Working with Pacanins and Obeso, she assembled top Venezuelan jazz musicians for her first album, an eclectic session that hinted at the direction her music was going. When Marquez returned to the Bay Area in the mid-'90s, she joined the world groove band Wild Mango and started working with Omar Sosa. She reunited with the two producers in 1999, and they came up with the concept of recording popular Venezuelan love songs from throughout the 20th century. Much like Dyer's Revolver , the project took on a life of its own. Both vocalists infuse every song they interpret with a sense of discovery, unafraid to enter the fecund, overgrown precincts where music can go, if you're willing to pass through the mysterious door.
Improvisation is part of the adventure aspect.
Once you go through that gate, it becomes this whole exploration, looking under rocks, behind bushes, and finding what's in there. All rights reserved.