Musicians: Dorance Lorza - Leader and Vibraphone Anna Gillespie - Piano Elpidio Caicedo - Bass Armando Rivas - Conga, cow bell, maracas Jorge Posada - Timbales Alberto Gutierrez - Timbales Julio Alarcon - Bongo, cow bell Fernando Alvares - Lead vocal
Guests: Alfonzo De Jesus - Coro Lizandro Zapata - Coro Hugo Elizalde - Electric guitar
Released - 2005
London based Colombian Dorance Lorza and Sexteto Cafe rework several classic salsa dance tunes breathing new life into the tracks through intelligent arrangements and precision playing. Classic salsa done in a classic vibes led style these tunes now belong to
Dorance Lorza and Sexteto Cafe.
"A beautiful and danceable album specially recorded for the dancers, a selection of Latin classics on a vibraphone band led by
Dorance Lorza. There is not a bad song in this album and Sexteto
Café is set to become London most sought after salsa band."
Dorance Lorza has been involved as a musician, arranger or producer with:
Kike Harvey, Conjunto son del Barrio, Los del Caney, Fruko, Hansel Camacho, Orq Mantecana, Octava Dimension, Proyecto Omega, Los Nemus del Pacifico, Hanny, etc...
"...seductive pure salsa especially made for dancers. Sophisticated arrangements keep solos to a minimum throughout the production so as to not interfere with the flow of the
dancers..." Rudy Mangual - Latin Beat magazine
"As the year ended, great music continued to pour into the markets
and at the top of the heap was vibist / tresero Dorance Lorza's Sexteto Café who released the scorching
Salsa Pa' Ti with classics like Mango Mangüe, El Titere, El Negro Bembón and La Ruñidera." LATIN BEAT MUSIC UPDATE by Nelson Rodríguez, NYC