Friday, April 14, 2023

Luis Gasca - 1974 - Born To Love You

Luis Gasca 
1974
Born To Love You



01. A Love Supreme
02. Dr. Gasca
03. Search For Peace
04. I Was Born To Love You (Yo Naci Para Quererte)
05. New Orleans Strut
06. Samba Para San Francisco
07. Just Say Goodbye
08. Ayeres

Luis Gasca: flugelhorn, trumpet, composer, arranger
Oscar Brashear: trumpet
Ray Pizzi: soprano saxophone, alto flute, tenor saxophone, bassoon
Joe Henderson: tenor saxophone, alto flute
Hadley Caliman: tenor saxophone, flute
Jack DeJohnette: electric piano, drums, composer, arranger
Mark Levine: piano, electric piano, valve trombone
John Heard: acoustic bass, electric bass
Carmelo Garcia: timbales, congas
Victor Pantoja: congas, maracas
George Duke: piano, keyboards, electric piano
Julian Priester: trombone
Joe Gallardo: trombone, electric piano, piano, arranger, composer
Eddie Henderson: trumpet, flugelhorn
Terry Bozzio: drums



Luis Gasca surely is one of the greatest forgotten or underrated trumpet players. He worked with Maynard Ferguson, Lionel Hampton, Janis Joplin, Santana, Malo and Mongo Santamaria, to name a few. This album in latin fusion and soul-jazz style is varied between easy going, lively and highly emotional with allways remarkable solo parts

7 comments:

  1. Nice to see you paying tribute to Luis Gasca and his playing here at the Aural Surfing Odyssey. He was once a force within the Bay Area rock and jazz community. Unfortunately, he had to sacrifice the music in order to save the musician. This is the only title I never had in my collection. Thanks for sharing it. I may also grab a sonic upgrade of 'Collage'. Much appreciated!

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    1. I have a friend that lives in the same little town in Mexico where he lives, has bumped into him a couple of times and tells he's an absolute joy to talk to. He also does some projects with local children and so on... seems to be very happy with his life these days... It does give me a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that he is doing good.

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  2. Thanx for these Gasca, Love Supreme !

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  3. Terry Bozzio and Jack DeJohnette on the same album - I already like this! : )

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  4. Thanx very much, but... I can't download this .... my system detects a virus :-/

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  5. https://www.filefactory.com/file/7h7wp5b4ydcu/F0248.rar

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  6. oh WOW! thank you kindly man!

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