Pupy Y Los Que Son Son

Her er dei med Pedro Calvo som gjestevokalist og Låta El Buenagente frå plata El Buenagente.

Cesar Pedroso "Pupy": Pupy El Buenagente

"There isn't anything like this in Afro-Latin music; it's totally distinct. It's as if Pupy, longtime pianist and composer with Los Van Van, took a chunk of that group and decided to make it something bigger. So the rhythm arrangements swing in an incredibly complicated way; he's arranging the rhythm of each tune, making his music instantly identifiable by its time and feel instead of its melody or harmony. And Pupy goes directly to the modal heart of the matter, the band charging into a big, big sound that, weirdly, reminds me of John Coltrane and his classic quartet.
The music is like some sort of parallel popular music world in Cuba; it isn't timba, or salsa, just something hard and intelligent. Like a movie director who uses the same actors in every picture, or the same ideas, giving form to his total work, Pupy uses his group to mine the same sort of melodies and rhythms-and his tumbaos don't sound like anybody else's, either. Listen to the descarga of "El Buenagente," or the opening to "Disco Azucar" to hear things that are only in Pupy's arsenal. And with the violins waving in the distance, there's a whiff of Van Van. With a drum kit, the music, in it's power, sounds completely modern.
So here's the most advanced art available from the world of Cuban popular music, wildly imaginative, and inventive. And let's not forget that it's popular, which gives all the intelligence and invention and push that make it vital.
Highly Recommended."

Kjelde: descarga.com, Peter Watrous.