ALBUM REVIEWS

* * * Ronnie Cuber, “The Scene Is Clean,” Milestone. Best known as a muscular baritone sax soloist, Cuber extends himself here playing tenor and alto saxes, flute and composing/arranging most of the charts, which have a generally Latin tinge--even on “Flamingo.” Geoff Keezer’s piano and, on two cuts, Joey De Francesco’s organ, embellish the jubilant ambience, highlighted by “Adoracion” and “Arroz Con Pollo.”

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