Claro de Luna

Alfonso Santisteban (June 28, 1943 - May 24, 2013) was a composer, arranger, producer and director of a Spanish orchestra. He entered the SGAE in June of 1961. He devoted most of his work to compositions for film and it has been the soundtrack to more than fifty films, in addition to many television series and jingles for programs. Of course, he also composed some Classical works.

Charlie Haden has a long-standing interest in Cuban music, first touched on with his Liberation Music Orchestra over 30 years ago. Nocturne expands on that affinity and on the bassist's relationship with Cuban piano virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba, who introduced Haden to the tradition of the Cuban ballad, or bolero. The result is this very unusual mix of slow- to medium-tempo pieces, limpid, sometimes almost somber songs that are filled with yearning romanticism, wistful lyricism, and an inner light. NOCTURNE won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.