(Latin Jazz) Minino Garay - Minino Garay y los Tambores del Sur - 2002, MP3, 320 kbps

Although somewhat jazzy at times and released on a jazz label (Sunnyside), this is very much a world music release. Vocalist/percussionist Minino Garay performs a variety of music influenced by rhythms and folk melodies from South America and India, and touched by such modern trends as rap (which is used sparingly). Violinist Line Kruse makes the biggest impression among the instrumentalists (particularly on "Gato de Cosquin"), and some of the singing uses call and response à la Cab Calloway. However, the lack of liner notes makes the Spanish lyrics incomprehensible to English speakers, although the drama of the music and the rich melodies compensate.

Minino Garay - vocals, percussion
Julien Lourau - tenor saxophone
Nicolas Genest - trumpet
Jean-Christophe Maillard - guitar
Alfonso Pacin - charango, guitar, violin
Gerardo Digiusto, Stephanus Vivens - piano
Jules Issac Bikoko - bass
Maxime Zampieri - drums
Eddy Tomassi, Pablo Mendez, Hector Gomez, Benjamin Henocq, Anga Diaz, Javier Estrella, Xavier Jouvelet - percussion
Daniel Mille - accordion
Eduardo Garcia - bandoneon
Louis Winsberg - saz