Seducción (album)
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| - | '''Daniel Ponce''' (July 21, 1953 – March 14, 2013) was a Cuban-American [[jazz]] percussionist. His album ''[[New York Now!]]'' (1983) on [[Celluloid Records]] features one of his [[conga]] solos. | + | '''''Seducción''''' (English: ''Seduction'') is the sixth [[studio album]] recorded by [[Mexican Americans|Mexican-American]] [[Jennifer Peña]], It was released by [[Univision Music Group|Univision Music]] on May 18, 2004 (see [[2004 in music]]). This effort debuted at number one on the [[Top Latin Albums|''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums]] chart. |
| - | Ponce played locally in Havana from age 11 and played percussion in a group called Watusi. He was [[exile]]d from Cuba in 1980 and fled to New York City, soon after working there with [[Paquito D'Rivera]], [[José Fajardo (musician)|Jose Fajardo]], [[Andy González (musician)|Andy Gonzalez]], [[Jerry Gonzalez]], and [[Eddie Palmieri]]. In 1982 he played three [[batá drum]]s as a [[session musician]] for the [[Herbie Hancock]] song "[[Rockit (song)|Rockit]]". Producer [[Bill Laswell]] said "Ponce essentially was a musician/priest, and all the rhythms he would play on those batá drums were associated with a Yoruba deity. It was basically [[Santeria]]." | ||
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| - | After "Rockit" was a major hit in 1983, Ponce began recording under his own name, and soon after worked in jazz idioms with Laswell, Hancock, [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[McCoy Tyner]], [[Hilton Ruiz]], and [[Bobby McFerrin]]. He also did work as a session musician and as a touring percussionist, for, among others, [[Laurie Anderson]], [[Mick Jagger]], and [[Yoko Ono]]. | ||
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| - | He died on March 14, 2013, in Miami, Florida. | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[She's the Boss]] | ||
| - | *[[Funkcronomicon]] | ||
| - | *[[Home of the Brave (soundtrack)]] | ||
| - | *[[Starpeace]] | ||
| - | *[[Celluloid Records]] | ||
| - | *[[Seducción (album)]] | ||
| - | *[[Kip Hanrahan]] | ||
| - | *[[Mister Heartbreak]] | ||
| - | *[[Paquito D'Rivera]] | ||
| - | *[[Celluloid Records]] | ||
| - | *[[Desert Lady / Fantasy]] | ||
| - | *[[Ignacio Berroa]] | ||
| - | *[[La Leyenda de La Hora]] | ||
| - | *[[Bobby Sanabria]] | ||
| - | *[[Elektra/Musician]] | ||
| - | *[[Language Barrier (Sly and Robbie album)]] | ||
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Seducción (English: Seduction) is the sixth studio album recorded by Mexican-American Jennifer Peña, It was released by Univision Music on May 18, 2004 (see 2004 in music). This effort debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.
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