Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Rubén Blades joins the JLCO for a style-straddling album of salsa and swing!


Coming Soon: Una Noche con Rubén Blades!

Blue Engine Records is proud to announce our next release: Una Noche con Rubén Blades by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Rubén Blades. This record captures a historic 2014 meeting of New York's house band and the nine-time GRAMMY winning singer, songwriter, actor, and activist. For one very special night—music-directed by the JLCO's bassist and "emerging master in the Latin jazz idiom" (DownBeat) Carlos Henriquez—the worlds of salsa and swing collided. The result was a performance that the New York Times called "radically beautiful."

Make sure you'll have Una Noche as soon as it's released on October 19th! Preorder it today from our webstore as a standalone CD featuring a limited-edition maraca. You'll also get a discount to our 2018–19 opening weekend concerts!


Una Noche on RollingStone.com


Learn more about the album—and hear the first single, "Ban Ban Quere”—on RollingStone.com. The fiery salsa tune was composed by Calixto Varela Gomez and originally made famous by Ray Barretto's 1975 Fania Records release, Barretto. 


TRACK LISTING:
Carlos Henriquez Introduction
Ban Ban Quere
Too Close For Comfort
El Cantante
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Apóyate en Mi Alma
Pedro Navaja
Begin the Beguine
Sin Tu Cariño
Ruben's Medley: Ligia Elena / El Número 6 / Juan Pachanga
Patria (Encore)