New Music Albums: FILIN (Melissa Aldana)

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Artist:
Melissa Aldana

Genre:
Jazz

Total Time:
38:56

Record Label:
Blue Note

Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify

Release Date
February 13, 2026

Find out more about this album release after the jump.

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Product Description: Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana's third Blue Note album, Filin, is an exquisite ballads album that presents stunning new versions of songs drawn from the Filin music tradition of Cuba, a style of popular song from the 1940s-60s that was deeply influenced by American musicians such as Nat King Cole. The album title is a homophone with the word feelin' and the deeply felt performances find Aldana with a remarkable quartet featuring the Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba with Peter Washington on bass and Kush Abadey on drums, as well as special guest vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant on two tracks. The band also interprets songs by Brazilian composers Hermeto Pascoal ("Little Church") and Cartola ("Las Rosas No Hablan").

TRACK LIST:

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1 . La Sentencia (04:38)

2 . ime Si Eres Tú (04:00)

3 . No Te Empeñes Más [feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant] Melissa Aldana feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant (05:11)

4 . Imágenes (04:38)

5 . Las Rosas No Hablan [feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant] Melissa Aldana feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant (04:33)

6 . Little Church (05:01)

7 . Ocaso (04:36)

8 .No Pidas Imposibles (06:22)

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