Daymé Arocena's New Album Blends Folklore and Jazz

July 31, 2019

Become one of the main exponents of fusion music with influences from Afro-Cuban rhythms and rituals, singer Daymé Arocena published the first advance of her most recent phonogram.

Under the title "Trilogía", the new material available on the Internet reflects the strong influences of Afro-Cuban music and is dedicated to the orishas deities Oyá, Oshún and Yemaya.

The song is part of the album Sonocardiograma, available from September 6th and which shows the spirituality of its author with this Extended Play (as this type of musical material is known).

Divided into three parts, where the batá drums and chants of the Yoruba religion are mixed with the sounds of nu-jazz, the phonogram is marked by the personal signature of the versatile artist, owner of a powerful voice.

Her previous production, Cubafonía, was released in 2017 and on this occasion the singer and composer works again with Brownswood Recordings and counted on the collaboration of Cuban musicians Jorge Luis Lagarza on piano and keyboards, and Rafael Aldama on bass.

The young artist's most recent presentation was at this year's Jazz Plaza, where she shared the stage with American Benjamín Lapidus, and Cubans Pablo Menéndez and Mezcla, and Kono and los Chicos de Cuba at the Mella Theater.