After a number of adventuresome jazz albums on Blue Note, the Miami-based trumpeter returns to his pre-Irakere roots on this disc. These original songs bear an Afro-Cuban feel not far from Buena Vista Social Club turf, with Sandoval even sporadically abandoning the mouthpiece to sing. His trademark high-register squeal is mostly absent here, but a fine example appears on one of the album's best tracks, "El Huracán del Caribe," also featuring the vocals of C... More >>>