GEORGE RUSSELL

GEORGE RUSSELL

Cubano be Cubano bop
(Afro Cubanan Drum Suite)

Listed on the album as "Afro-Cuban Drum Suite," this version of George Russell's "Cubano Be, Cubano Bop” The composition was originally commissioned for a September 1947 concert at Carnegie Hall that was the premiere of Gillespie's new Afro-Cuban jazz aesthetic, later dubbed Cubano be Cubano bop
(Reviewer: Mark Lomanno)

"Cubano Be, Cubano Bop" (Dizzy Gillespie, Russell)
New York Big Band is a live album by George Russell released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1982, featuring performances by Russell with his New York Big Band recorded in 1978 George Russell - conductor, arranger
Ricky Martinez - electric piano, organ
Vlodek Gulgowski - piano, electric piano (track 4)
Lars Beijbon - drums (track 4)
Sabu Martinez - congas, vocals (track 4)
Lars-Urban Helje - bass (track 4)
Rune Gustafsson - guitar (track 4)
Americo Bellotto, Bertil Lövgren, Håken Nyquist, Jan Allan - trumpet (track 4)
Lars Olofsson, Bengt Edvarsson, Jörgen Johansson - trombone (track 4)
Sven Larsson - bass trombone (track 4)
Arne Domnerus, Ian Uling - alto saxophone (track 4)
Lennart Åberg, Bernt Rosengren - tenor saxophone (track 4)
Erik Nilsson - baritone saxophone