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Study - Timba Gears "Reelin' in the Gears" - Late 1998
Late    1998 - location unknown
 piano: Yaniel Matos "El Majá"
When Melón González moved to Spain, Pepe Rivero returned to Issac to fill the piano spot and Paulito replaced him with Yaniel Matos "El Majá". Majá had been playing (and recording) with Ángel Bonne. Ironically, Majá later joined Issac to replace Pepe when the latter followed Alain Pérez to Madrid. It was Majá, now in Brazil, who invented, among others, the extraordinary piano tumbao on Issac's Grammy-nominated song "La fórmula", which was arranged by Joel Domínguez, the bass player on all these recordings.
MONTUNO PREVIEW
 8 - piano tumbao
 4 - bass slides, but not really bomba
 4 - marcha
CUERPO
 4 - horn intro
 8 - A section 1
 8 - A section 2
 8 - B section
 2 - puente (instrumental bridge)
MONTUNO
 4 - piano tumbao
 coro 1: yo sé hay que dar, para tener...
 16 - marcha 
 mambo 1:
 16 - marcha de mambo 
 coro 2: San Dame San Dame
 8 - pedal
 8 - bomba
 mambo 1 reprise:
 8 - marcha de mambo
 8 - songo con efectos
 coro 3: ¿dónde está lo mío?
 8 - pedal
 8 - bomba
 mambo 1 reprise:
 8 - marcha de mambo
 breakdown 1: scat-singing
 8 - breakdown
 4 - audience sing-along
 coro 4: ¿qué te pasa?, te veo lento, éntrame    con eso...
 4 - marcha 
 8 - bomba
 mambo 2:
 8 - marcha de mambo
 8 - songo con efectos
 6 - bomba
 coro 5: por aquí, por aquí
 8 - pedal
 mambo 3:
  8 - bomba 
 8 - marcha de mambo 
 breakdown 2: scat-singing
 12 - breakdown
 4 - audience sing-along
 coro 6: dando y dando, dando y dando
 8 - marcha
 8 - songo con efectos
 mambo 4:
 8 - bomba
 6 - marcha de mambo
 coda: 2 bars
























