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Track Listing
1. Conga - (with Bill Cosby)
2. Africa - (with Gloria Estefan)
3. Groovin' High
4. A Mis Abuelos
5. Tres Palabras - (with Vikki Carr)
6. Danzon
7. Suavito - (with Willy Chirino)
8. Conjunto
9. Guaguanco
10. Coconut Groove
11. Conga (Revisited)
Album Notes
Personnel: Arturo Sandoval (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, synthesizers, percussion), Rita Quintero, Peter Gonzalez, Cheito Quinonez (vocals), Kenny Anderson (saxophone), Ed Calle (saxophone, flute), Roger Ingram (trumpet), Dana Teboe (trombone), Dave Valentin (flute), Felix Gomez, Danilo Perez (piano), Richard Eddy (Rhodes piano, synthesizers, bass, drums), Rene Luis Toledo (guitar), Sal Cuevas, Eddy "GuaGua" Rivera (bass), Orlando Hernandez (drums, claps), Carlos Gomez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Rigo Herrera, Juan Nogueras, Juanito Marquez (percussion).
Includes liner notes by Fernando Gonzalez.
All songs written by Arturo Sandoval except "Groovin' High" (John "Dizzy" Gillespie), "Tres Palabras" (Osvaldo Farres/Ray Gilbert) and "Suavito" (Maria A. Gomez).
DANZON won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. "A Mis Abuelos" was nominated for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Arrangement On An Instrumental.
Industry Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...pays tribute to the rich musical history of the country he left behind....[Sandoval] really shines on a series of lyrical and melodically off-beat solos...
Q (09/01/1994)
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