El Avion De La Salsa [Guaguanco]
Barreras Ninguna [Mambo]
El Embajador [Songo/Descarga]
Vengo A Cantar [Cha Cha Cha/Descarga]
Medicina No! [Son/Mambo]
Que Bonito Es Sonar [Mambo]
Mama Y Papa [Pena]
Mi Cuerpo Tiembla [Mambo]
Que Alivio [Charanga/Son/Descarga]
Cocosito [Son Montuno/Descarga]
Llego La hora [Mambo/Bomba]
“El Avión De La Salsa” demonstrates and solidifies Jimmy Bosch's commitment to keeping it raw and telling it like it is. Bosch’s autobiographical song lyrics masterfully portrayed on the 11 tracks, addresses ever day situations and social issues with a frankness that makes him a role model to fans. Co-produced with long time musician and friend, Angel Fernandez, this is a dancer’s dream, with hard driving rhythms combining Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Descarga, Plena, Guaguanco and more. The title track immediately stimulates a physical reaction to move and dance. Songs with social content include “Barreras Ningua” which covers the subject of Cancer, “Medicina No!” which covers the refusal of medicine to treat depression first off and the subject of New York pride, and “Mama Y Papa” which acts as a voice for children speaking out about unconditional love and child abuse. Bosch’s music is inspirational. He has a special talent for getting his message across through great arrangements, hard driving rhythms, emphatic solos, swinging montunos and expressive inspirations.
This is a powerful third solo production featuring today’s best free-style Latin story teller (Sonero) Rey Bayona who’s able to tackle improvisations with requisite spontaneity and grip listeners with the emotional seriousness of his storytelling.
Honored quests joining Jimmy include, Yomo Toro (Fania Allstars), Dave Valentine (Tito Puente Latin Jazz Allstars), Alfredo De La Fe (Fania Allstars), Andy Gonzalez (Latin Jazz Bassist Superstar), Herman Olivera (Eddie Palmieri), Ray de la Paz and Oscar Hernandez (the Capeman).
Vocalists Ray Sepulveda, Rey Viera, Willie Torres, Marco Bermudez and Gabriel R. Bosch also contribute masterfully. Representing the finest players of the New York sound are rhythm and brass players, Bobby Allende, Marc Quinones, Pablo Chino Nunez, Eric Velez, George Delgado, Edwin Sanchez, Hector Maximo Rodriguez, Abiud Troche, Steve Gluzband, Jeff Lederer, Mitch Frohman, Mauricio Smith Jr., Pete Nater, Raul Agraz, Carl Corwin, Luisito Quintero, Roberto Cepeda, and Pedro Segundo.
Personnel:
Jimmy Bosch (trombone); Ray Bayona (vocals); Dave Valentin, Herman Olivera, Alfredo De La Fe, Oscar Hernandez, Andy Gonzalez, Ray De La Paz, Yomo Toro.Live Recording
Independant Weekly Review
Jimmy Bosch
El Avion de la Salsa (JRGR, 2004)
El Avion de la Salsa marks Jimmy's long-awaited reemergence since his first two critically hailed and dancefloor approved albums on RykoLatino. Musically it's the biggest, most aggressive sound from Jimmy yet, still brash as hell and reveling in his old-school roots. The SIMS-style graphics of an in-flight dance party in progress are a bit cheesy, yes, but the metaphor is no pretty lie.
Jimmy's trombone powers this jet to mile-high altitudes, with guests in first class like cuatro guitarist Yomo Toro, bassist Andy Gonzalez and electric violinist Alfredo de la Fe. The youthful energy of lead vocalist Rey Bayona, who improvises live with the fire and panache one imagines in a young Hector Lavoe, transfers well to disc. Mimicking the microphone battles in the Palladiums and Cheetahs of old, Bayona goes head to head with fellow soneros Rey de la Paz, Willie Torres, Marco Bermudez and Herman Olivera, all well-known in the New York scene and on recording projects like Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Soneros del Barrio and Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta II.
Jimmy's sometimes quirky, always confessional lyrics show the grit of a true New Yorker--who else would demand compassion instead of anti-depressants to cope with post-millennial disasters? He's recorded public health messages before, in the form of a safe sex plena ("Impacto Tendremos," calling on personal responsibility to defeat the spread of AIDS), and this time he urges "mi gente" not to avoid the doctor's office, and to know and watch for the early signs of cancer. There are also songs about love, straight up: the whole rocky road from devotion to divorce, the domestic joy of sexual thrall, and love between parents and children amidst the ups and downs of family life. It hasn't exactly been a dry year for salsa (with new music from Bio Ritmo, Ruben Blades with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, and the Sonora Poncena), but this is vintage Jimmy Bosch and quite simply the slammin'-est salsa album of 2004.
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