Sexteto Fantasía – Estamos en algo
€25,00
The recovery of this Sexteto Fantasía album is another event that El Palmas Music is proud to promote. The leader of that Venezuelan group that released this album in 1968 is Virgilio Armas, a pianist with a truly enviable record of service. To confirm it, just skim the list of artists he once worked with: Tito Puente, Paulinho da Costa, Stan Getz, Nancy Wilson, Sergio Mendes, Elis Regina, Leslie Root…
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The
recovery of this Sexteto Fantasía album is another event that El Palmas Music
is proud to promote. The leader of that Venezuelan group that released this
album in 1968 is Virgilio Armas, a pianist with a truly enviable record of
service. To confirm it, just skim the list of artists he once worked with: Tito
Puente, Paulinho da Costa, Stan Getz, Nancy Wilson, Sergio Mendes, Elis Regina,
Leslie Root…
We are in
something that captivates and surprises with its heterogeneity: there is
guaracha, pachanga, mambo, boogaloo (attention to the soulero groove and
boogie-woogie of “Panchita”!), cha cha cha, bolero… As was well explained on
the back cover of the first edition of this magnificent album, it is “a dynamic
and versatile group made up of young musicians, wishing to contribute a new
style in order to establish themselves in the competitive field of sextets.”
The spirit
is salsa, but here there are nuances of Latin jazz and bossa nova that color
the landscape. The Fantasia Sextet was connected to the tradition of Latin
American popular music and its time, focused especially on expanding the limits
of its own work, as befits any modern artist.
The staff
of this album was headed by pianist and musical director Virgilio Armas. And it
was completed by Domingo Moret (flute and guitar), Rodolfo Buenaño (bass),
Guillermo Taribe (drums), Hugo Liendo (tumbadoras) and Gabriel Ruiz on vocals.