Orquesta Akokán - Caracoles (Official Music Video)

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From the new album, Caracoles, out now on Daptone Records.

Caracoles ushers Orquesta Akokán’s unique brand of mambo into the 21st century. Back at the helm are producer and multi instrumentalist, Jacob Plasse and virtuosic pianist, composer and arranger Michael Eckroth - a collaboration that continues to lead Orquesta’s exploration of the sublime mambo in all its depth and breadth. On their 3rd album, they combine talents with Cuban singer and composer Kiko Ruiz, a tata —priest— who informs his lyrics with a  Palo Mayombe spirituality propelling the mambo back to its original meaning. Despite being popularized world-wide as a festive, light-spirited, danceable genre, mambo is not to be taken lightly in the Palo Mayombe religion. Mambo is both a song and a prayer, beseeching good spirits to  guide one’s journey away from darkness.
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Jazz
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