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Descarga Review Notes about new releases. Important New Titles... NG LA BANDA | NU YORICA ROOTS | ALEXIS Y SU SABOR HABANERO | DANCE THE LATIN... SOUL FUNK JAZZ! | PAOLI MEJIAS / BLU-RAY DVD | RUMBANKETE | LOS NOMBRES ...and MUCH more! |
NG LA BANDAMis 22 Años: 2-CD Set Egrem (original import) / CD Originally released: 2011 Category: SALSA/SON; TIMBA; CUBA EditorsPick: All I can say is ....WHOA!!! This one, folks, might very well be the timba release of the decade. In-friggin-sane!!. Ok, let me list just some of the special guests: Lázaro Valdez, Juan Formel, César "Pupi" Pedroso, Pedro Calvo, Giraldo Piloto, Changuito, Ignacio Rubén Cervantes "El Chispa," Elito Revé, Adalberto Alvarez, David Calzado, Alain Daniel, Angelito Bonne, Haila Mompie, Alexander Abreu, Roberto Hernández "Robertón", Ricardo Amaray, Mayito Rivera, Columbia Del Puerto, Cristian Alonso, Rey Alonso, Moises Valles "Yumuri", Rafaelito Ley, Lázaro Dagoberto, Chucho Valdés, Vania Borges, Osdalgia Lesmes, Ricardo Leyva... and more! Is this, like, the entire royal family of timba in Cuba? If not, it's pretty darn close. Super Very Highly Recommended. (BP) 
VARIOUS ARTISTSNu Yorica Roots: The Rise Of Latin Music In New York City In The 1960s Soul Jazz Records (original import) / CD Originally released: 2000 Category: SALSA/SON; SALSA: CLASSIC 1960s or 1970s NEW YORK EditorsPick: New edition of long-out-of-print Soul Jazz bomb of non-stop killer 60s Latin! Comes with extensive sleeve notes charting the rise of Latin music in New York in the 1960s and wicked photographs and artwork of Izzy Sanabria, New York Latin's graphic design genius. The first CD copies come with limited edition 4 postcard exact reproduction poster set. 
ALEXIS Y SU SABOR HABANEROMi Tumbao Lubrillante Record / CD Originally released: 2012 Category: SALSA/SON; TIMBA; CUBA EditorsPick: Su carrera musical comienza en 1993 con el grupo Son y Salsa, al poco tiempo pasa a formar parte de la orquesta La Monumental. Alexis tuvo un historial largo antes de decidirse a formar su propio grupo musica. Aquí pueden ver parte de su historial: Grupo Son o Salsa, La Monumental, Juan Carlos Alfonso y su Dan Den, Enrique Alvarez y Charanga Latina, LM Sobredosis, Denis y su Swing, Hermanos Morenos, Chico Alvarez, Raulin Rosendo, Tropicana all stars, Lisandro y su Tratado, entre otros. Alexis Llerena crea su propia agrupación en el 2009 y ahora esta apunto de lanzar su primera producción musical con un sonido muy peculiar para los amantes de la música Cubana. Alexis viene de haber tocado en orquestas como Dan Den, Cubanoson y otros grupos radicados en Nueva York. Su música esta echa para el bailador, con una cadencia irresistible que te hará mover los pies sin parar. (label) 
VARIOUS ARTISTSDance The Latin... Soul Funk Jazz! Jazzman (original import) / CD Originally released: 2008 Category: LATIN SOUL/BOOGALOO; LATIN SOUL, CLASSIC 60s or 70s EditorsPick: Subtitled: Swingin' Mambos, Soulful Salsa And Funky Rhythms From The Hip Latin Dancefloors Of New York City. 2008 release. Here's a selection of the finest Latin music that was recorded in the U.S. from the '50s to the '70s, made by American Latinos and destined for the dancefloor. This album takes in the sounds that were coming out of the New York Latin clubs -- mixing up jazz, soul, funk and R&B with driving, hypnotic and sexy Latin rhythms. Drawn from the vaults of Fania, the most prominent Latin record company of all time, Jazzman Records has spent many years listening and dancing before finally selecting these 18 songs from the many thousands available in the huge Fania catalog. All tracks fully licensed and restored from their original sources. Includes a 12-page color booklet with in-depth liner notes, artist photos & 7" label and LP scans. Artists include: Noro Morales, Eddie Palmieri & Cal Tjader, Joe Bataan, Mauricio Smith, Tito Puente, George Guzman, Bobby Valentin, Harvey Averne, Pete Rodriguez, Ray Barretto, La Lupe, Chollo, Al Escobar, The Latinaires, and Mongo Santamaria. (label) 
PAOLI MEJIASDe Jazzambia A Mi Tambor: El Concierto, A Blu-Ray DVD Disc Jazzambia / DVD Originally released: 2011 Category: DVD; LATIN JAZZ EditorsPick: A live concert of Paoli performing, with the best musicians in Puerto Rico, songs from all 3 of his CDs, and new surprises. This live recording is a captivating musical journey of Paoli’s evolution as musician, bandleader, and composer. Paoli documents a historical moment in Latin jazz, celebrate the diversity of his Puerto Rican heritage and showcases the rich talent of the new generation of musicians in Puerto Rico. 
