I guess today is all about music. The latest Sonidos Latinos column reviews the new Spanish Harlem Orchestra album.
SONIDOS LATINOS
Getting into the swing of reinventing salsa
Ed Morales
Salsa’s old dreams die hard. Maybe it’s not accurate to describe the sound of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra as salsa, since it draws from the worlds of big band jazz and mambo in a way that few salsa bands have done outside of Eddie Palmieri’s orchestra. But with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra’s new album, “United We Swing” (Six Degrees Records), all of the elements of the New York Afro-Caribbean sound come together in a blockbuster album that will please serious listeners and dancers alike.
