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With this piece I humbly pay homage to all of the Cuban men and women who paved the way for me. For hundreds of years, there has been a rich tradition of improvised, nature-themed music in the country side of Cuba called “musica campesina”. The musicians that sing in this style consider themselves poets first and foremost. In the tradition of “pie forzado” (forced foot), someone from the crowd will shout out a line which the poet will then have to use on the spot as the final line of an improvised, ten-line poem called a ‘decima”. During my time in Las Terrazas in Eastern Cuba, the biologist who served as our field guide spotted an old man sitting on the side of the road and quickly told me to get out of the car so that we could speak to him. Unbeknownst to me, the old man turned out to be the poet El Macagüero de Pinar and he graciously spoke to us about the history of the musica campesina. The audio heard at the beginning of the track is the “pie forzado” that I provided el Macagüero with: “me gusta el punto Cubano.” He quickly sprung into his improvised poem and I managed to capture the impromptu performance with my cell phone as tractors and farming equipment drove by. This was one of the most memorable experiences I had.

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Fabian Almazan New York, New York

Born in Cuba, raised in Miami, living in Harlem. Pianist, composer, film composer, nature lover & electronic music stuff manipulator.
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