RUMBANKETEQue No Pare La Fiesta Rumbankete / CD Originally released: 2011 Category: SALSA/SON; TIMBA EditorsPick: Rumbankete - Founded in 2004 by Denis Jiron, Rumbankete has earned a reputation as one of Los Angeles' most exciting and progressive salsa/timba orchestras. With members representing Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Germany, Colombia, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Iowa, Minnesota and Los Angeles, this multi-cultured musical outfit has developed a unique musical style unlike any other on the West Coast. Known for its explosive rhythm section, powerful trombones and energetic vocal delivery, Rumbankete has earned the moniker of "La Máquina del Sabor", a take no prisoners music machine able to get any audience moving! (label) 
"TOPETE" LORENZO CISNEROS HERNANDEZCubano Y Tradicional Ediciones Pentagrama / CD Originally released: 2011 Category: TROVA/CANCION/JIBARO; NUEVA TROVA/CANCION; CUBA EditorsPick: Lorenzo Cisneros Hernández (Guantánamo, Cuba, 1954) 
LOS NOMBRESLos Nombres Asterisk (original import) / CD Reissued: 2012 Category: LATIN SOUL/BOOGALOO; LATIN SOUL, CLASSIC 60s or 70s EditorsPick: One part War, two parts Santana, a dash of Motown, immersed in a rich Puerto Rican stock, the Nombres were the undisputed kings of Northern Ohio's rust-belt barrios. Following successive explosions of brown-eyed and Latin soul in Los Angeles and New York in the mid and late '60s, Lorain, Ohio's Boricua underdogs went on a recording tear in nearby Cleveland, going all-in on a series of no-budget recordings at Boddie and Way Out. With a voice that rivaled any on the Fania roster, Willie Marquez led the rotating cast of Latino teens through numerous underfunded recording sessions for the Day-Wood, Beth, and Lorain Sounds imprints, the lo-fi fruits of which are compiled here. (label) 
AFRO BOP ALLIANCEUna Más OA2 Records / CD Originally released: 2011 Category: LATIN JAZZ; LATIN JAZZ EditorsPick: “Listening to the exquisite playing and arranging of the Afro Bop Alliance is always an experience. The mix they've achieved is so balanced you never feel the music is too Latin to be jazz, or too jazzy to be Latin.” -Paquito D'Rivera. 
ORQUESTA EL MACABEOEl Entierro Discos De Hoy / CD Originally released: 2011 Category: SALSA/SON; SALSA; PUERTO RICO EditorsPick: The rockers of Puerto Rican indy salsa are back with El Entierro. 
COMBINACIÓN DE LA HABANAFarándula Tropical Cuba Music Records (original import) / CD Originally released: 2011 Category: SALSA/SON; TIMBA; CUBA EditorsPick: Combinacion de La Habana comes back with a revelation of Cuban timba, their latest and much-anticipated 2011 album: “Farandula Tropical”. 
