(Afro-Cuban Jazz, World Fusion, Latin Jazz) Ray Armando - Mallet Hands - 2000, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
TITLE "Mallet Hands"
FILE "Ray Armando - Mallet Hands.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Con Mi Guaguanco"
    PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Boxer"
    PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
    INDEX 01 07:11:62
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Eighty One"
    PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
    INDEX 01 12:35:17
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Mallet Hands"
    PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
    INDEX 01 19:31:23
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Take The A Train"
    PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
    INDEX 01 24:26:56
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Soko"
    PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
    INDEX 01 30:49:02
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Elizete"
    PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
    INDEX 01 39:11:65
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "In Sid's Thing"
    PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
    INDEX 01 44:24:74
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "As We Were"
    PERFORMER "Ray Armando"
    INDEX 01 49:42:34

Ray Armando, long a fixture in the Los Angeles area, had a relatively rare chance to record as a leader on this disc. The style of music is very much 1950s/'60s Afro-Cuban jazz, with tenor saxophonist Benn Clatworthy (whose main inspiration is John Coltrane) generally being the main soloist. Along with some originals, such songs as Ron Carter's "Eighty One," a slower-than-usual "Take the 'A' Train," and Gene Ammons' swinging "In Sid's Thing" are successfully Latin-ized. The sextets (with Theo Saunders or Jorge Valentin Gaffento on piano) are excellent, featuring Armando and either Robertito Melendez or Papo Rodriguez on percussion. This is very easy music to enjoy, both by jazz listeners and Latin dancers.

Ray Armando - conga (#1-4,6,8,9), Brazilian percussion & whistles (5,7);
Benn Clatworthy - sax;
Eddie Resto - baby bass;
Enzo Todesco - drums;
Theo Saunders - piano (#1,2,5,6);
Jorge Valentin Gaffenito - piano (3,4,7-9);
Robertito Melendez - bongos & bells (#1,2,6), chekere (#6);
Papo Rodriguez - bongos & bells (#4,8,9).