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Percussionist Robin Jones was one of the earliest - and eventually longest-serving - exponents of Latin jazz in the UK. While he guested on hundreds of records and was still playing a couple of years before his death at 84 last year, Jones only ever released a handful of albums under his own name. Arguably the best - and certainly most popular amongst Britain's legion of jazz-dancers - was 1972's 'El Maja', credited to the Robin Jones Sextet. A scintillating fusion of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazillian rhythms laden with sprightly woodwind and brass sounds, jaunty piano, jazz-funk Rhodes sounds and notable nods towards rhythm and blues, the hard-to-find album has now been reissued by legendary London jazz DJ Paul Murphy's Jazz Room Records imprint. It should be an essential purchase for anyone who loves Latin jazz.

 

The Robin Jones Seven – El Maja

Label: #JazzRoomRecords – JAZZR 004

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, #Reissue

Country: UK

Released: Jul 8, 2020

Genre: Jazz, Latin

Style: #AfroCubanJazz, Samba, Soul-Jazz, #Batucada, #LatinJazz

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Tracklist

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A1 El Maja

A2 Santa De La Luna

A3 Hot Chili Sauce

A4 Oya

A5 Gina

A6 Atlas

B1 Batucada da Vida

B2 The Wailer

B3 Warm Loving Eyes

B4 Chant Afrique

B5 El Lobo

B6 Carica Papaya

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Credits

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Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo Flute – #OlafVas

Bass – #PercyBorthwick

Bongos – #SimonMorton

Congas – #TonyUter

Drums, Timbales, Percussion – #RobinJones

Keyboards – #JohnPorter

Trumpet, Flugelhorn – #RoyEdwards

 

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