Tocororo (album)

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Tocororo
Studio album by
Alfredo Rodríguez
ReleasedMarch 4, 2016
Genre
Length47:35
LabelMack Avenue Records[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Irish Times[2]

Tocororo is a jazz album by Alfredo Rodríguez, the third under his leadership.[2] Named after a Cuban bird that dies of sadness in captivity,[3] the theme of the album is mourning and celebrating lost beauty[4] after Rodríguez' leaving Cuba and living in USA for seven years.[5]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Chan Chan"
  • Francisco Repilado
2:09
2."Yemayá"
  • Alfredo Rodriguez
3:42
3."Raíces (Roots)"
  • Alfredo Rodriguez
4:28
4."Gitanerías"
  • Ernesto Lecuona
3:58
5."Tocororo"
  • Alfredo Rodriguez
5:03
6."Venga la Esperanza"
  • Silvio Rodríguez
4:25
7."Ay, Mamá Inés"
  • Eliseo Grenet
3:14
8."Sabanas Blancas"
  • Gerardo Alfonso Morejón
4:06
9."Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Traditional
3:15
10."Kaleidoscope"
  • Alfredo Rodriguez
3:05
11."Adiós Nonino"
  • Georges Coulonges
  • Simon Helpert
  • Albert Lasry
  • Astor Piazzolla
  • Ben Soussan
4:08
12."Meteorite"
  • Alfredo Rodriguez
3:24
13."Ay, Mamá Inés [Remix]"
  • Eliseo Grenet
2:38
Total length:47:35

Personnel[edit]

  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Composer
  • Florent Bobet – Engineer
  • Richard Bona – Bass (Electric), Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Joe Bozzie – Assistant Engineer
  • Ariel Bringuez – Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
  • Omar Carrascosa – Assistant Engineer
  • Georges Coulonges – Composer
  • Ganavya Doraiswamy – Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Maria Ehrenreich – Creative Services Coordinator, Producer
  • Adam Fell – Executive Producer
  • Eliseo Grenet – Composer
  • Bernie Grundman – Mastering Engineer
  • Helik Hadar – Engineer
  • Simon Helpert – Composer
  • Natalie Hernandez – Associate Producer
  • Ibeyi – Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Quincy Jones – Executive Producer, Producer
  • Randall Kennedy – Creative Director
  • Albert Lasry – Composer
  • Ernesto Lecuona – Composer
  • Brock Lefferts – Art Direction, Design
  • Antonio Lizana – Arranger, Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Ibrahim Maalouf – Featured Artist, Trumpet
  • José Martí – Liner Notes
  • Gerardo Alfonso Morejón – Composer
  • Michael Olivera – Arranger, Drums, Percussion
  • Paulo Pulido Valente – Engineer
  • Astor Piazzolla – Composer
  • Al Pryor – Executive Vice President
  • Francisco Repilado – Composer
  • Alfredo Rodríguez – Arranger, Composer, Melodion, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocals
  • Silvio Rodríguez – Composer
  • Reiner Elizarde Ruano – Bass (Acoustic)
  • Ben Soussan – Composer
  • Gretchen Valade – Executive Producer
  • Will Wakefield – Production Manager
  • Anna Webber – Photography

[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ da Gama, Raul (2016-02-29). "Alfredo Rodriguez: Tocororo". Latin Jazz Network. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Cormac (2016-05-25). "Alfredo Rodriguez: Tocororo review - heading in new and unorthodox directions". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  3. ^ Greenblatt, Mike (2017-02-01). "Alfredo Rodriguez: You Cannot Cage A Tocororo". The Aquarian. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  4. ^ Whiteis, David (2019-04-25). "Alfredo Rodriguez: Tocororo". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  5. ^ Mercer, Michelle (2016-03-08). "On 'Tocororo,' Alfredo Rodriguez Brings Cuba To The World — And The World To Cuba". NPR. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  6. ^ Review of Tocororo at AllMusic
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