AQ’s Summer Playlist: Unexpected Collisions
From São Paulo to Havana, surprising musical and cultural combinations mark AQ’s music critic’s warm-weather selection.
This article is adapted from AQ's special report on the 2024 U.S. presidential election and its impact on Latin America Flautas Gigantesby Orlando "Maraca" Valle y el Big Band The first track on this big band- and small guitar-focused playlist, “Mambísimo” starts with a piano bass line and percussion, as any Latin jazz piece may. Next, we would expect trumpets, saxes and trombones to join them, with perhaps a flute or two. This, however, is no ordinary salsa big band, but Flautas Gigantes, a group created by Orlando Valle, a Cuban flutist with a long career in his...
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