Tino Contreras (drums), Luis Ocadiz (piano), Jose Luis Rivas (upright bass) Rodolfo "Popo" Sanchez (alto sax, flute), Aldolfo Sahagun (trumpet), Ramon Negrete (tenor sax)
Tino Contreras, considered one of Mexico's finest drummer/composers, records live with his sextet from the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. A pioneer of jazz in Mexico, Contreras is the winner of a Ditinguished Emmy Award, 8 National Jazz Festivals, and appears on the first jazz record ever made in Mexico, Orfeon, recorded in 1954.
Song Selection: Joe Al Bat, Sublime, Bellas Artes, Istambul, Krisna, Euridice, Ravi Shankar, Pinky Lady
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