Het 2016 album ABUC (=Cuba achterom gespeld) van de Cubaanse pianist, componist, producer Roberto Fonseca is een staalkaart van deze alleskunner,. Met gasten als Trombone Shorty, Eliades Ochoa, Dayme Arocena, Zé Luis Nascimento, Rafael Lay (Orquesta Aragón) and Manuel `Guajiro’ Mirabal, among many others, with a collection of tracks that drinks deeply from bolero, danzón, cha-cha-cha, contradanza, descarga and hip-hop, all immersed in Roberto Fonseca’s jazz sensibilities.
Born in 1975 in Havana, Cuba, Roberto Fonseca has established himself over the last decade and a half as one of the most gifted — and most popular — pianists of his generation. After making his name with Ibrahim Ferrer in the legendary Buena Vista Social Club, and after his recent Grammy nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album, Roberto Fonseca has come to incarnate the meeting between jazz and the music of Cuba, both of today and yesterday, and also its African roots.
1. Cubano Chant
2. Afro Mambo
3. Tumbao De La Unidad
4. Contradanza Del Espiritu
5. Tierra Santa
6. Sagrado Corazon
7. Family
8. Tierra Santa Santiago De Cuba
9. Habanera
10. Soul Guardians
11. Asere Monina Bonco
12. Despues
13. Velas Y Flores
14. Cubano Chant Solo Piano Version