Angel Fernandez

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CRITIC'S REVIEW:
Headed up by salsa scene mainstay Angel Fernandez, who has worked with Obie Bermúdez and Michael Stuart, and served as musical director for Marc Anthony's band for over a decade, Transito's debut album is an intergenerational tour de force. Featuring salsa greats Ray Sepúlveda, Tito Allen, Alexa Rojas, George Lamond. and Johnny Rivera, the vocal lineup is a dream team of sorts. Featuring some of today's hitmakers alongside the pioneers of the style also boils over into the attitudes of the arrangements here. Classic salsa styles stand beside reggaeton loops and hints of timba funkiness. Unlike many all-star projects, the music is as engaging as the star power. Fernandez being one of the genre's strongest arrangers and producers, it will come as no surprise that Nueva Combinacion is sonically sparkling, and the band is among the very finest in salsa today. Transito's members include Bobby Allende, Marc Quiñones, Edy Martinez, Luis Quintero, Jimmy Bosch, Mario Rivera and a host of others. With a credits list like that, and leadership like Fernandez, Transito has a bright future before them. Albums like Nueva Combinacion mean sunny days ahead for salsa fans as well.

Discography: World
Music from the Miramax Motion Picture Blue in the Face
CD title:     Blue in the Face
Song:       "Mi Barrio" (composed with Luis Diaz and David Byrne)
Role:         Producer, composer, arranger; trumpets, flugelhorns, guiro, tres, piano, synth & drum programming, Backing vocals
(Appears courtesy of Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. Records Inc.)
Genre:      Original Movie Soundtrack/World
Record Label: (P) © 1995 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Afro-Peruvian Classics
CD title:     The Soul of Black Peru
Song:                "Maria Lando" for artist, David Byrne
Role:         Arranger
Genre:      World
Record Label: (P) 1995 Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.
Bangaroo
CD title:    Bangaroo - Ethno-Funky-Del-O-Jelly-Beat!
Role:         Horn Arrangements, trumpet & flugelhorn.
Genre:      World
Record Label: © 1995 Bella Dia Music, Amosaya Music
Boricua's Bond
The soundtrack, a film by Val Lik
CD title:     Boricua's Bond
Role:         Producer, director, guitar; Mastering with Phil Austin in Trutone Mastering Studio, New Jersey
Genre:      Movie Soundtrack/World
Record Label: © 2000 Boricua's Bond L.L.C. & J&N Productions, (P) J&N Productions
Jonathan Best
CD title:     Songs From Before I got Laid
Role:         Percussion, Guitar, Bass, and Vocals
Genre:      World
Record Label: (P) © 1999 Bubble Music (BMI)
The Balanescu Quartet
CD title:     Possessed
Song:                Hanging Upside Down
Role:         Composer (with David Byrne)
Genre:      World
Record Label: (P) 1992 MUTE RECORDS LIMITED
Peret
CD title:     Rey de la Rumba
Role:         Arranger, trumpet
Genre:      Spanish Rumba/World
Record Label:         (P) © 2001 Virgin Records España
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