CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Bach with a Twist of Afro-Cuban Jazz

Johann Sebastian Bach's music has been played on everything from banjos to marimbas. There's something so elemental and sturdy about his melodies--whether solo or intertwined with rigorous counterpoint--that makes the music hard to mess up, even when played on a singing saw. The members of the Miami-based Cuban group {{Tiempo Libre}} don't play Bach with singing saws, but they do employ bongos, congas, saxophones and gourds--instruments of Afro-Cuban jazz. Their new CD, Bach in Havana, blends B...

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