Jazz lovers, brace yourselves! Then again, what can you expect? This is Arturo Sandoval: master musician, brilliant composer, and top-notch trumpet player (considered the best in the world at the moment). I would give RumbaPalace (named after his new night club in SouthBeach, Miami) ten stars if Batanga’s scale went that far— it’s that good. From the first track to the last, this album is pure excellence. Sandoval demonstrates his vocal dominance in three of the ten tracks. The album’s first single, “El Huracán Del Caribe,” is a sabroso five-minute-and-19-second Cuban party. We have A+ pianist Tony Pérez showing off his musical creativity on all tracks, Alex “Pututi” Arce on drums and timbales and Felipe Lamoglia on the sax, among other wonderful musicians. Lamoglia composed the second track, the upbeat “Guarachando.”