October 27 - Show #31

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Amor verdadero – Afro-Cuban All Stars – A Toca Cuba Le Gusta – Nonesuch/World Circuit

La negra Tomasa – Compay Segundo – Las Flores De La Vida- Nonesuch/World Circuit

Siempre en mi corazón – Omara Portuondo – Buena Vista Social Club presents – Nonesuch /World Circuit

No puedo ser feliz – Bola de Nieve – Éxitos de Oro – Orfeón

He venido – Los Zafiros – Bossa Cubana – Nonesuch/World Circuit

Patricia – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán – Mambo Sinuendo – Nonesuch/World Circuit

Cherokee – Kristina – Offshore Echoes – Patois Records

Yemayá – Jane Bunnett & Grupo Changuí de Guantánamo– Radio Guantánamo: Guantánamo Blues Project Vol. 1 – Blue Note

Charade – Mike Clinco – Neon – Whaling City Sound

Se é tarde me perdoa – Oscar Castro-Neves & Paul Winter – Brazilian Days – Living Music

Mas que nada – Lani Hall – Brasil Nativo – Windham Hill Jazz

Meia luz – Terra Sul – Kindness of Strangers – Motown Record Company

Os meninos do Brasil – Gonzaguinha – As The World Turns – World Pacific/Capitol Records

Balanca pema – Marisa Montes – Beleza Tropical 2 – Luaka Bop

Para Lennon e McCartney – Friends from Rio – Café Do Brasil-A pure blend of cool Brazilian music – Metro/Union Square Music

Batuque – Daniela Mercury – Beleza Tropical 2 – Luaka Bop

Rios, pontes & overdrives – Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi – Beleza Tropical 2 – Luaka Bop

Nao me estrague o dia – Os Parlamas do Sucesso – Beleza Tropical 2 – Luaka Bop

O eterno pecado horizontal – Che – Sexy 70-Music inspired by the Brazilian sacanagem movies of the 1970’s – Vampisoul

Misturada – Kjeli Ohman – The Mood Mosaic 7-The new shapes of sound – Partners in crime


Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul highlighst tonight a wonderful album to remember the era of vocal groups understood from a Cuban point of view.



“Bossa Cubana” by Los Zafiros is a 1999 compilation of a life career released by World Circuit/Nonesuch. It not only compiles a good collection of songs, but a gone out of memory musical era. Formed in the 1962 recent revolutionary days in Cuba, this band is a tribute to escape art through music. However, following another music Cuban traditional music style, the vocal groups, Los Zafiros came to life -and stayed- in a politically dire shifting time. And they chose, nonetheless, than being The Platters of the Spanish Caribbean and Latin musical scene. The four members, Leoncio Morúa, Miguelito Cancio, Ignacio Elejalde, Eduardo 'el Chino' Hernández, and guitar player Manuel Galbán -who continues to be active composing and releasing albums today- had a cheerful joyful spirit wonderfully transmitted in their doo-wop style. “Bossa Cubana” is an album for a time travel back to vocal harmonies and beautiful 60´s Caribbean love teenager lyrics. Musical inspiration from styles is found not only by the vocal power of singers, also Brazilian (as album name wants to remind) bossa, and Cuban bolero style is involved in the themes here presented. Very popularly acclaimed, they were successful over there they performed, traveling often abroad earning admiration and affection from public, to which it helped the naïvelike personality of their front men, Leoncio and Miguelito. The band stood together until 1972 when they couldn't take over Manuel Galbán departure from the group. Being all songs good, remarkable ones in this album are 'Bossa cubana', 'La luna en tu mirada', 'Por no comprenderte', the cheerful 'Y sabes bien', 'Mi amor, perdóname', 'Sí corazón', getting to the height of the album, the deep even touching in crescendo ballad 'He venido'. Ladies and gentleman, here you have Los Zafiros, or how to enjoy Latin vocal sixties and feel great.