Gretel Gazón
Havana, August 11 (RHC)-- Cuban singer Gretel Cazón pays homage to renowned pianist and composer Ernesto Lecuona, with a new music video for the tune ‘Como arrullo de palmas’, written by Lecuona.
The new version of the iconic song and the accompanying music video will be included in a new musical production by Gazón, entitled ‘Rumba Azul’ --to be released later this year, under Unicornio label of Producciones Abdala.
For the music video, Gretel Cazón had the collaboration of Pablo Diez, director of the Barbarito Diez orchestra, bassist Gastón Joya, who produced the album, and several other renowned Cuban instrumentalists, among them percussionist Yaroldi Abreu, drummer Oliver Valdés and trumpet player Julito Padrón.
In statements to the press, Gretel Cazón thanked Pablo Diez, Gastón Joya and all the other musicians, accompanying her on this musical adventure and announced the release of other tracks from the new album in the coming days.
She said the new version of ‘Como arrullo de palmas,’ and the accompanying music video constitute her personal tribute to Lecuona, on the 126th anniversary of his birth, marked on August 6th last.
For his part, bassist Gastón Joya thanked Gretel Gazón for the opportunity to participate in this new Project both, as an instrumentalist and musical producer.
The new music video, produced in collaboration with the National Center for Popular Music, is now available on the YouTube channel of Producciones Abdala, and will soon be available also for download on the Cuban music platform Sandunga.