Land of the Sun (album)

Land of the Sun is an album by American jazz musician Charlie Haden with Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba.

It presents orchestral Latin dance music from 1940s Mexico, mainly composed by José Sabre Marroquín, which Rubalcaba arranged for an ensemble of ten featuring among others Joe Lovano and Miguel Zenon on saxophone.

[1] Music critic Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote of the album; "Land of the Sun is a deeply romantic album, but it is lush without artificial ornamentation or affectation.

Hopefully this won't be the last such exercise from Haden and Rubalcaba, but an introduction.

Mixed February 22–28, 2004 at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California.