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new release

Rumba Club’s new double release is available for sale! LEGACY and THE ART OF THE BOLERO

Includes AEI world music for the whole family:
Featuring the four foot singers!

rumba club music

now available to buy or stream on your favorite music service!

Back to entire music collection

LEGACY

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LEGACY

O Casi (Jim Hannah, Sam Turner, Alfredo Mojica – Hajim Music ASCAP)
Popo Pa’ Mi (Arsenio Scull Rodriguez – Publisher is unknkown)
AEI (Leon Gruenbaum – Dapele Music BMI)
Pita Pablo (Alexander Pope Norris – BMG Bumblebee BMI)
Columbia (Traditional)
Simone (Frank Foster, publisher: Swing That Music, Inc.)
Con Un Armore Se Borra Otro Amor (Arsenio Scull Rodriguez – Publisher: Seemsa Sociedad Espanola)
Iyesa (Traditional)
Tin Tin Deo (Chano Pozo, Luciano Pozo Gonzales, Walter Gilbert Fuller – Consolidated Music Publishers Seemsa Sociedad Espanola)

THE ART OF BOLERO

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THE ART OF THE BOLERO

Perfidia (Alberto Dominguez – Peer International Corp.)
Es Mejor Separarnos (Ismael Quintana, Eddie Palmieri – EMI
Longitude Music Co.)
Cynthia’s In Love (Billy White, Earl Gish, Jack Owens – ABC Music Co. Songwriter’s Guild of America Owens – Kemp Music)
Alone and I (Herbert Hancock – Hancock Music Company)
Gondwanaland (Leon Gruenbaum – Dapele Music BMI)

MUSICIANS

Josh Schwartzman (Bermuda Schwartz)

Producer

RUMBA CLUB:

Alfredo Mojica, Jr.

Vocals (1, 2, 7, 10), Bongos/Maracas (7), Bongos/Bell (3), Guiro (4), Cowbell (2), Quinto (5), Arranger (1), Composer (1)

Ben Frock

Trumpet, Claves (1), Arranger (10)

Bermuda Schwartz – Josh Schwartzman

Bass/Claves (14), Producer, Arranger (2, 7, 9, 11, 13)

Craig Considine

Trombone, Vocals (3)

Jim Hannah

Timbales/Timbale Improv/Cowbell (8), Cajon (1, 14), Snare Drum/Brushes/Tamourine (14), politos (5), Arranger (1, 5), Composer (1)

Paul Hannah

Alto/Tenor Saxophones and Flute, Arranger (6)

Tim Murphy

Piano, Claves (5)

Sam “Seguito” Turner

Congas/Quinto (1), Bongos (10, 11, 12, 13), Bata Drums/Chekere (6, 8), Cajon (Cigar Box) Improv (8), Cowbell (14), Arranger (1, 5, 8), Composer (1), Liner Notes and Dedication

FEATURING:

Leon Gruenbaum

Piano (3, 14), Composer/Arranger (3, 14)

Tom Williams

Trumpet (7, 9)

Alexander Pope Norris

Trumpet (4), Composer/Arranger (4)

Amy Shook

Violins (7, 11)

Eddie Drennon, Learner Franzen, Russell Graham

Violins (10)

Bill Warfield

Arranger (12)

Mark Merella

Bata (Iya) (1, 5), Cowbell (8)

Jason Walker

Congas (1, 5, 8)

Rudy Morales

Chekere, Guiro (9)

Seth Cottman, Samara Rahman, Kennedy Jones, Anthony Munoz – “The Four Foot Singers”

Vocals (3)

Shannon Cottman, Gino Hannah

Choral Direction (3)

DEDICATION:

We would like to acknowledge and pay tribute to our late friends – bassist, arranger and producer Andy Gonzalez, who guided us through the production of our four previous recordings, and longtime band member percussionist, Rudy Morales, who passed on in November 2021. Remembering your great spirits and musical contributions to Rumba Club. RIP Pamela Flemke and Shannon Cottman !El Ritmo Continua!

PRODUCED BY:

Bermuda Schwartz – Josh Schwartzman

ENGINEER:

Edwin Huet, Alwin Morales #9

RECORDED:

2019 – 2021 at Heartwood Studios, Baltimore, MD, Essex Community College #9
ENGINEERS: Edwin Het and Alwin Morales #9
ADDITIONAL RECORDING: Blue House Studios, Kensington, MD, Jeff Grueber – Engineer

MASTERED:

Craig Greff Tonal Vision – Baltimore, MD

MIXING:

Wrightway Studios – Baltimore, MD, Engineers: Tony Eichler and Steve Wright(9)