percussionists
Jerry Gonz?lez
Paoli Mej?as
H?ctor Mel?ndez
Manny Oquendo
Javier Oquendo
Bobby Allende |
Featuring
Brass players
"Chocolate" Armenteros
Jimmy Bosch
Nelson "Gaz?" Jaime
Steve Gluzband
Papo V?squez |
Coro: Wichi Camacho and Yvette Dejesus
Andy Gonz?lez, Bass
Yomo Toro, Cuatro
John Benthal, Guitar
Joe Medina, Violin |
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Sound Sample
of #2: "Llego Maria La O" (Click to hear)
Rated #1 (NY), #2 (San Francisco), #3 ( Los Angeles), #5
(Miami), and in the
Top Ten Songs of 2001 in the January issue of
Latin Beat Magazine
Read reviews of Pa Los Treseros on Salsapower.com and Oasis Salsero
Hear full length versions of many of these
songs on Latinjam Web Radio |
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1. EL NEGRO TUYO SOY YO
Nelson Gonzalez |
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6. LIBRE
ME DEJAS
Danny Rivera |
2. LLEG? MARIA LA O
Florencio Cede?o |
7. PA'
LOS TRESEROS
Nelson Gonzalez |
3. YO SOY CONGO
Orlando Molinet |
8.
SANTERO DE BUENA PAZ
Isaac Oviedo |
4. EL PINTOR
D.R. |
9. Y?MBALE
Ren? Alvarez |
5. JUANIQUITA
Ernesto Puente |
10. TRES
LINDAS CUBANAS
Antonio Mar?a Romeu |
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Liner notes:
Yesterday's music is our guide and inspiration, but part of the beauty of
Latin music is the continuity it provides from past to future. We struggle
constantly to improve and enhance our music. When we play son, rumba, bomba,
danz?n, or descarga, it demands knowledge of the sources and at the same time
challenges us to break new ground.
The musicians I invited to play with me on this album acknowledge the sources
and understand the power. Despite other commitments, they managed to come play
in the studio with me - not merely as a favor to me, but to honor the rhythms
that we play together in this album. These are mature musical visionaries,
professionals in their delivery, who offer you their individual interpretations
of these compositions.
In the rhythm section,Best Replica Watches the challenge was combining the commanding force of
Manny Oquendo - a lion - with today's younger players.
The distinctive solo
styles of Papo Lucca and Oscar Hernandez, two leading pianists, illustrate
their very different ways of mastering son montuno and Latin Jazz. Andy
Gonz?lez, master of the acoustic bass with an equal command of traditional
jazz, Latin Jazz, and the various forms of Afro-Cuban music, has been a friend
and mentor for many years. The Trombones of Papo V?squez and Jimmy Bosch are as
different in sound as in style - Papo's smooth, jazzy style pushes up against
Jimmy's physical salsa dura. For more than half a century, the Trumpet of
Alfredo Armenteros, better known as "Chocolate," has been a
recognizable identity. His improvisations take me back to the era of Arsenio
Rodr?guez, in whos band he played, and from whose fountain of music he imbibed. Rolex Replica
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Oscar
Hernandez |
Joseph "Quique"
Gonz?lez |
Andy
Gonz?lez |
Papo
V?squez |
Jimmy
Bosch |
Chocolate
Armenteros |
Steve
Gluzband |
Nelson
"Yankeeman"
Gonz?lez III |
Danny
Rivera |
The assistance of Nelson Jaime (Gaz?) was indispensable in creating the
arrangements and in the guidance he offered my sons, Quique and Nelson, whose
involvement in this recording has fulfilled one of my dreams. I offer special
thanks to Germ?n Olivera, talented sonero, who gave of his time, and to the
national voice of Puerto Rico: Danny Rivera. The voice of Pedrito Mart?nez, one
of the most potent young rumberos, symbolizes the power of youth embracing
tradition.
I never imagined I would record with Papi Oviedo, a master of my instrument,
the Tres. We exchanged knowledge, and, for the first time ever that I know of,
played two tresses together in a danz?n. This was, and continues to be, a
symbol of the bond between Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Finally, the technical expertise of Juanito Wust and Luis G?ell speaks
loudly in the finished recording.
Nelson Gonz?lez
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