Measure the Music : Antonio Lauro’s Venezuelan Waltz

April 2, 2012

By Jake Padilla

 

 

 

 

 

The 26th Measure of “Carora” by Antonio Lauro; performed by Paquito D’Rivera:

The way it feels when I am on the edge of an upward swing — this measures the moment of commitment. It is the point at which I’ve swung at just the proper angle with not power or force but fluency, turning me loose.