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Curtis Fuller - Quantrale (1957)
More deep cuts and obscurities from the Blue Note catalog.
This Fuller track delivers the Afro-Cuban beat provided by a crack rhythm section led by the criminally underappreciated pianist Sonny Clark. The horn work from both trumpeter Art Farmer and living legend Curtis Fuller is spicy and scintillating.
For more of Fuller’s Afro-Cuban rhythms, may I suggest a track from his first LP, featuring sublime solos from Hank Mobley and Bobby Timmons.
Curtis Fuller - Quantrale (1957)
((Aaaah Cuba, a little closer to home and a little closer to the styles I grew up with. This is just too nice to skip...
Oh yes, now this is just fine.