August 25 - Show #22

Theme song: Chin chan chow - Louie Ramírez - Louie's Grooves - Vampisoul

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Mambo Inn - Mario Bauzá, Paquito D'Rivera & Jorge Dalto - Afro Cuban Jazz - Yemayá Records

How many in your party, please? - Paquito D'Rivera - Celebration - Columbia

Samba all day long - Jorge Dalto & The Interamerican Band - Urban Oasis - Concord Picante

I want you - Gato Barbieri - Caliente! - A&M Records

Mr. PC - Snowboy and The Latin Section - Compilation Latin Jazz, The Essential Album - Manteca/Union Square Music

I wish you love (part 2) - Joe Bataan - Saint Latin's Massacre Day - Fania

Seeds of life - Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive - Stateside/Capitol

What a baby - Joe Cuba Sextet - Bustin' Out - Tico

Carioca - Oscar Peterson - Soul Español - Verve

Menina Feia - Herbie Mann & Sergio Mendes - Do The Bossa Nova - Atlantic

Mas que nada - Patato & Totico - Patato & Totico - Verve

Falsa baiana - João Gilberto - João Gilberto - Verve

Minha senhora - Gal Costa & Caetano Veloso - Domingo - Polygram/Philips

The red blouse - Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave - A&M Records

Coast to Coast - Room Service - Sinners Lounge: The Latin Sessions - Comfort Sounds

Vera a diaba loira - Che - Sexy 70: Music inspired by the Brazilian sacanagem movies of the 1970's - Vampisoul

Mas que malandro - Beat Fanatic - Latin Vibes: Club Selection - Kinkysweet

Bossa Per Due - Nicola Conte - Sinners Lounge: The Latin Sessions - Comfort Sounds


Highlights of the show:

Among the great tunes heard today, there were three which conform the hightlights of today. These are the albums where you may find those songs and their performers. They can be seen as classic musicians whose works have helped to set the standards of what Latin jazz is today.



The classic Latin jazz tune 'Mambo Inn' opened the show today. A modern version found in the album 'Afro Cuban Jazz', performed by its original composer Mario Bauzá, who happens to be one of the first pioneers in the fusion of jazz and Afro Cuban sounds, hence, one of the creators of Latin jazz as a musical style. Here he is acompanied by figures such as Paquito D'Rivera and Jorge Dalto, who also produces the album, which brings a collection of classic Latin jazz pieces and boleros from the Cuban tradition. Recorded in 1986 and re-released in 2003 by Yemayá Records, this album meant a reunion of the great figures of Latin jazz or Afro Cuban jazz -any term you like is good- as the above mentioned, Patato Valdés at the congas, Jose A. Fajardo at the flute and Graciela Grillo singing, among others. Alternating instrumentals and boleros sung by Ms. Grillo, the whole work flows creating an awesome evolving atmosphere. Especially good the pieces composed by Mr. Bauza, 'Mambo Inn', 'El mareíto', 'Imitations', 'Cubanola'. All over receiving the expert touch from Mr. D'Rivera's saxophone. A great album to understand, love, and get introduced to this music. Definitively an album to keep exploring on your favourite Latin show on the North East Texas region, Latin Soul, on www.ketr.org every Tuesday at nine pm central time.



‘Wave’ is definitively the album that put bossa nova on the map. Following Brazilian classics in Latin Soul tonight, a song from this album had to be played. Antonio Carlos Jobim is one of the creators of the Brazilian sound that changed for good the musical panorama in the mid of XXth century, inspired so many creators and made others to get curious about Brazilian music and culture. Here you find relaxing, beating, and above all, vivid music that reconciles you with life again. The song played in Latin Soul tonight is ‘The red blouse’, and is probably a tune you have heard before somewhere else. The perfect easy listening, bossa, chilling sounds we love Brazil for. Any other track would have been the same delightful and you probably would be familiar with it, in case you were not devoted already to Jobim and this music wasn’t new to you. Latin Soul, every Tuesday at nine pm central on 88.9 fm or at www.ketr.org bringing you classics to enjoy or get hooked of.