Hot House by Arturo Sandoval

Personnel: Arturo Sandoval (trumpet, flugelhorn, synthesizer, background vocals); Rey Ruiz, Patti Austin (vocals); Ed Calle (alto, tenor & baritone saxophones); Charles McNeill, Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Jason Carder (trumpet); Dana Teboe, Joe Barati (trombone); John Stephens (piano); Tim Devine (synthesizer); Rene Toledo (acoustic & electric guitars); Oskar Cartaya, Dennis Marks (bass); Willie Jones III (drums); Manuel Castrillo (congas, timbales, guiro, bongos); Edwin Bonilla (cow bell, timbales, maracas); Tito Puente (timbales). Includes liner notes by Arturo Sandoval. HOT HOUSE won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. The man has trumpeted with Cuba's Modern Music Orchestra and Diz' United Nations band. He'll quote a Tadd Dameron tune in the middle of a mambo. He flugelhorns over a tune he calls, "Funky Cha-Cha." Do the world a favor and listen to Arturo Sandoval and his band as they blaze through this assembly of jazzed Cuban dance rhythms. From minor ballad to up-tempo hi... Minimize