July 7 - Show #19

Song-Artist-Album-Label

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

Subway Joe - Joe Bataan with Los Fulanos - King of Latin Soul - Vampisoul

McCanna - Les McCann Ltd. - Compilation A Gozar - Blue Note

Crazy Lady - Mongo Santamaría - Fuego - Vaya-Fania

I'm on my way - Cándido - Compilation A Gozar - Blue Note

Tom Jazz - Conjunto Estif - Ibérico Jazz - Vampisoul

Trompeta Loca - Conjunto Estif - Ibérico Jazz - Vampisoul

Manteca - Cal Tjader - Soul Burst - Verve

Mambo Inn - Grant Green - The Latin Bit - Blue Note

Okiedoke - Charlie Parker with Machito and His Afro-Band - South of the Border - Verve

Caprichosos de La Habana - Arturo Sandoval - Flight to Freedom - GRP Records

Una más - Roy Hargrove's Crisol - Habana - Verve

Un poco más - Charlie Sepúlveda - The New Arrival - Antilles

B.B.Q. Blues - Robert Incelli and His Latin Jazz Band - From Bolívar to L.A. - Tonga Records

Bonitinha - Paquito D'Rivera & The United Nation Orchestra - A Night in Englewood - Messidor

Call me - Oscar Peterson - Soul Español - Limelight

Jogo da Vida - Tamba Trio - Compilation Can You Dig It? - Brown Sugar Records

Bossa per due - Nicola Conte - Sinners Lounge: The Latin Sessions - Comfort Sounds

Sol tapado - Thievery Corporation - Sinners Lounge: The Latin Sessions - Comfort Sounds

Panis et circenses - Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes - Polydor-Universal



Highlights of the show tonight:

'Ibérico Jazz - Las producciones de Antoliano Toldos 1967/1972' is another of the samples of good music that were played in the show tonight. The Spanish label Vampisoul keeps the good work up with another great job on musical archeology digging deep to bring to surface awesome Latin, soul, jazz, Brazilian, Peruvian...-you name it-. Latin Soul offered two tracks from this great album tonight. The story of this album is that between the years above mentioned, Antoliano Toldos, a member of the music band of the Guardia Civil (security corps like the police), used to gather different musicians and himself (his instrument is the trumpet) in his free time to produce jazz recordings which his independent label Discos Calandria would release to the local Spanish music market. For what it is said, the presence of these maxisingles (not even LP) is just testimonial. The recordins sum up to a few different releases under different band names. The present album is a compilation of all those recordings. The result, in my hands now, is a beautifully careful and meticulous produced piece of awesome funky and cool jazz tunes, truly avant-garde for the time of its original recording in Spain. Nowdays, this album is not outdated at all and it really has a modern sound of tremendous quality. The two tunes played in the show tonight, 'Tom jazz' and 'Trompeta loca', added more rhythm and kept the standards up to enjoy all night long. Tune in Latin Soul every Tuesday at nine pm central on ketr.org or the airwaves on 88.9 KETR in the North East Texas region to keep listening to more themes from this album that is truly worth to explore and it will sure be in shows to come.

Joe Bataan´s 'King of Soul' 2008 album is one more from the Spanish label Vampisoul on the series of releases bringing back to life the excelence of this native of the NYC Spanish Harlem. This album is not a reedition, though the songs are not new either. It is the second production of Vampisoul for Mr. Battan. He traveled to Barcelona, Spain, where he recorded this collection of classic songs of his with the group Los Fulanos. The result is an awesome sample of what Mr. Bataan knows to do best: Latin Soul and R&B! The opening track, 'Subway Joe', is another great Joe Bataan trademark fast paced crossover song between classic soul and Latin percussion rhythmical base that may make everybody jump onto the dancefloor to let the tune move you up and down! 'Latin Soul', on your station 88.9 KETR every Tuesday at nine pm central opened today with this great theme, and the rest of the show kept up the beat! The opening 'Subway Joe' sets the tone for the coming songs in this album: 'Mestizo', 'The bottle', 'Johnny's no good', 'Special girl', 'Latin Soul Square dance', 'Gipsy woman' are a package of pure Latin R&B making the album a continuum of rhythm and power. The songs 'I wish you love' and 'The prayer' are two ballads that cool down among so much heat. 'It's a good feeling (riot)', Bataan's 1968 revisited catchy classic ends the album, and the listener remains happy as one has listened to a great display of talent.