Roy Hargrove - Crisol - Habana

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At the invitation of pianist Chucho Valdes - a legendary figure among Cuban players, and the founder and leader of the celebrated band Irakere - Roy Hargrove brings his quintet to Havana to play in an annual jazz festival. On the surface, it seems like just another gig to Hargrove: another flight, another chance to meet musicians but Larry Clothier, Hargrove's manager, sensed a greater promise. And indeed Clothier was right, Roy Hargrove's talents will naturally take him many places in the coming decades. None are likely to affect him - or be affected by him- as deeply and powerfully as Havana. This album won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. Review On vervemusicgroup.com

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Recorded at Teatro Mancinelli, Orvieto,
Italy on January 5 & 6, 1997.

Personnel:
Roy Hargrove (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Gary Bartz (soprano & alto saxophone)
David Sanchez (soprano & tenor saxophone)
Frank Lacy (trombone)
Jesus "Chucho" Valdes, John Hicks (piano)
Russell Malone (guitar)
Jorge Reyes (electric bass)
John Benitez (bass)
Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Idris Muhammad (drums)
Miguel "Anga" Diaz (congas)
Jose Luis "Changuito" Quintana (timbales).

TrackList
1. O My Seh Yeh
2. Una Mas
3. Dream Traveler
4. Nusia's Poem
5. Mr. Bruce
6. Ballad For the Children
7. Mountaings
8. Afrodisia
9. Mambo For Roy
10. O My Seh Yeh - (reprise)