Grupo Yanqui
Grupo Yanqui Rides Again
Grupo Yanqui Rides Again
(Bennett Paster & Gregory Ryan: 2008, Miles High Records)
Tones for Joan’s Bones (Corea)
The Unabonger (Paster)
The Chick From Panamá (Ryan)
If Woody Had Gone Right To the Police… (Ryan)
El Vaquero Número Cinco (Paster)
The Kid From Albuquerque (Paster)
Chelsea Bridge (Strayhorn)
PoMoAfroMoFoJoIntro (Ryan)
PoMoAfroMoFoJo (Ryan)
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The second Grupo Yanqui album features a new crop of inventive, dynamic, Latin and world-jazz compositions by Gregory Ryan and Bennett Paster, as well as two jazz standards, re-imagined through the Grupo’s rhythmic lens.
On it’s second outing, this savvy New York-based Latin-jazz sextet… puts a clever salsa spin on Chick Corea’s “Tones for Joan’s Bones” and Billy Strayhorn’s “Chelsea Bridge.” Saxophonist Chris Cheek and trumpeter Alex Norris shine in the frontline while drummer Keith Hall and Percussionist Gilad percolate underneath on clave-fueled originals like Paster’s “The Kid From Albuquerque” and Ryan’s churning descarga “If Woody Had Gone Right to the Police…”
Bill Milkowski, jazztimes.com October 2008
Bennett Paster (piano), Chris Cheek (tenor Sax), Alex Norris (trumpet), Gregory Ryan (bass), Keith Hall (drums), Gilad (perc)
Produced by Bennett Paster & Gregory Ryan
Recorded by Brian Dozoretz, May 17 & 18, 2006 at Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ
Mixed by Bennett Paster and Gregory Ryan, Spring 2007 at Benny’s Wash n’ Dry Studios, Brookyln, NY
Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, NYC
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Grupo Yanqui
(Bennett Paster & Gregory Ryan: 2001, Self-Released)
Grupo Yanqui
Miller Time (Ryan)
Mona Se Queda (Paster)
How Are Things In Gloccamora? (Harburg/Lane)
Elna (Paster)
Storytime (Ryan)
Fantasy (Paster)
Tema Para Yosvany (Paster)
May Eye (Ryan)
Que Venga El Dia (Paster)
Oaktown Morning Blues (Paster)
Cactus Mambo (Valdes)
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Our eponymously titled debut CD was released in 2001 and it has received rave critical reviews. It features original Latin jazz compositions and our arrangements of an American songbook favorite and a classsic Cuban mambo.
“Involved arrangements, passionate solos, and vigorous, spontaneous interplay, all with a melodic and cosmopolitan Latin funk touch. Highly recommended.”
(out of a possible 5)
David R. Adler at AllAboutJazz.com
Bennett Paster – Steinway B Piano
Gregory Ryan – Acoustic and Fender Basses
Rob Garcia – Drums
Yosvany Terry Cabrera – alto and soprano saxophones (1,2,3,7,9), chekere (9)
Chris Cheek – tenor and soprano saxophones (4,5,8,10,11)
Dafnis Prieto – percussion (1,2,3,7,9)
Gilad – percussion (2,3,4,5,8,9,10,11)
Produced in Brooklyn by Bennett Paster and Gregory Ryan
Recorded April 4-5, 2000 at goodandevil.net
Mixed August 14-16, 2000 at goodandevil.net
Mastered by Scott Hull at Classic Sound, NYC
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