Land of the Sun | ||||
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Released | August 31, 2004 | |||
Recorded | December 19–22, 2003 | |||
Genre | Latin jazz | |||
Length | 1:03:08 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ruth Cameron, Charlie Haden | |||
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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. In 2005, the album won Haden the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.[1]