CD: Evolution
Vistel Brothers
release date: 22 Apr 2009
Featuring: Jorge Vistel (tp), Maikel Vistel (ts), David Virelles (p, keyb), Reinier Elizarde (b), Iago Fernández (d). Guests: Roman Filiu (as), Ariel Bringuez (ts), Juanma Barroso (d)
Cuba and jazz have always had a unique relationship. Africa beats in both their hearts; it lives in every act of creation, and it resonates in the collective memory of their descendants, even when some of those expressions are invisible to our eyes.
The links between Cuba and this particular genre originated in their independence wars, during the last decades of the XIX century. Groups of free blacks and Cuban exiles arrived in New Orleans and New York, forming communities that, as chance would have it, grew together with jazz and influenced it forever. Likewise, jazz arrived in the island to stay. Throughout the XX century, several generations of musicians adopted the genre as their own, and made it grow to its full potential.
Cuba and jazz have always had a unique relationship. Africa beats in both their hearts; it lives in every act of creation, and it resonates in the collective memory of their descendants, even when some of those expressions are invisible to our eyes.
The links between Cuba and this particular genre originated in their independence wars, during the last decades of the XIX century. Groups of free blacks and Cuban exiles arrived in New Orleans and New York, forming communities that, as chance would have it, grew together with jazz and influenced it forever. Likewise, jazz arrived in the island to stay. Throughout the XX century, several generations of musicians adopted the genre as their own, and made it grow to its full potential.