Featuring very powerful vocal performances from salsa-star-turned-minister, Rosendo "El Gallo" Díaz (of Manolito y su Trabuco and Orquesta Revé fame) and Andy Marcos (of the Monte de Sión jazz vocal group), Proyecto Sonidos de Júbilo is a unique musical project that unites the forces of sacred music and contemporary Cuban dance music (Timba). The vision of trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist David Eduardo Ríos, this collaboration incorporates traditional Spanish Baptist hymns and orchestrates them with a modern big band tropical sound.
Download also includes two (2) Rosendo "El Gallo" Díaz music videos.
A message from David Eduardo Ríos, the director and producer of Proyecto Sonidos de Júbilo:
My vision with this album is to support Christian ministries in Cuba and my hope is that the music us shared through the Church. I contacted Rosendo Diaz (known as "El Gallo") late last year. He was lead singer with the two most prominent dance groups in Cuba -Manolito y su Trabuco and Orquesta Revé. I had already been in contact with "Vocal Sampling Monte De Sion" in Santa Clara. I was able to get one of Monte De Sion’s singers (Andy) to sing coro on "Manos Carinosas". Alberto Salas, a Cuban American and Andre Crouch’s musical director, also shared his piano on the same track. Read the full story here.
For more information contact me at yesijaz [at] aol [dot] com.
Músicos participantes en Un Mandamiento Nuevo
| Rosendo Díaz "El Gallo" |
Voz principal |
| Javier Muñiz |
Batas |
| Luis Carranza |
Guiro |
| Colin Douglas |
Batería |
| Coto Pincheira |
Piano |
| Daniel Cobo |
Violines |
| Rick Feliciano |
Trombones (en la Champola) |
| Wes Anthony |
Saxofones |
| Joel González |
Bajo, Sintesizador |
| Ron Ríos |
Coro, Voz en la primera y segunda estrofas |
| David Eduardo Ríos |
Guitarra, Bajo, Congas, Campana, Trompetas, Sintet, Trombones |
Músicos participantes en Alabad Al Señor
| Rosendo Díaz "El Gallo |
Voz principal |
| Ruben Hurtado |
Piano |
| Javier Muñiz |
Guiro |
| Daniel Cobo |
Violines |
| Raquel Vallejo Ochoa |
Coro, Voz en toda las estrofas incluendo el Rap |
| Ron Ríos |
Coro, Voz en toda estrofa incluyendo el Rap |
| David Eduardo Ríos |
Bajo, Congas, Timbales, Trompetas, Sintet, Voz Rap |
Músicos participantes en Manos Cariñosas
| Rosendo Díaz "El Gallo |
Voz principal |
| Alberto Salas |
Piano |
| Javier Muñiz |
Chékere, guiro, guitarras en el interludio |
| Eduardo Quintero |
Saxofón |
| Yuri Pérez |
Solo de Saxofón |
| Andy Marcos (de Vocal Monte De Sion) |
Coros |
| Joel Escalona |
Improvisación en las estrofas |
| Raquel Vallejo Ochoa y David Rios |
Voces |
| David Rios |
Congas, Bajo, Guitarra, Trompetas, Trombones, Timbales |
Músicos participantes en Te Exaltare Mi Dios Mi Rey
| Félix "Tito" Quiñones |
Voz principal |
| Rosendo Díaz "El Gallo" |
Voz segundo y pregones |
| Luis Carranza |
Timbales, guiro |
| Ruben Hurtado |
Piano |
| Juan Carlos Camarillo |
Piano |
| Raquel Vallejo Ochoa |
Coro |
| Leticia Candelaria |
Coro |
| Wes Anthony |
Saxofónes |
| Los Niños en el coro |
Jasmine y Yesenia, Ariel, Daniel, Faith & Hope Rios |
| David Eduardo Rios |
Trompetas, Trombones, Congas, Bajo, Guitarra, Campana, Sintet, Coro |