Time: 44:10
Size: 101.1 MB
Styles: Fusion
Year: 1991
Art: Front
[3:51] 1. Te Amo
[3:51] 2. Joe's Red Eye
[4:42] 3. Marionettes
[5:30] 4. Hoppin' It
[4:09] 5. Nice
[4:15] 6. Cocho San
[2:52] 7. Van Nuys Jam
[5:04] 8. Thinking Of You (Pensando En Ti)
[6:00] 9. Psalms
[3:52] 10. Ten O' Clock Groove
Backing Vocals – Dante Young, Tiki; Bass – Abe Laboriel, John Peña; Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Alex Acuña; Flute – Danilo Lozano; Flute, Synthesizer [Wind] – Pedro Eustache; Guitar – Carlos Santana; Guitar [Guitars] – Ramon Stagnaro; Keyboards – Cocho Arbe; Keyboards, Vocals – Otmaro Ruiz; Percussion – Luis Conte, Michito Sanchez, Paulinho Da Costa, Rudy Regalado; Saxophone [Sax] – Brandon Fields; Vocals – Diana Acuña; Vocals, Piano – Lou Pardini.
Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1966 he moved to San Juan Puerto Rico. In 1974 Acuña moved to Las Vegas, working with artists such as Elvis Presley and Diana Ross, and the following year he joined the jazz-fusion group Weather Report, appearing on the albums Black Market and Heavy Weather. Acuña left Weather Report in 1978, and became a session musician in California, recording and playing live with (amongst many others) Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Chick Corea, Whitney Houston, Plácido Domingo, former Weather Report bandmates Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Beck, Roberta Flack, U2, Al Jarreau Marcos Witt. He can be found on recordings by musicians as culturally Lee Ritenour, Johnny Clegg, Roy Orbison, YellowJackets, Lalo Schiffrin, Milton Nascimento, Don Grusin, Dave Grusin, The Brecker Brothers, Arturo sandoval, Paquito d' Rivera, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Brad Melhdau, Paco de Lucia, John Patitucci, Sadao Watanabe, Lyle Mays, Diana Ross, Sergio Mendez, Robbie Robertson, Jackson Browne Beth Midler, Christina Aguilrera, Seal, Chris Botti.
Alex Acuna & The Unknowns are one of the greatest fusion groups that nobody has heard of! Alex Acuna (drummer for the famous Weather Report) and world class session drummer is well known but his work with the "Unknowns" remains unknown to the vast majority of the jazz fusion listening public! ~David Arivett
Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1966 he moved to San Juan Puerto Rico. In 1974 Acuña moved to Las Vegas, working with artists such as Elvis Presley and Diana Ross, and the following year he joined the jazz-fusion group Weather Report, appearing on the albums Black Market and Heavy Weather. Acuña left Weather Report in 1978, and became a session musician in California, recording and playing live with (amongst many others) Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Chick Corea, Whitney Houston, Plácido Domingo, former Weather Report bandmates Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Beck, Roberta Flack, U2, Al Jarreau Marcos Witt. He can be found on recordings by musicians as culturally Lee Ritenour, Johnny Clegg, Roy Orbison, YellowJackets, Lalo Schiffrin, Milton Nascimento, Don Grusin, Dave Grusin, The Brecker Brothers, Arturo sandoval, Paquito d' Rivera, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Brad Melhdau, Paco de Lucia, John Patitucci, Sadao Watanabe, Lyle Mays, Diana Ross, Sergio Mendez, Robbie Robertson, Jackson Browne Beth Midler, Christina Aguilrera, Seal, Chris Botti.
Alex Acuna & The Unknowns are one of the greatest fusion groups that nobody has heard of! Alex Acuna (drummer for the famous Weather Report) and world class session drummer is well known but his work with the "Unknowns" remains unknown to the vast majority of the jazz fusion listening public! ~David Arivett
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