Issac Delgado - La Formula

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Music Review: Issac Delgado has the Fórmula!
Rating: 4 Stars

Produced by Delgado himself, with arrangements from Juan Manuel Ceruto and Joaquín Betancourt, this album runs the gauntlet from the more straightforward sounds of salsa through a range of rougher Cuban timba sounds, jazz, ballad, and cumbia (on a bonus track), all the way to a lush samba. In its course, it amply samples and showcases the talents of Mr. Delgado.

On the timba end of things one will find "Amor sin ética," "El solar de La California," "La fórmula," "El pregón del chocolate," "Malecón" and "Afortunada tu." Each of these songs easily lends itself to the smoother openings which highlight Issac's singing voice, but also breaks effortlessly into the style of choruses and pregones which reflect the modern Cuban sound. On a more straightforward salsa note are "O estas loca," "Caricias," "A ti todo" and "Te perdono," which lean towards the more jazz, rhythm and blues influenced, and 'straightforward' salsa of the United States. Then there are the odd birds, like "Nadie me quiere bailar," which doesn't fit any of the molds but which I really like, and "España tiene" which features Pablo Milanés. "Quando" features the adventurous Issac performing a Brazilian samba and singing in Italian! Nevertheless, it seems to work, as, amazingly, do all the variations one finds across the album.

Another way to look at this album is from the words of El Chévere himself. As he says in the title track, "La fórmula," "Tengo una fórmula que sé que no fallará, un poquito de to' el mundo" (I have a formula that I know never fails, a little bit of everybody). In looking at the credits, this certainly appears to be true. Delgado also draws our attention to the sea wall which "imaginably unites the mystery and power of the earth and ocean". It is not difficult to believe that Issac Delgado intends this album to be his own personal "Malecón", uniting the power and mystery of the different musical forms from which he has drawn.

This album is certainly worth the buy, providing both listening and dancing enjoyment to its listeners.

Description of La Formula

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• Music > Styles
• Latin Music
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