Orquesta Cubana De Musica Moderna - JazzCuba Volumen 10 (2007)

The Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna acted for the first time on 12 May 1967 in the Amadeo Roldan theatre (previously Auditorium) under the direction of Armando Romeu, although the podium would later be occupied by, among others, Rafael Somavilla, Leonardo Timor, Tony Tano and Paquito D'Rivera. This Big Band consisted of star musicians of various generations who came from other groups and orchestras: The Pucho Escalante Nonet, the Orquesta de Timor, the Sinfonica Nacional and that of the Teatro Musical de La Habana, which provided, among others, Paquito D'Rivera, Chucho Valdes and Carlos Emilio Morales, future members of the group Irakere, which would be founded in 1973. This disc includes versions by the OCMM conducted by Somavilla of standards from the Cuban popular repertoire: "Son de la Loma", "Ay Mama Ines", "Guantanamera ", "La Comparsa de Lecuona" and "El Manisero", by Simons.

Tracks:

1. Que Bella Es Cuba - 2:43
2. La Comparsa - 3:13
3. Ay Mamá Inés - 3:49
4. El Manisero - 3:07
5. La Perlas De Tu Boca - 3:06
6. Tema Para Un Africano - 2:52
7. Recordando El Blues - 6:31
8. Almendra - 4:42
9. El Niche (Aja Bibí) - 4:00
10. Te Vas A Casar (Pobre Del Pobre) - 3:02
11. El Name Con Bacalao - 4:37
12. Guajira Guantanamera [1967] * - 3:49
13. Pastilla De Menta [1967] * - 5:35

Personnel:

TRUMPETS - Luis Escalante, Leonardo Timor, Andres Castro, Jorge Verona, Manuel El Guajiro Mirabal, Adalberto Trompetica Lara & Arturo Sandoval.
TROMBONS - Modesto Echarte, Leopoldo Pucho Escalante, Luis Outomuro, Antonio Linares, Juan Pablo Torres.
SAXS - Paquito D'Rivera, Julian Fellove, Jesus Lam, Braulio Babin Hernandez, Rolando Sanchez.
PIANO - Chucho Valdes
BASS - Orlando Cachaito Lopez, Carlos del Puerto, Fabian Garcia Caturla
DRUMS - Enrique Pla, Guillermo Barreto
GUITARS - Carlos Emilio Morales, Sergio Vitier & Jose Jaurrieta
PERCUSION - Oscar Valdes Jr., Roberto Garcia, Oscar Valdes Campos
TIMPANI - Luis Aragu
CONDUCTOR - Rafael Somavilla