Bob Karty

En Canto is the third recording by Orq. La Moderna Tradición (“The Modern Tradition Orchestra”), a 10-piece charanga orchestra – essentially, a type of Cuban salsa band with violins and flute instead of trumpets and trombones. An original member, I played piano and sang backing vocals with them for sixteen years.

Co-founded by violinist Tregar Otton and Cuban dance and percussion master Roberto Borrell, LMT also featured percussionist and 10-time Grammy nominee Michael Spiro.

While our first two albums were comprised of instrumental versions of classic Cuban danzón and cha-cha-cha, En Canto added a lead singer, Eduardo Herrera.

En Canto is the first album-length recording I engineered and mixed, and I also co-produced. This was all done in my little house in Oakland.

CD-quality downloads are available here exclusively.

Eduardo Herrera – vocals
Tregar Otton – violin
Sandy Poindexter – violin
Chus Alonso – flute
Don Gardner – clarinet
Bob Karty – piano, background vocals
Steve Senft-Herrera – bass
Michael Spiro – congas, vocals (track 2)
Carlos Caro – timbales, percussion, background vocals
Sage Baggott – guiro, percussion, background vocals

Recorded by Bob Karty except for rhythm section on Cenizas and Canta La Ceiba, recorded by Jeff Cressman.

Edited and mixed by Bob Karty.

Mastered by Ken Lee.

Produced by Tregar Otton, Michael Spiro, and Bob Karty.