This album is so good. Filled with latin percussion and bossa nova flavors. As much as I love Sonny I hadn’t listened to this title until I bought it some months ago. I’m very pleased that I discovered this, albeit late.
Sonny really thrives in this setting and the music is to die for. He really shows his multifaceted talent here and he creates the sense that this is his primary style of jazz. It feels that it’s so natural for him to play this style. He just breezes through these infectious and groovy tunes with playful yet highly sophisticated ease.
The band backing him are Jim Hall on guitar, Bob Cranshaw on double bass, Ben Riley on drums and Denis Charles, Frank Charles, Willie Rodriguez and Candido all on percussion. Top notch band.
Love the percussion element throughout this album. It provides great texture and really makes the session stand out. As a drummer myself I appreciate that stuff. Feels like being on an island in the Caribbean or on the beach in Copacabana, sipping on a drink.
This copy plays superb. Truly amazing. It’s quite a special thing to play a record from the 50’s or 60’s (like this one) and it plays so lovely.
The weather is starting to get a lot warmer here in Stockholm now, so this album was a perfect choice on this day which is the last day of April, called Valborg here in Sweden, with bonfires being lit all across the country.