Spellbound

Bobby Rozario, who lives in New York, is a guitar virtuoso with Indian and Brazilian-Portuguese origins and a musician who--familiar with Indian classical music--grew up primarily with jazz and blues. His guitar playing, reminiscent of Carlos Santana, combines Indian raga melodies with Afro-Latin and fusion sounds. On Spellbound, Bobby Rozario delves deep into Latin and Afro-Latin rhythms, with the eleven tracks firmly grounded by the grooving drums of Dennis Chambers and Robby Ameen and the bass playing of Gary Grainger, James Genus and Melvin Gibbs are anchored. In addition, the pianists and keyboardists Edsel Gomez, Radam Schwartz and Neil "Nail" Alexander shine with Latin jazz-influenced solos and impress Ismael Kouyate, José Pepito Gomez, Chris Alfinez and Kate Saba with their vocal performances. (Translated from German)