La Firma - Para Recordar (CD)

Sophomore Sensation

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 31, 2001

La Firma makes their second production a classy effort to reach commercial success with 'Para Recordar'. The why-fix-it-if-it-ain't-br
oke recipe with Luis 'Louie' Padilla penning contagious jams continues in this album, along with the off-the-wall a...rrangements and beats that are classic La Firma form.Again, the journeymen musicians backing Padilla up are also key players in generating the neo-norteño sound that has saturated airplay in Mexico and the U.S. Alberto de Leon's various keyboard sounds are reminders of the glory days of 'grupero' pioneers Liberacion with Virgilio Canales. Adrian Gonzalez and Rudy Wong keep the beats tight as a drum (no pun intended), and add a dash of musical excitement (with unpredictable cymbal crashes and rides, and classic 'tumbas' and cowbell performances) to the backbone of the music. Aaron Martinez shows his maturity at the underestimated bajo quinto; Juan Cardenas also grows professionally, as can be heard on 'Lo Importante Para Mi'; and Mauro Munoz's jazz influences can be enjoyed almost on every track.The experience and talent that Padilla has gained throughout the years as a composer and arranger in various projects, and the youth and dynamics that Martinez, Cardenas, Munoz, de Leon, Wong, and Gonzalez bring make La Firma an undeniable force in the Sony Music and SERCA armies. With 'Para Recordar', the band takes advantage of this fact to change 'norteño' and 'grupero' music history. Read more Less