Magia is a successful fusion, never cold (with a seasoned but subtle West-Coast finesse of arrangement), which communicates a quiet but adventurous joie de vivre. With the European cultural tradition, which we find here in the rounded elegance of the string quartet, the rhythmic propulsion of the Caribbean-African-Latin "tresillo", the melodic sweetness of Italian opera, the free play on syncopated rhythmic scenarios: all this can be found in Magia.