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Mr. Salvador Cuevas (1955-2017) was one of those bass players that without me knowing who he was I already wanted to be like him, just by hearing him play. Subconsciously, I’ve been hearing Sal all my life, thru Ruben Blades, Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Fania All-Stars, and many other Salsa artists. Here, I present a bass study of one of his works with Ray Barreto on the album “Rican-struction” (1979, FANIA), the song “Ya Ves”. Hope you find this study valuable as I did. Check out Sal’s approach to filling up spaces and the Guaguaco-like tumbao’ on the “coro” sections. May he rest in peace.
Thanks for watching! -R2
*** PS: The original recording is a few cents up out of tune, so I struggled a bit the find a close tuning on the bass. Hope is not that disturbing.