If there is a piano player in Spain who really knows how to play rockabilly, boogie woogie, swing, pop, rock ‘n’ roll or New Orleans, undoubtedly is Kike Jambalaya, an eclectic player with a rich elegant control as few musicians can show, who is also gifted with an expressive phrasing that will delight listeners, either in his recordings or in his live shows, besides singing with a remarkable unaffected voice Here come three Kike Jambalaya’s albums In the first one entitled Back Home Again he is backed by The Swanee River Band The album drives us to those times of Tin Pan Alley in New York City, where ragtime, jazz and popular ballads were the germ to create those unforgettable all times standards like Stormy Weather, You Made Me Love You or Tootsie, that have now become priceless treasures coming from those last century early The second album, Hard Times shows us his facet as an American folk roots music performer He develops his skills in songs coming from musicians like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Randy Newman, John Lee Hooker, Tom Waits and he even dares with Bruce Springsteen, but always giving to every song a more rockin’ air In the album Kike shows his emotional psychological resistance, pushing out all the furious wild feelings a man whose roots come from rock and roll is able to do Jambalaya displays his amazing qualities, not only as a piano player, but also as a guitar and dobro performer, he also plays in every album song Finally, in the third recording, Rock ‘N’ Roll Brother!, our man comes back to his roots with an album entirely devoted to pure, hard, undressed and wild rockabilly, with some approaches to country music as in the songs You Win Again or Cold Cold Heart coming from Hank Williams or Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash or a tribute to rhythm and blues like in the song Good Rockin’ Tonight by Roy Brown This is an intense, powerful, joyful and dancing album, where swing steeps the most primitive feelings In short words, three amazing albums that make us realize the mastery knowledge and versatility of this excellent musician named Kike Jambalaya, as well as be aware of the high quality level and professional work of all the musicians who back him