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title: "The Offense of the Drum"
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# The Offense of the Drum

**Brand:** arturo o'farrill
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The Offense of the Drum

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## Customer Reviews

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    Expansive Percussion: A Musical Synthesis of Joy and History
  

*by D***L on Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2015*

The 2015 Grammy winner (not Latin Grammy, which O'Farrill won last year for his previous album) is a powerful, joyful, exciting outing of big band jazz with a Latin, nay, an expansive World beat. First, a comment about the title: the drum was forbidden in colonial and early American history among slaves. The drum was dangerous, a form of communication, a power of the spirits, that spread a colonial slave rebellion. Band leader Arturo O'Farrill notes that New York City's drum circles were considered a public nuisance. In this excellent album, not only the drum but many forms of world percussion are honored, 28 types to be exact. It leads off dramatically with the astonishing percussive harp of Edmar Castañeda from Colombia. Next, is the spoken word art of Christopher Cajigas, who reminds us of the history of the Afro-Latin drum in America as transforming and integral. To continue the journey, the band looks back on mainstream jazz history with allusions to its great artists from ragtime to free jazz to Dizzy's popularization of the Cuban congo and the repeating montuno vamp. A return to Colombia is next with the porro marches. Colombia has had a significant effect on Latin music, interacting with Mexican and Caribbean grooves, as the cumbia. An Erik Satie Gnossiene is then transformed to a flamenco tientos in a lament, which at times becomes a bolero. Vijay Iyer mans the piano in track 6, The Mad Hatter, in a complex, energetic instrumentation. The tone poem of the title track views drum as both Oppressor and Liberator; the 12-minute piece encompasses phrasing from all the album's sections and its score and arrangement is a profound statement. What follows is salsa fire from the pen of Miguel Blanco; the drums swirl above the sophisticated urban scene. And then comes Iko Iko, the New Orleans standard. After the album ends, and we exhale, we appreciate O'Farrill's vision and the musicianship of his big band.

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    Landmark in "Afro-Latin" jazz.
  

*by T***. on Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2014*

This is a simple review to write:  This cd is mandatory education for everyone interested in where afro-latin jazz is today.I've been playing trumpet since 1953.  Following high school I entered a college music program -- I switched and became a lawyer but I never stopped listening and this cd is one of the most important landmarks in I've run into in a decade.There is a full article on O'Farrill featuring this cd in the September, 2014 issue of Down Beat.  Read the article and get this cd -- or save time and just get it.

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    Deserving of the Grammy
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015*

Excellent album by Arturo and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, great writing and playing throughout from some of NYC's finest musicians. Definitely deserving of the Grammy award for best latin jazz album,. It brings the latin jazz large ensemble into the 21st century, with very strong roots in NOLA, Cuba, Puerto Rico and of course, Africa. Congrats all on a fine piece of work!!

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