Zanja Allstars

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"A new era in Latin Music"

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ZANJA RECORDS is not just a record label. It is a home for a selected group of Cuban musicians considered among the finest in the country. It took several years of painstaking work to make it happen. Now is the time to show music lovers what we have achieved.

A mix of musical colors from Zanja Records. Our catalogue features Jam Sessions from the cream of Cuban talent – Changuito, Julito Padrón, Maria Victoria, Rolando Luna, Gaston Joya and many more artists. Cuban musicians playing classic New York City Salsa the Cuban way and representing the new blood from Cuba with the contemporary jazz sound of the highly talented Havana Negra.

Record Releases

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Zanja All Stars Cuban Jam Sessions Volume 1

ZANJA ALL STARS CUBAN JAM SESSIONS VOL 1
Z-001 | Release Date: May 24th, 2024

Havana Negra

HAVANA NEGRA
Z-002 I Release Date: December 13, 2024

PRESS
“The first release of Spain’s Zanja Records is a hot, delicious, percolating boil of sound ..….draws from both Europe and Africa. Highly infectious, it resonates in the body as well as the mind. Jazz, haunting, progressive, acoustic, complex and irresistible.
Give these guys a Grammy!”
Mike Greenblatt | Goldmine August 2024
Zanja All Stars Vol 1
“Música de Cubana in the very finest style, recorded in Havana with a hand-picked line-up of contemporary musicians directed by trumpeter Julito Padrón and featuring none lesser than the great Changuito, long of Juan Formell’s Los Van Van, on timbales. From blazing descargas (“Papa Boco”) and Mingusian swing (“Shaker Heights”) to modal jazz (“La Sepiente”) via son, bolero and boogaloo, there’s not a sonic hair out of place. The sound is glorious…”
The Wire | October 2024 | Zanja All Stars Vol 1
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