"It all started as a way to burn off some excess creative energy. The Los Angeles studio sessions drummer/percussionist Alex Acuña and woodwind artist Justo Almario found themselves doing in the early 1980s were financially rewarding but musically restrictive. Having already made names for themselves as musicians with world-class chops and distinctive individual styles in both Latin and jazz idioms, both had settled into comfortable Hollywood roles: releasing bland, middle-of-the-road-ish, Latin-tinged albums; backing pop singers; and helping craft movie and TV soundtracks. But Acuña and Almario still had the urge to create the kind of full-strength Latin-jazz music that had been their calling card a decade earlier. The opportunity came through a rehearsal group named for a small town in Colombia near Almario's birthplace. "Tolú was just something we put together to do on Sunday afternoons with our friends, the best Latin-jazz musicians in the L.A. area," recalls Acuña". (Jazziz).
"Justo Almario and Abe Laboriel have been jazz hermanos for twenty five years. But besides their common Latin heritage (Almario is from Colombia, Laboriel from Mexico) and affinity for everything from blues to rock to South African and tropical sounds, they also share a mutual appreciation for all things spiritual. Despite the fanciful diversity of their logical, long-awaited duet collection Justo Almario Abe Laboriel, it is their love of the Lord which ties their musical beliefs into a collective whole. While Laboriel allows himself a few trademark bassaerobic solos, he never puts his ego in front. Almario does everything he can; tenor, alto, soprano, flute, even clarinet-depending on the moodswing of the moment. The collaboration is about much more than simple Amazing Grace. All-stars like Greg Mathieson, Harlan Rogers, Luis Conte and Paul Jackson add their own flairs to all the different pop, jazz and all variations. The result is one of the most inspirational albums of the year." (Allmusic).
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