Label: ACT music
Format: CD
Barcode: 0614427985422
Catalog number: ACT 98542
Releasedate: 09-02-18
Format: CD
Barcode: 0614427985422
Releasedate: 09-02-18
- With compositions of Diego Pinera and Sonny Rollins
- Cuban influences
- Cuban influences
It was the awakening (Despertando) of a tinge of longing which inspired Diego Pinera to record this album. More than seventeen years after having left his native Uruguay, he re-visits his roots, the influences which first left their mark on him, and the legacy which made him the musician he is today. His choice of compositions is highly personal: tunes by Gato Barbieri and Ernesto Lecuona are clear cultural references to Argentina and Cuba (Pinera studied in Havana). His own composition "Osvaldo por nueve" is a homage to his first teacher and mentor Osvaldo Fattoruso. It is also Pinera’s modern take on the 'candombe' folklore tradition, popular in Uruguay. The track "Yakarito Terere" is personal too: a composition by his father, inspired by a memory from childhood, of regular excursions into the hinterland of Montevideo.