{"id":1978115,"date":"2025-08-25T02:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1978115"},"modified":"2025-08-25T02:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:53:50","slug":"pianist-harold-lopez-nussa-dazzles-with-new-timba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pianist-harold-lopez-nussa-dazzles-with-new-timba\/","title":{"rendered":"Pianist Harold L\u00f3pez-Nussa Dazzles with \u2018New Timba\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Harold L\u00f3pez-Nussa \u2013 Nueva Timba (Blue Note, 2025)<\/p>\n<p>Cuban pianist Harold L\u00f3pez-Nussa returns with <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Jc30Zx\" title=\"\">Nueva Timba<\/a>, <\/em>a fantastic album that combines jazz innovation with Cuban tradition. Indeed, <em>Nueva Timba<\/em> features a tight quartet: L\u00f3pez-Nussa on piano, his brother Ruy Adrian L\u00f3pez-Nussa on drums, Luques Curtis on bass, and Gr\u00e9goire Maret on harmonica. Together, they deliver a forward-looking take on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldmusiccentral.org\/2024\/04\/28\/latin-jazz-a-thrilling-fusion-of-rhythms-and-styles\" title=\"\">Latin jazz<\/a>, western classical music and irresistible Cuban timba.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights includes \u201cGitaner\u00edas,\u201d a superb instrumental that intermingles jazz, Cuban flavor and Spanish classical music influences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Lyle\u201d (to Lyle) features a superb mix of contemporary jazz and classical piano techniques. Meanwhile, \u201cCerca y Lejos (near and far) introduces Cuban beats, brilliant piano work and harmonica. <\/p>\n<p>Ni\u00f1a con violin (Girl with violin) features beautiful Cuban flavored piano improvisations, virtuosic acoustic bass and percussion interplay. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlma y Fuego\u201d (soul and fire) interlaces piano and evocative harmonica. L\u00f3pez-Nussa recreates the Cuban classic \u201cEl Manisero\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy\u201d is a slow tempo piece with bluesy piano and melancholic harmonica folowed by \u201cBajista guerreo\u201d (warior bassst), which features stellar bass work. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bonito y Sabroso (Live)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5C9GSTrLQOo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Nueva Timba<\/em> follows 2023\u2019s <em>Timba a la Americana<\/em> and was recorded live at Paris\u2019 Le Duc des Lombards before receiving studio refinements. <\/p>\n<p>Beneath the virtuosity lies a personal story. The project reflects the pianist\u2019s recent relocation from Havana to Paris and his experience as a young father processing grief after the death of his mother and cultural dislocation. <\/p>\n<p>Buy <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Jc30Zx\" title=\"\">Nueva Timba<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"guerrillawrap\">\n<div class=\"guerrillagravatar\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9346a01cb878f56804d14a47551fb2bda3ef335fde256a371985aba557a3321c?s=80&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9346a01cb878f56804d14a47551fb2bda3ef335fde256a371985aba557a3321c?s=160&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"guerrillatext\">\n<h4>Author: <span>Angel Romero<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts  included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/musicasdelmundo.com\">musicasdelmundo.com<\/a>. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transglobalwmc.com\/\">Transglobal World Music Chart<\/a>, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Ind\u00edgena Records and Music of the World.\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/worldmusiccentral.org\/2025\/08\/24\/pianist-harold-lopez-nussa-dazzles-with-new-timba\/\" data-a2a-title=\"Pianist Harold L\u00f3pez-Nussa Dazzles with \u2018New Timba\u2019\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.addtoany.com\/buttons\/share_save_171_16.png?w=790&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source worldmusiccentral.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harold L\u00f3pez-Nussa \u2013 Nueva Timba (Blue Note, 2025) Cuban pianist Harold L\u00f3pez-Nussa returns with Nueva Timba, a fantastic album that combines jazz innovation with Cuban tradition. Indeed, Nueva Timba features a tight quartet: L\u00f3pez-Nussa on piano, his brother Ruy Adrian L\u00f3pez-Nussa on drums, Luques Curtis on bass, and Gr\u00e9goire Maret on harmonica. Together, they deliver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[353944,353945,311953],"class_list":["post-1978115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-cuban-music","tag-harold-lopez-nussa","tag-world-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}