The Caribbean's many cultural cross-currents is also the subject of their most recent album, the New Orleans-themed Mardi Gras Mambo, from which two of the tracks on Mucho Gusto are taken: "Marie Laveaux," John Boutte's anthem to Voodoo Queen, and "Pasó en Tampa," tres legend Arsenio Rodriguez's humorous tune about the hazards of Spanglish. Three tracks are drawn from the excellent 1998 Reencarnación, as well as three from their 1996 debut album, Cubanismo, and two from the 1997 follow-up, Malembe. For the reggae a lo cubano selections, the choice of the Marley/Tosh collaboration "Get Up, Stand Up" and Marley's "Could You Be Loved" recognizes the Wailers' gift for mixing universal human emotion with social message.
With the recent departure of mega- talented pianist Nachito Herrera from the band (his spot has been filled, in the meantime, by Rudolfo "Peruchin" Argudin), now is as good a time as any to take stock and bragging rights in Cubanismo's recordings to date.
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