PLENA LIBRERegalo De Navidad Plena Libre / CD Originally released: 2011 Category: FOLKLORIC; PLENA/BOMBA; PUERTO RICO EditorsPick: Be ready for next Christmas with Plena Libre. With Gary Núñez, Kalie Villanueva, Víctor Vélez, Rafi Falú, Jerry Rivas, Rafi Torres, Cuto Soto and others. (BP) 
CHOROLO Y SU COMBOThe Best Of Chorolo Y Su Combo Rareza Music (original import) / CD Originally released: 2012 Category: LATIN SOUL/BOOGALOO; LATIN SOUL, CLASSIC 60s or 70s EditorsPick: Chorolo was born Ramón González on June 2, 1923, in Moca, Puerto Rico. In 1958, Chorolo formed his own group, which remained in New York until 1980. His first recording for the Gema label, Ven a Bailar (1965), featured Pedro González on piano improvisations and contained the hits Me Voy Pa' Las Villas and the guaracha Pobrecitas Las Mujeres. In 1966-67, he had formed a small group in which his brother Wito sang and played bass while also playing with many other groups. Johnny Rose manned the conga, the brothers Tato and Papi Nieves played trumpet, along with Cristobal Acevedo and Rafi Martinez (vocals) and the Panamanian Pedro González (piano). Chorolo in Latin Sounds (Boreal) delivered the guaguancó tracks Borinquen Tiene Guaguancó, Guaguancó Para Gozar, and Figurando el Guaguancó, as well as the popular Cuban music of the time that inspired this release. Bobby Valentin played second trumpet in the combo and a teenage Willie Colón began his career as a cencerro player with Chorolo. - Excerpted from the article Chorolo and Wito: Two Brothers United in Music by Nelson Gonzalez, Latin Beat Magazine 
MANNY CORCHADO AND HIS ORCHESTRAManny Corchado And His Orchestra Feat. Tito Jiménez Rareza Music (original import) / CD Originally released: 2012 Category: LATIN SOUL/BOOGALOO; LATIN SOUL, CLASSIC 60s or 70s EditorsPick: ...interesting Latin sounds that timbales player Manny Corchado and his orchestra cooked up for this late 60's Decca release. The gyrating bomba song "Farfallota" is one of the most rhythmically-interesting tracks on the album. Bomba is a Puerto Rican musical style with African origins in which drummer and dancer engage in a "rhythmic dialogue" with the drummer attempting to mimic, musically, the movements of the dancer. The album closes with "Manny's Guaguanco"—a short and torrid little song that expertly condenses what feels like ten minutes of musical information into a two-and-a-half-minute sprint to the end of the record. One of the things I love about this album—and Latin music in general—is that, rhythmically, it is never boring. The interplay of instruments seems to always yield some new and unexpected combination of sounds, allowing the music to not just evade the predictability that plagues less rhythmically-enlightened music (e.g., tacky funk), but also inspire new ways of thinking about rhythm, movement, space, and time. 
JESUS CEPEDA Y SU GRUPO ABCDe La Raíz A La Salsa Los Embajadores De La Malaza Fundación Rafael Cepeda / CD Originally released: 2011 Category: SALSA/SON; SALSA; PUERTO RICO EditorsPick: La Fundación Rafael Cepeda se complace en presentar el nuevo proyecto de Jesús Cepeda y Grupo ABC "De La Raíz a La Salsa - Los Embajadores de la Melaza". Jesús Cepeda retomo el grupo ABC en 1983, en honor al inmortalizado binomio Rafael Cortijo e Ismael Rivera (el Sonero Mayor) con los arreglos originales de Rogelio "Kito" Vélez, las composiciones de su padre Rafael Cepeda, el patriarca de la Bomba y Plena y otros importantes compositores. Lo más significativo de este grupo es que Jesús se ha esmerado en mantener el estilo y sonido de Cortijo y Su Combo, agregando elementos capaces de cumplir tal cometido a la vez de integrar su basta experiencia musical y su legado cultural. Su padre Rafael Cepeda escribió muchos de los temas que popularizaba el maestro con el Sonero Mayor, muy en especial "El Bombón de Elena" que los internacionalizo y que sirvió de tema de presentación al Combo de Cortijo. Todas los arreglos originales son de Rogelio "Kito" Velez y las adaptaciones de estos arreglos de José "Beto" Tirado. (http://salsasoneando2010.blogspot.com) (label) 
DANILO PÉREZProvidencia Mack Avenue / CD Originally released: 2010 Category: LATIN JAZZ; LATIN JAZZ EditorsPick: On Providencia, pianist Danilo Pérez assembles an assorted ensemble to access expansive musical colors. His sweeping compositions, accented with Latin rhythms, reach to strike lofty sentiments, and are elevated in part by various timbral combinations. Surrounding Pérez and his core trio of bassist Ben Street and drummer Adam Cruz, are saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, percussionists Jamey Haddad and Ernesto Diaz, vocalist Sara Serpa, and a woodwind quintet.Jacob Teichroew/AllAboutJazz.com 
