Various Artists
Concord, 2021, CD
Instrument: Instrumental
Issue: 27.3
Jazz Ruler Type: Bebop
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 76
O’s Notes: CHANGÜÍ – The Sound of Guantánamo is a new 3 CD box set with an 80+ page booklet that documents the music and history from Cuba’s Guantánamo region. The Changüí (a word meaning party) music originated in the early 19th century by slaves who worked at the sugar cane refineries. They played music to celebrate the weekend coming after work on Fridays. They cobbled instruments from whatever was available: bones, gourds, knives, etc. Changui is a syncopated music with call-and -response phrasing. The plentiful photographs and descriptions in the liner notes help the music extend well beyond your speakers.
Publicist: D. L. Media
