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Article: Passion & romance.(DESDE LA BAHIA--SAN FRANCISCO)(Julius Meléndez)
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- Latin Beat Magazine
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- November 1, 2005
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PASSION & ROMANCE: For trumpeter Julius Meléndez, the release of Passion & Romance, his second albura as a leader, is an exciting thing. Around the San Francisco Bay Area, people have been buzzing about the top musicians participating on the recording, like Orestes Vilató, David Sánchez, Artie Webb, Mario Surachi and Danny Rojo.
Resident talents such as Jonathan Alford (piano), Mark Van Wageningen (bass), Paul Van Wageningen (drums), Bobi Céspedes (vocals), Guillermo Céspedes (tres), David Weeks (guitar), and others, help round out a well-honed Latin jazz/salsa effort co-produced by Meléndez and Weeks for Western World Media, a company owned by Weeks. The ...