Santa Cruz
Context
Border-Free was recorded in December 2012 at the Abdala studio in Havana and in Málaga, and released on Jazz Village. Chucho Valdés leads the Afro-Cuban Messengers, with Branford Marsalis as a guest. At 6 min 24 s, it is one of the shortest tracks.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide). Among the origins and influences of Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban: Afro-diasporic roots, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).