A Stylish Debut from Jazz Singer Daymé Arocena
A Stylish Debut from Jazz Singer Daymé Arocena
By
Martha Cargo
A powerful debut from one of Cuba's most versatile jazz singers.
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The 24-year-old Cuban singer Daymé Arocena has carved out a musical place for herself in the Afro-Cuban jazz world. Her voice is equally at home in ballads (“Niño,” a lilting lullaby, or “Come to Me,” whose harmonies harken back to Ella Fitzgerald’s late recordings in their chromatic, refreshing progressions and broad-stroke vocal phrasing) and in up-tempo songs (“El Ruso,” which opens with a generous...
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