Paseo is an Afro-Cuban Jazz Album recorded by Gonzalo Rubalcaba & New Cuban Quartet. It was released on September 28, 2004 by Blue Note. Personnel Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano, keyboards, percussion) Luis Felipe Lamoglia (soprano, alto and tenor saxophones) Jose Armando Gola (electric bass) Ignacio Berroa (drums) Cuban pianist and composer Gonzalo Rubalcaba makes an autobiographical journey on Paseo, a Spanish word that translates as "passage," "walk," and even "stroll." With a new generation of his New Cuban Quintet that features drummer Ignacio Berroa, soprano Luis Felipe Lamoglia, and electric bassist Jose Armando Gola, Rubalcaba revisits the music of his historical and recorded past and comes out of the gate with swinging new conceptions of them in order to lay the foundation for new directions. His use of Cuban composer Hilario Gonzáles' "Preludia en Conga No. 1" as a tribute is compelling. Here, utilizing electric keyboards, funky backdrops, and fascinating contrapuntal interaction between himself, Gola, and Lamoglia, he comes up with a commanding new case for "fusion." Likewise, in revising his own "Bottoms Up" and "Sea Change," he offers startling rhythmic invention and tough, dense melodic solos that use post-bop language for knotty dialogues between his acoustic and electric keyboards, with Gola's bass as the catalyst for movement. The shimmering ostinato funkiness of the title track is another exercise in spiky melodic counterpoint between piano and bass, and the use