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Otmaro Ruiz
Distant Friends
MMP/Moo Records 
Piano
Jazz
1993  (CD)

Tracks

01- Suelto y Disfrazao  6:55
02- Distant Friends 7:46
03- Juego de Toque  5:51
04- El Primero 8:05
05- Beat by Beat 6:14
06- Astoria's Princess 6:00
07- CCS-LAX 6:41
08- Just in Time 5:38
09- Cuantos Años 6:34
10- Criollisima 4:59

All tracks composed & arranged by Otmaro Ruiz except track 1 based on 
"El Diablo Suelto" by Heraclio Fernandez, and track 10 by Henry Martinez.

Musicians

Piano: Otmaro Ruiz

Drums: Aaron Serfaty (tracks 01, 04, 09, 10)
            Peter Erskine (tracks 02, 07)
            Alex Acuña (tracks 03, 05, 06, 08)

Percussion: Alex Acuña (tracks 01, 05, 09, 10)

Upright Bass: Dave Carpenter (tracks 04, 05, 06, 07, 09)

Bass: Dave Carpenter (track 02)

Bass: John Peña (tracks 01, 03, 08, 10)

Tenor & Soprano Sax: Ernie Watts (tracks 02, 04, 08, 09)

Tenor & Soprano Sax: Justo Alamario (tracks 03, 07, 09, 10) (solo on 05)

Flutes, Tenor Sax & Bass Clarinet: Pedro Eustache 
                                                                       (tracks 02, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10)

Trumpet & Flugelhorn: Gilberto Castellanos

Cuatro: Pedro Eustache (track 10)

Other Credits

Produced by Yoshio J. Maki & Otmaro Ruiz

Executive Production: Hiroshi Okura

Recorded & Mixed by Peter H. Doell