Harold Lopez Nussa Trio: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Dec. 14, 2018, Felix Contreras Cuba is known as much for their pianists as their percussionists you ll see why with this performance. Cuban pianist Harold LópezNussa and his trio open their performance with some help from a recording of famed AfroCuban folkloric singer Lázaro Ros. Ros is both a musical and spiritual guide for this performance; the trio dug deep into the ritual music of santeria for inspiration with Eleguá, a tribute to one of the AfroCuban deities. (Special mention should be made of Harold s brother, Ruy LópezNussa, on drums, and bassist Gastón Joya, who both fill the spaces between the beats while elegantly leaving breathing room within the performances. ) Preludio demonstrates the telepathic connection between these musicians, while subtlety and emotion are not sacrificed for the slower tempo. Hialeah has the recognizable piano riffs called guajeos that we can recognize as originating with Cuban dance music, but the trio deftly melds that rhythm to a complex jazz explo
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