Some random thoughts about this thread:
1) Donny started it as a test of the on-board recording feature of the Pa900...
2) DonM then played a Bolero to compare the styles...
3)Colin and Gary jumped in playing 'Bolero' styles,but the styles kind of took a 'back seat' to vocal presentations - which were well done, by the way ...
4) While Donny 'ad-libbed' a Bolero style song, it sounded authentic enough to me...
5) DonM, Colin, and Gary performed songs that I would not think of if someone asked me to play a Bolero - and they all seemed to work ...
6) Fran played 'Besame Mucho' ("Be same" in his words
) which IS a song I would think of if asked for a Bolero ...
I guess this all shows the versatility of arrangers and their players ...
BTW - IMHO, from what I could hear, I preferred the Pa900 and SD7 styles to the others ... I enjoyed the sax sound on the SD7, which is an area I think the Pa900falls short except for the 'Soft Latin Sax' voice, but I was not thrilled with the brass sound ...
But then, what do I know ?!?