Live at the Dakota

Live at the Dakota Nachito Herrera and Puro Cubano Date: December 17, 2002 December 17,   —   Music product page Rating:

I thought of another CD I purchased relatively recently, Nachito Herrera and Puro Cubano Live at the Dakota
I am one of the voices yelling "1-2 cha cha cha" in the background of one of the songs. They were a great latin jazz band, and I used to see them regularly, got to know a few of them, things were great until Nachito decided to fire the flute/clarinet/soprano/alto, AND lead vocals and replaced her with a synthesizer, an additional drummer playing a standard drum set and his teenage daughter whose voice can't handle some of the notes in Como Fue. Around that period the bass player Jorge also stopped commuting from Miami to MN to play with Nach, I am afraid this is their one and only CD. The last time I heard them, the sub bass player bounded off the stage during a break gleefully saying "I am in a percussion band!!!" That was pretty much it.

China Song

China Song Shanghai Quartet — Music Rating:

Thanks to Panther, updated itunes or something, all my music in itunes has disappeared. The titles appear but they are no longer connected to the music and the music itself can not be found anywhere, so I am reloading.

This also means that I am listening to it all again. I just listened to my favorite CD's, one of a few I have purchased in the last few years . I would purchase it again tomorrow if I had too.
Its called China Song by the Shanghai Quartet.
A chamber music quartet that meets all of my friend Julie's criteria for musicians who play in her series. They are cute, very nice and extremely good musicians. The album China Song is a group of Chinese Folk music pieces played on western instruments. I purchased the CD during intermission when I was hearing them play, I got it autographed and everything. I recommend it to anyone who likes a variety of music, my favorite piece is a Yao people folk song, which I find very beautiful and haunting.

A review of the concert where I first heard them