His music on the 2014 recording, Ritmo & Blues backs up all of this in splendid fashion. Again, it is not merely in the title-a telling one, no doubt-but in every chart on the record. Matos is the spine of the record along with his son, Jud. Matos is a percussion colourist like few musicians coming out of the Latin-American world. His fingers, from index to pinky, his thumb and its mound and his whole palm are-by turns-all engaged in caressing and thundering across the skins of the congas. His wrist and hand drops firmly and with barely discernably pressure on the timbales and he employs all of his skills on other percussion. His undying love for his instruments is evident in every stroke every tap, chop and slap that produces a myriad of notes in a variety of accents and with sublime dynamics at all times that the music is played. He accompanies his father as well as the rest of ensemble with splendid empathy and musicianship. This record, Ritmo & Blues features not only a fine collection of charts, but also a fabulous list of musicians and guest artists, including the superb vocalist, Joe Bataan as well as singers Candi Sosa and Estaire Godinez, and the eponymously named Mighty Echoes.
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