Chano Domínguez presents the album
'Oye cómo viene' parallel to the documentary
'Mira cómo viene' on DVD

The Cádiz-born pianist is accompanied on this record by Pablo Martín, Blas Córdoba, Tomasito, Guillermo McGill, Piraña and Jerry González

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Coinciding with the tenth anniversary of his first recording, Chano Domínguez launches 'Oye cómo viene', released by the Latin jazz label Lola! Records. The Cádiz-born pianist is backed on this album by his usual band: contrabassist Pablo Martín, drummer Guillermo McGill, cantaor Blas Córdoba, percussionist Piraña, palmero-bailaor Tomasito and bailaor Joaquín Grilo. Joining them as a guest is Puerto Rican musician Jerry González. The record comes out parallel to the audiovisual version released on DVD with the title 'Mira cómo viene'.

Chano Domínguez Septet

"Cádiz in the soul and Monk in the fingers". As Faustino Núñez explains in the libretto, Chano Domínguez exhibits the flamenco jazz duality that winds along the keys of his piano in 'Oye cómo viene'. The Cádiz-born musician shows "how his language has evolved towards mestizo and cosmopolitan grounds" in the eleven tracks that make up the album: 'Tangos del Garraf', dedicated to the Catalan region which inspires the composer; 'Soleá Blas', an example of the study of blues por soleá; 'Monk Medley', where he again sets his sights on Thelonious Monk; 'Oye cómo viene', a reinterpretation of the bulerías included in the film by Fernando Trueba dedicated to Latin jazz 'Calle 54' (Lola! Records, 2001), which gives the record its name... Tangos, rumbas, seguiriyas, bulerías, ballads, fandangos, soleares, alegrías, tanguillos... revisions at times of compositions from previous albums such as 'Chano' (Nuba, 1993) and 'Imán' (Nuba, 2000).

In order to shape this repertoire, Chano Domínguez has had himself accompanied by the band he has been touring with all over the world since Trueba started on his project: Pablo Martín, on the contrabass; Guillermo McGill, on the drums; Blas Córdoba, on cante; Piraña, on the box drum; Tomasito, on rhythm; and Joaquín Grilo dancing. Joining the band is the multi-instrumentalist Jerry González, who contributes the congas to 'Rumba pa'Jerry' on this recording.

Parallel to the album, Lola! Records launches a documentary released on DVD which shows the music on the new record live, sprinkled with comments about its creation by Chano Domínguez himself. 'Mira cómo viene' presents the musician's perspective offering a "new reference for the evolution of a type of music of universal vocation as is flamenco, from the splendid, somewhat Latin jazz piano".

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