I first heard Rique Pantoja play this tune in LA in the early 90's and I was blown away by the great composition and performance. Later I hear Raphael Rabello and Romero Lumbambo playing it as a guitar duo and that's where this arrangement was inspired from. I have a short but sweet solo on this one. Sometimes in my group "Banda" I would take some extended solos but I enjoyed singing, leading, and then featuring the great musicians in group. I later went on to have the pleasure to perform this song with Rique in Rique Pantoja's group here in Los Angeles.
"Banda" features Mitchell Long - guitar/vocals, Claudio Slon - drums, Bijoux - bass, Jeff Jenkins - piano and Bob Rebholz on woodwinds.