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Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963 in Havana,Cuba) is a jazz pianist. A prolific virtuoso and composer, he fuses Cuban and American influences into a powerful and innovative hybrid.

Encompassing the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa, "Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat," states jazz critic Stanley Crouch, "but his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studious and inspired intelligence...an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz technique."

Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band perform incredibly smart, deeply engaging, viscerally exciting Afro Cuban jazz. Jerry plays trumpet & congas.

Finetune's playlist for the tags "Mongo Santamaria" can be played in a pop-out media player. The list is long, and the tunes go on forever. Very nice.

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Calculated Dissonance: Avant-Garde Jazz in the 1960s-1970s