Canción para un Clarinetista for Clarinet and Piano by Javier Zalba. Advance Music, 2010, SS, 7 + 3 pages + CD. Javier Zalba (1955-) is a Cuban clarinetist, saxophonist, and flutist as well as a composer. This "Song for a Clarinetist" is dedicated to one of the most outstanding clarinetists and pedagogues in Cuba, Vicente Monterrey. It fuses the French "chanson" fuses with the spirit of the Cuban contradanza. The piece beings with an extended Recitativo followed by a brief Chanson. Next is "Tempo de contradanza" which refers to a kind of small harmonic cycle which embraces the spirit of an improvised solo and finishes with a jazz-style riff. Near the end of the piece, it returns to Tempo primo resuming the opening pace and finally ends in a cadenza. The CD has a performance by the composer. (C1553)