CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: MR. Ho's Orchestrotica - The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel (2010)

By Mark Saleski Walk down the street and stop twenty random people, asking them their opinion of Esquivel? If you get less than 19 "Huhwuh?"'s, I'd be impressed. That's sort of too bad because Juan Garcia Esquivel had far too many musical ideas in his head. Add some pedal steel to the sound of a big band? Why not?! Zingy wordless vocals? Can you say "Zu Zu Zu!"? How about recording two orchestras simultaneously? Was that stereo? Sort of...

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