{"id":3072,"date":"2011-11-10T20:49:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T04:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2022-06-27T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:48:02","slug":"miguel-zenons-alma-adentro-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2011\/11\/10\/miguel-zenons-alma-adentro-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel Zenon\u2019s “Alma Adentro” CD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out-of-the-box creativity combined with extraordinary performance is a rare combination to find. Puerto Rican saxophonist Miguel Zen\u00f3n’s “Alma Adentro”<\/a> is a jewel of Latin American songs in a straight jazz format.<\/p>\n

I hate to spill the beans up front in a CD Review, but \u201cAlma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook\u201d is one of the most beautiful jazz recordings I have heard lately. Those who are not familiar with the Puerto Rican songbook will consider \u201cAlma Adentro\u201d an album of excellent jazz with beautiful compositions.<\/p>\n

Those who grew up listening to some of these Puerto Rican-born Latin American classic songs will enjoy the fresh and amazingly creative arrangements. And yet, everyone who listens to “Alma Adentro” will enjoy the magnificent performance Miguel Zen\u00f3n and his group provided in this jazz album.<\/p>\n

As in previous albums, Miguel surrounds himself with his usual partners; Venezuelan Luis Perdomo on piano, Hans Glawischnig on bass, and Henry Cole on drums. The quartet is backed in the recording by a classical wind section of flutes, clarinets, oboe, English horn, and French horns.<\/p>\n

“Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook” was released in August 2011 and is Miguel Zen\u00f3n’s 6th recording, and 5th (all except his 1st one) produced under the Marsalis Music label.<\/p>\n