Afro Bop Alliance Big Band - Revelation (2016)

...with its rumbling percussion and spiky horn arrangements, skirts thrillingly close to Mingus territory. Danceable Afro-Cuban rhythms and cerebral jazz arrangements - that's a strong alliance, indeed.
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

Formed as a septet, Drummer Joe McCarthy's Latin Grammy Award-winning Afro Bop Alliance expanded to a big band for two of its five previous releases. For their sixth, McCarthy adds further to the palette, blending stellar rhythmic creations and powerful, resonant horn voicings with steel pan virtuoso Victor Provost's pan quartet on two of his original compositions. Along with other music by Roland Vazquez, Vince Norman/Joe McCarthy, and Luis Hernandez, "Revelation" explores the unique combination of big band and steel pan as one, in a diverse recording that takes large ensemble writing and performance to a new level.

Tracklist:
01. Afro Bop Alliance Big Band - Cubop (6:10)
02. Afro Bop Alliance Big Band - No Rest for the Bones of the Dead (10:48)
03. Afro Bop Alliance Big Band - Magharibi (5:29)
04. Afro Bop Alliance Big Band - Family of Four (10:30)
05. Afro Bop Alliance Big Band - Soufriere (6:13)
06. Afro Bop Alliance Big Band - Dialed In (8:17)
07. Afro Bop Alliance Big Band - Creencias (10:29)