Vladimir Vassilieff hailed from Belgium. After relocating to Canada, then Boston, he led his own band in New York. Vladimir wrote and arranged the entire album, which features a serious lineup of cats including Bobby Rodríguez on bass, Mexican trumpeter Manny Duran, altoist/flautist Bobby Porcelli, timbalero Phil Newsum (of Orchestra Harlow fame) and vocalists Ismael Quintana and Santos Colón. New Sound In Latin Jazz used to be a rare Latin groove in the UK, changing hands for large sums of money. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.