SEPULVEDA, CHARLIE - Mr. EP (Sealed) (CD)

Charlie Sep?lveda is a trumpeter of power and nuance. On this new recording, Sep?lveda takes on the challenge of preserving culture without being trapped by it. He can take a tried-and-true classic like Besam? Mucho, and instead of falling into the routine he completely modernizes it, stripping the tune of his sometime over-emphasized bolero rhythm and makes something completely new and communicative. Here paying tribute to his former boss, Eddie Palmieri, Sep?lveda brings his distinctive style to eight imaginative tracks with Palmieri delivering two solo tracks. This isn‘t salsa and it isn‘t latin jazz, and it‘s not exactly a fusion of the two but an exciting and imaginative place between them.