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| | Conjunto Jardin - Recordings |
 | | Floreando (2003, Trova Recordings) is the second CD release from Conjunto Jardín. |
 | | But the CD’s real surprise is in the slower tracks – the restrained, hypnotic chant of “El Coco” and, especially, “La Guanábana,” with its deliberate build-up and release that echos the song’s lyrics of yearning sexuality. |
 | | Another song, a sea-shanty, “El Coco,” about a sea-bird, borrowed from marineros plying their trade between Cuba and Veracruz - sung in Benin by African-born percussionist Marcel Adjibi - underscores this centuries-old link between the Old World and the New, specifically in the Mexican gulf coast state of Veracruz and its main port. |
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