Insightful and pointed, Robby Ameen and Horacio Hernández show that the drummers are still the messengers of the tribe.

JOHN BEASLEY, RUBEN BLADES, PEDRO MARTINEZ, MARIE DAULNE, TAKUMA WATANABE, JERRY GONZALEZ, YOSVANY TERRY, INNERSOUL, KELLEY SAE, BOBBY FRANCESCHINI, XIOMARA LAUGART, RICHIE FLORES, LARRY BAEDER, CHARLIE TORRES, ORLANDO PUNTILLA RIOS, ESSIETT ESSIET, LINCOLN GOINES, BRIAN LYNCH, LUIS PERDOMO, RUBEN RODRIGUEZ, FERNANDO SAUNDERS, ROMAN DIAZ **** '...Even by Hanrahan's grandiose standards, the sound here is massive. ..The crisp, crashing snares, detonating kick drums and ringing cowbells yield a thickness to rival the sonic boom bap of contemporary electronica. But the man-made beats nevertheless accommodate some strange, beautiful melodies that shift between sensual fluency and provocative fragmentation, tumbling and twirling over chords that are alternately warm and glacial. All of which accounts for the prickly beauty of this inspired, spirited session...'not a single moment feels forced or staged, every second exists in relation to the leaders' polyrhythmic tours de force.

Track Listing

• Medley: Sympathy For The Devil / El Cielo
• 3 For Africa
• Un Golpecito Na'Mas
• Richie'S Brain
• Hit This, Split This
• All Jazz Era (Al-Jazeera)
• Blue, Red & White
• The Moon Shows Red (Tsuki Ga Akaku Michiru Toki)
• La Timba Francesa
• Far From Beirut (Lino 5)
• We Got The Fu*K
• La Timba No Es Como Ayer
• Apres-Midi De Robby & Negro
• Hit This, Split This (Producer'S Mix) [
• Argentine Birds In The Morning (Producer'S Discretion)

Additional Details

Label: American Clave

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 59 mins

Release Date: 04/07/09

UPC: 692863058122