September 29 - Show #27

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Solid – Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet – ¡Bien Bien! – Patois Records

¡Bien bien! – Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet – ¡Bien Bien! – Patois Records

Home cooking – Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits – In Case You Missed It – Jazzheads

Something grand – Hilton Ruiz – Live at Birdland – Candid

El negro, part 2 – Los Hombres Calientes – Vol.3 New Congo Square – Basin Street Records

Just kidding – Michel Camilo – One More Once – Columbia

Midnight sun – Ray Mantilla – Good Vibrations – Savant Records

Soul burst – Cal Tjader – Talkin’ Verve-Roots of Acid Jazz – Verve

Soul sauce – Cal Tjader – Talkin’ Verve-Roots of Acid Jazz – Verve

Hip hug her – Chico O’Farrill – Talkin’ Verve-Mambomania – Verve

Papa Willie – Mongo Santamaría – Instant Party – Concord Records

Sabre dance – Lalo Schifrin – Talkin’ Verve-Mambomania – Verve

Love and passion – Sarah Vaughan and Milton Nascimento – Brazilian Romance – CBS

Gostoso veneno – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self-produced: carmenlamarque.com

P’ra que dinheiro? – Martinho da Vila – Compilation The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhthms Vol. 5 - Rare Groove Recordings

Viver de amour – Nair de Candia – Café Do Brazil-A Pure Blend of Cool Brazilian Music – Metro/Union Square Music

Sahara – Gerardo Núñez – Calima – Alula Records

Jarabi – Ketama-Toumani Diabate-Danny Thompson – Songhai – Hannibal Records

No pido mucho – Veneno – Veneno – CBS/Sony



Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul opened today with a new release that has had quite an echo in the specialized jazz publications. Here you may find a review of the latest 2009 album by Wayne Wallace.


¡Bien Bien! is the title given to the last work by Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet, released by Patois Records. A natural from San Francisco, the long-life trombonist Wayne Wallace puts together again his Latin Jazz Quintet and brings in this 2009 a nine track album plenty of good contemporary Latin jazz. Included in the quintet, you may find Murray Low at the piano, Michael Spiro at the percussion, David Belove at the bass, and Paul van Wageningen at trap drums. In other words, some of the regulars in studio for current great Latin jazz big names as Pete Escovedo, Chico O'Farrill or Eddie Palmieri. You also may find themes going from Wallace´s compositions to readings on Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins or John Coltrane themes. To sum up, an album full of good melodies and rhythms opening with a cheerful and chilling tune entitled as the album, setting the mood for the rest of the album. Great instrument dialogues in Going up!, or Building bridges, in turns with steady mellow rhythms as in Solid. A very balanced album with great instrumentalists working together wonderfully under the supervision and production of Wayne Wallace himself.

September 22 - Show #26

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Água de beber/Mais que nada – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self-produced: carmenlamarque.com

Nao deixa o samba morrer – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self-produced: carmenlamarque.com

Fotografia – Antonio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina – Elis & Tom – Verve

Deve ser amor – Vinícius de Morais & Odette Lara – Vinicíus + Odette Lara

Yatra-tá – Tania María – The Real Tania Maria: Wild! – Concord Picante

Summer samba – Ramsey Lewis – Goin Latin – Verve

Brazil – Grant Green – The Latin Bit – Blue Note

Work song – Vince Guaraldi – The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi – Fantasy Records

Stepping stone – Ray Vega, with Joe Locke at the vibes – Boperation – Concord Picante

Poinciana – Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri – El Sonido Nuevo/The New Soul Sound – Verve

A night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie – Afro – Verve

Tin tin deo – Dizzy Gillespie and The United Nation Orchestra – Live at The Royal

Festival Hall – Enja Records

María Domingas – Gato Barbieri – Bolivia/Under Fire – Flying Dutchman-BMG Music

Morning prayer – Pharoah Sanders – Thembi – Impulse!

Coast ride – Peter Reno – Morphine Mambo Jazz Club – Plastics

Judith – Xavier Cugat – Music to Watch Girls By – Vintage/Hitland

Elusive Samantha – J. Hawksworth – Morphine Mambo Jazz Club – Plastics

Llegando a la capital – Jaime Delgado Aparicio – El Embajador y Yo (Original motion picture soundtrack) – Vampisoul

Isometría – Jaime Delgado Aparicio – El Embajador y Yo (Original motion picture soundtrack) – Vampisoul

Harder they fall – Peter Reno – Morphine Mambo Jazz Club – Plastics

Soul Nuevo – Sexteto Electrónico Moderno – Sounds From The Elegant World – Vampisoul



Highlights of the show:

This is an album from a favourite artist of Latin Soul. Here you may read a review for a song that was a remarkable one in the show tonight.


Gato Barbieri's “Bolivia and Under Fire” double feature album is a reedition of his two different albums released in 1973 and 1971 respectively. These albums belong to the Argetinian's career first stage. His life-long production extends up to 2002, yet Mr. Barbieri can still be seen at few and scarce performances in the latest times. “Bolivia and Under Fire” are albums where all the fierceless of Barbieri's tenor sax is remarkable. It was the time of innovation with the so-called free jazz, for which Mr. Barbieri fell in his early albums. The evolution of the sax is absolutely atonishing, creating an ethereal atmosphere of sound layers among which the sound of sax is leading the tone from harsh to soft to mellow to overwhelming. Mr. Barbieri is credited for being a pioneer of the fussion and what has been called “world music”. Especially in the album “Bolivia”, traditional sounds from the Andean musical folklore is included, even the theme “Bolivia” resembles the sound and structure of indigenous tunes. That is going to be constant in Gato Barbieri's early years. As a result, an incredible mix of avant-garde jazz with traditional indigenous tunes from South America. Many have fallen for Barbieri's distinctive sounds. The theme “María Domingas” is remarkable among the ones in “Under Fire” letting you get carried away with the pop rhythm that drums add to it. Summarizing, a truly discover if you want to get an awesome approach to the way Gato Barbieri understand jazz. You may be familiar with his later years, where he is more dedicated to smooth jazz, which some find irreconcilable with his experimentation years, as the album tonight presented in Latin Soul does. Stay tuned, since this album is going to be explored more often in Latin Soul, in your station 88.9 KETR at ketr.org.

September 15 - Show #25

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Wave – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self produced: carmenlamarque.com

Chega de saudade – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self produced: carmenlamarque.com

Garota de Ipanema – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self produced: carmenlamarque.com

Agua de beber – