Clave Sonera: Rumba para Viena

Cross cultural meeting, led by the German pianist Gunther Bruck, who can bring a band together, that's for sure. Recorded mostly in Brooklyn, the album features some heavyweights from Venezuela, including the brothers Quintero, Luisito and Robert, along with Nelson Gonzalez on tres, and the Colombian/Austrian bassist Juan Garcia-Herreros. The music's really flexible, dropping into timba breaks, then moving into salsa; it's made by masters, and you can tell. There's so much rhythmic ingenuity; and Bruck, quietly, behind the proceedings drops in some modern harmony on piano. This is all really fresh and new sounding; it's not quite a descarga, nor is it totally a dance project 'though Bruck can throw down a tumbao' it's just great music, and a total surprise. Highly Recommended. (review by Descarga)
"Rumba Para Viena" de la orquesta Clave Sonera consista de siete composiciones originales y dos nuevas versiones de temas tradicionales cubanos, arreglados por el pianista, compositor, arreglista y productor aleman Günther Brück
Nando Vanin, Beatriz Aguiar & Willy Torres, vocales
Nelson Gonzalez, tres, Roberto + Luisitero Quintero, percusión
1. Llegaras
2. Rumba Para Viena
3. Te Queda Poco
4. Añoranza
5. Morenita
6. Dulce Habanera
7. Un Amor Asi
8. Te Quedaras
9. Baila Tamborer
(2009)