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VIDEOS

Clave Gringa Live! Cuban originals and classics from the Seattle-based group Clave Gringa. Ann Reynolds (composer, piano, voice) Daniel Barry (trumpet) Enrique "Kiki" Valera (Cuban cuatro) Pedro Vargas (timbales, bongo) Steve Smith (congas) Dean Schmidt (bass) www.clavegringa.com.
Clave Gringa, Seattle-based group, performing live at the Seattle Women in Jazz Festival at the Columbia City Theatre, February 13, 2014. Five Cuban jazz compositions composed by Ann-ita Reynolds are featured: No Necesito un Nombre, Working Through, La Chica del Malecon, Con Pasion, and Songo Borracho.
Seattle pianist Ann Reynolds has been in a passionate relationship with Cuban music since her first visit to that country in 2000. She fell in love with the music and people of that island and has returned there many times to study, compose and perform.
Cuban dancers Luis Guzman and Ana Ercilia Fuentes Valiente dance rumba (guaguancó) to Ann Reynolds song "Espiritu" (music performed by Clave Gringa). Filmed in Callejon de Hamel, Havana Cuba, 2014. In rumba guaguancó the man and woman play a flirtatious "game" with the man trying to "vaccinate" the woman.
Seattle Rueda (seattlerueda.com) dances rueda de casino to Songo Borracho, composed by Ann Reynolds, recorded by Ann Reynolds/Clave Gringa on Para Cuba Con Amor (www.clavegringa.com). Choreographed by Andre Mueller. Dancers: Betsy Geller, Ofer Matan, Diane Messmer, Andre Mueller, Maria Claudia Duarts Barriga, Curtis Luke, Israel West, Chanya Srithong Rueda de casino was developed in Cuba for dancing to modern dance music like timba (similar to modern salsa).

REVIEWS

REVIEWS OF “JOY”

“…Afro-Cuban forms such as “son cubano” danzón” and “guaguancó” are worked into this sublime music as if they were written by a native of the region. And while, on the surface, that may seem possible today with all of the sophisticated teaching that goes on in modern academies around the world, in truth, the “feel” comes only to those who don’t simply inhabit the art, but embrace it as one does a member of the family; not simply a loved one, but one who is “especially” loved”. This is what Ann Reynolds brings to her music….” Raul da Gama, Latin Jazz Net. Full review at LatinJazzNet.com

REVIEWS OF “PARA CUBA CON AMOR”

“But the album really wouldn’t be an offering if Reynolds didn’t imbue it with a sense of her own spirit, which shines brightly on several tracks that treat Cuba more as a point of departure than a destination. -JJ, Earshot Magazine”

“Her playing is informed by an ability to turn the most complex phrases into beautiful and simple acts of music. In fact at some point in her playing the piano even stops being a piano and becomes an instrument of brilliant counterpoint.” -Raul da Gama, Latin Jazz Net

“This is a work of musical art and should be in everyone's music playing device. I give it my own 100%, all the tracks are great!” - Leon Reyes, KVMR, Sacramento

“her tone is always light yet spirited, evocative of sunny days and festive ways but never simplistic or cliché.” - Mark S. Tucker, FAME

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