Rezos

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The term old school means different things to different people. For singer-percussionist Bobi Céspedes, who is a Yoruba-Lucami priest, it means going all the way back to 400-year-old African religious and musical traditions. Céspedes herself grew up in Cuba, but immigrated to San Francisco 40 years ago and has spent many years performing on her own and with Mickey Hart's Planet Drum. Here, on her long-overdue debut, she draws upon a broad swath of history, mining the Afro-Cuban traditions and ancient chants that are dedicated to her patron saint Orisha. Nonetheless, she is also very much in the here and now, creating some hot salsa-style arrangements, hip-hop beats, and modern Bay Area grooves that wouldn't be out of place in one of the hipper clubs in San Francisco or Paris. The album is an all-inclusive, multicultural, multigenerational approach that is winning. It also points out that a highly developed sense of tradition need not be an overriding burden. --Tad Hendrickson

Product Description
Bobi Céspedes is a singer, composer and percussionist as well as a priestess in the Yoruba-Lucumi spiritual tradition. Her solo debut couples deep Afro-Cuban and Yoruban grooves with one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in world music.

Bobi has been gathering acclaim both with her 12-piece ensemble Conjunto Céspedes and as a featured vocalist with Mickey Hart's Planet Drum and Bembé Orisha bands. Produced by Greg Landau (Susanna Baca and Patato) Rezos marks the solo debut of an emerging global diva.

"Bobi's voice is an instrument equally capable of summoning orisha and filling dance floors"-Folk Roots Magazine

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Average customer rating: Afro-Cuban charged action A unique approach to Afro-Cuban dance music !Muy Excellente! Ocha Music that Moves you! Ocha Music that Moves you!

Rezos Bobi Cespedes Manufacturer: Six Degrees ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Six Degrees Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Whaa! Latin Travels: Six Degrees Collection Ethnomixicology ASIN: B00007MB5X Release Date: 2003-02-04

Tracks:

1. Rezos
2. Obatala
3. California
4. Como Te Extra
5. Lenu
6. Yambu Rock
7. Anoche
8. Awoyo
9. Nuevo Milenio
10. Ogun

Album Description

Bobi Céspedes is a singer, composer and percussionist as well as a priestess in the Yoruba-Lucumi spiritual tradition. Her solo debut couples deep Afro-Cuban and Yoruban grooves with one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in world music.

Bobi has been gathering acclaim both with her 12-piece ensemble Conjunto Céspedes and as a featured vocalist with Mickey Hart's Planet Drum and Bembé Orisha bands. Produced by Greg Landau (Susanna Baca and Patato) Rezos marks the solo debut of an emerging global diva.

"Bobi's voice is an instrument equally capable of summoning orisha and filling dance floors"-Folk Roots Magazine

Amazon.com

The term old school means different things to different people. For singer-percussionist Bobi Céspedes, who is a Yoruba-Lucami priest, it means going all the way back to 400-year-old African religious and musical traditions. Céspedes herself grew up in Cuba, but immigrated to San Francisco 40 years ago and has spent many years performing on her own and with Mickey Hart's Planet Drum. Here, on her long-overdue debut, she draws upon a broad swath of history, mining the Afro-Cuban traditions and ancient chants that are dedicated to her patron saint Orisha. Nonetheless, she is also very much in the here and now, creating some hot salsa-style arrangements, hip-hop beats, and modern Bay Area grooves that wouldn't be out of place in one of the hipper clubs in San Francisco or Paris. The album is an all-inclusive, multicultural, multigenerational approach that is winning. It also points out that a highly developed sense of tradition need not be an overriding burden. --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

Afro-Cuban charged action.......2004-11-18

Take Afro-Cuban singing and drumming, mix in an almost hiphop modern element, add a rich voice in Bobi Cespedes - equally able at presenting rap, Latin, jazz and soul influences - and you have a work difficult to categorize and quite compelling in REZOS.
 Not quite for the completely modern listener but more than its Afro-Cuban roots, REZOS is packed with charged action, blending jazzy riffs and Cuban traditions with reggae, hiphop, and electronic drumbeats.

A unique approach to Afro-Cuban dance music.......2003-06-18

A challenging, adventurous solo project by vocalist Bobi Cespedes, a veteran performer of Berkeley, CA's venerable Conjunto Cespedes. Mixing rock, rap and moder, electro-tinged jazz with the well-established Cespedes brand of Yoruban-influenced Afro-Cuban dance music, she pushes the boundaries of her genre. I didn't always enjoy the results (in an I'd-put-this-on-to-chill-to-at-home kinda way...) but I definitely respect the process. Innovative and worth checking out.

!Muy Excellente!.......2003-06-09

I've listened to this CD thirty times and I'm still not tired...What a powerful CD. Thank you, Bobi!

Ocha Music that Moves you!.......2003-03-08

If you want a CD that's rich in vibrant vocals, spiritual depth, pulsating African-Latin beats, this CD is a must. Don't pass up an opportunity to hear ancient soulful chants with contempary finger-snapping rhythms. Bobi voice gives us a heavenly glance of what soul-stirring, heart-felt songs should be.

Ocha Music that Moves you!.......2003-03-08

If you want a CD that's rich in vibrant vocals, spiritual depth, pulsating African-Latin beats, this CD is a must. Don't pass up an opportunity to hear ancient soulful chants with contempary finger-snapping rhythms. Bobi voice gives us a heavenly glance of what soul-stirring, heart-felt songs should be.

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REZOS Y CANTOS GUAJIROS CELINA Y REUTILIO ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000RHVJE2

Product Description

1- A FRANCISCO 2- ALBORADA GUAJIRA 3- YO SOY EL PUNTO CUBANO 4- EL BAILE DEL LE LO LAY 5-REZO Y CANTO PA MI ACHE 6- PROSPERIDAD 7 ASSOYI ASSOYI 8- TA INFLA O 9- MI BOHIO 10- QUIERO MATAR EL DOLOR 11- AGALLU SOLA 12- TRISTEZA GUAJIRA

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Rezos y Moyubba a Los Orishas Abbilona Manufacturer: K Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000CE7BQ Release Date: 2006-06-19

Tracks:

1. Rezo A Aggun
2. Rezo A Eluggua
3. Rezo A Oggun
4. Rezo A Ochosi
5. Rezo A Orichas Que Reciben
6. Rezo A Aggayu
7. Rezo A Chango
8. Rezo A Obbatala
9. Rezo A Oya
10. Rezo Yemaya
11. Rezo A Ochun

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Full Confession 3 The Hear & Now Remix -- Audio Letter, Feat. Don Cherry 6. Rafiki (Sidewalk Mix) -- Bob Holroyd Various Artists Deixa -- Cibelle 2. Breathe -- Willy Porter 3. Bom Sinal -- Celso Fonseca 4. Once (Demo) -- Shrift 5. Neti Neti , and 7. Milan -- Karsh Kale 8. Rezos -- Bobi Cespedes Manufacturer: SIX DEGREES ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Six Degrees Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000M397BS

Product Description

Full Confession 3 Year: 2004 Track Title 1. Deixa -- Cibelle 2. Breathe -- Willy Porter 3. Bom Sinal -- Celso Fonseca 4. Once (Demo) -- Shrift 5. Neti Neti, The Hear & Now Remix -- Audio Letter, Feat. Don Cherry 6. Rafiki (Sidewalk Mix) -- Bob Holroyd 7. Milan -- Karsh Kale 8. Rezos -- Bobi Cespedes

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9. Tango [Import]
10. Tangos Reflection [Import]

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