VARIOUS ARTISTSSabroso Guaguanco, Vol. 4 Rareza Music (original import) / CD Originally released: 2012 Category: SALSA/SON; SALSA EditorsPick: Superb vintage dance material with heavy tumbao and groove. This compilation features the likes of Freddy Fender Y Su Orquesta, Eddie Lebron & Ray De La Paz, Osvaldo Valentin & Su Orquesta, Darwin Santiago Y Su Orquesta, Rafy Diaz Y Sus Navajos, Conjunto La Revuelta, Los Papacitos, Kirry Jimenez Y Su Orquesta and other unsung heroes of salsa. Highly Recommended. (BP) 
VARIOUS ARTISTSSolo 60 & 70 (Venezuela 6-CD Box Set) Velvet/Palacio (original import) / CD Originally released: 2011 Category: DANCE TRADITIONS; TROPICAL DANCE: VARIOUS; VENEZUELA EditorsPick: Here's a huge 6 cd box set: an overview of the popular music of Venezuela from the '60s and '70s. Some of the featured artists are Hugo Blanco, Iván González, Livio Arias, Geberth Paiva, Águeda Y Yolanda, Néstor Zavarce, Los Clippers, Los Bugats ...and a ton more. If you are looking for the definitive Venezuelan pop collection of that era, look no further. (BP) 
JOE PAPPYBoogaloos A La Joe Pappy And His Combo Rareza Music (original import) / CD Originally released: 1967 Reissued: 2012 Category: LATIN SOUL/BOOGALOO; LATIN SOUL, CLASSIC 60s or 70s EditorsPick: Originally released in 1967, and chock full of boogaloos, guarachas and descargas, this album featured the tracks "Oye Tomacito," "Cuero Y Bembe," "Descarga Caliente," "Baila Mi Guajira," "Sensacion Del Boogaloo," "Dale Que Dale" and more. (BP) 
VARIOUS ARTISTSMambologia Pa' Gozar Vol. 3 Rareza Music (original import) / CD Originally released: 2012 Category: DANCE TRADITIONS; BIG BAND MAMBO JAZZ EditorsPick: Highly swinging vintage mambos by some known, and lesser known orchestras. Examples of the latter are Elmo Garcia & His Orchestra, Benny Bennet & His Orchestra, Alfredito Lewi Y Su Orquesta, Julio Andino Y Su Orquesta, Marino Barreto Y Su Orquesta and many others. Nice! (BP) 
VARIOUS ARTISTSA Toda Maquina Codiscos / CD Category: SALSA/SON; SALSA EditorsPick: Superb salsa Colombiana compilation featuring Grupo Melao, Orquesta La Identidad, Octava Dimension, Formula 8, Grupo Star, Piper Pimienta and more. (BP) 
VARIOUS ARTISTSSuper Cubaton 2012: 100% Reggaeton Cubano Planet (original import) / CD Originally released: 2012 Category: POP/OTHER; REGGAETON; CUBA EditorsPick: This reggaetón Cubano release features Gente De Zona & El Cata, El Micha, Kola Loka, Chocolate MC, Issac Delgado, Marvin Freddy,Trato Hecho, Grupo LKM, Niño Hernandez and others. (BP) 
JOE MCCARTHYAfro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along: Book & CD Package Alfred / BOOK & CD PACKAGE Originally released: 2008 Category: INSTRUCTIONAL; CHARTS & SONGBOOKS EditorsPick: The Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along book and CD gives the drummer/percussionist an opportunity to play contemporary Afro-Cuban music in a big band setting. The book and CD includes six charts from the Grammy® Award-winning Caribbean Jazz Project album, Afro-Bop Alliance (featuring Dave Samuels). The tracks, minus the drum/percussion parts, will give the player an opportunity to solo and experiment with a variety of groove and/or style variations. (label) 
JOE MCCARTHYAfro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along Series DVD Alfred / DVD Originally released: 2010 Category: DVD; AFRO-LATIN PERCUSSION EditorsPick: The Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along DVD gives the drummer/percussionist an opportunity to play contemporary Afro-Cuban music in a big band setting. Playing tunes from the Latin Grammy-winning group Afro-Bop Alliance, drummer Joe McCarthy focuses on three of the predominant groove categories of mainstream Afro-Cuban music: mambo, cha-cha-cha and 6/8 Afro-Cuban. State-of-the-art camera work gives an in-depth look at Joe’s multi-level approach to playing these exciting rhythms, while his focused, straight-ahead concepts take the mystery out of applying these grooves to the music of today. The DVD features play-along tracks (minus the drums), an E-book containing the complete charts and examples demonstrated on the DVD, and bonus tracks of additional tunes from Afro-Bop Alliance. (label) |
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