Alfonso Lovo
LA GIGANTONA (LP)
Numero Group NUMERO046LP
Numero Group
NUMERO046LP
12 inch
Import: us import
Tracklist:
1
nueva segovia
2
la bomba de neutron
3
tropical jazz
4
los conquistadores
5
sinfonia del espacio en do menor
6
la gigantona
7
firebird feathers
8
rio san juan drums
Info:
The Son Of A Prominent Nicaraguan Politician, Alfonso Noel Lovo Was A Choice Target For The Sandinista Rebels Who Hijacked His Homeward Flight From Miami In December Of 1971, Ultimately Putting Several Rounds Through The Talented Musicians Torso And Hand. After Several Years, And As Many Surgeries, He Would Break New Ground On This Psychedelic Swirl Of Latin Jazz And Pan-american Funk With His Musical Partner, Percussionist Jose Chepito Areas Of Santana Fame. Long Unavailable, La Gigantona Has Lived Its Forty Years Lost In The Grooves Of A Single Acetate. Imagine A Nicaraguan Take On Herbie Hancocks Afro-jazz Masterpiece Mwandishi With Some Of The Most Penetrating, Left-field Guitar Youve Never Heard.