You can imagine the buzz: a live recording at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, deep inside the Lincoln Center, of which Wynton Marsalis is artistic director and in whose Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra the double-bassist Carlos Henriquez has played for years, fostering a reputation as an emerging master in the latin jazz idiom through his work with the likes of Celia Cruz and Tito Puente and directing the LCO during their 2010 residency in Cuba. This live recording, staged around centenary celebrations for Dizzy Gillespie, the so-called American bridge to latin jazz, includes arrangements that weave modern jazz with traditional Cuban rhythms. It sees an all-star octet refreshing the likes of ‘A Night In Tunisia’ and ‘Tin Tin Deo’, while reminding us of Gillespie’s genius and showcasing the beauty in audacity, and respect in artistic license. Henriquez stays true to the 2/3, 3/2 clave beat so essential to Afro-Cuban music – hence the album’s title – but adds his own spin, with ‘Groovin’ High’ moving from a slow danzon into a quirky mambo, ‘Manteca’ mixing salsa and latin jazz and voices add another dimension. Oh, and Michael Rodriguez shines on trumpet. Exhilarating fare.