Pianist Alfredo Rodriguez was trained in Cuba’s rigorous conservatory world. And percussionist Pedrito Martinez (Sting, Paul Simon) comes from the Havana streets, where he was raised on local Afro-Cuban music. But here, this duo thrives on playing across that classical/folkloric boundary, and so many others: Rodriguez, for example, often treats his piano as a percussion instrument, and Martinez makes his tuned drums sing. Overdubbing adds texture and range to co-written originals like “Africa”, and both instrumentalists vocalise convincingly here, especially Martinez on the prayerful closer, “Yo Volveré”. Quincy Jones, a champion of Rodriguez, produces it all into a sophisticated pop sensibility. Fittingly, the duo pay homage to Jones with an instrumental version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, charged up by a Cuban dance rhythm.