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This new release, Abrazo: The Havana Sessions, highlights works for jazz combo, big band, chamber ensembles, and even choir. Bunny Beck, Roger Bourland, Donald Bowyer, Margaret Brandman, Timothy Miller, John Carollo, Mel Mobley, and Michael Murray are all composers featured on this album. All of these works are performed by current or former members of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, Irakere, Buena Vista Social Club, and many more. CEO Bob Lord says of this project, "We went right to the source, and sure enough they brought a totally new dimension to the music- a Cuban dimension, a feel and a sound and a perspective unlike anything else in the world."
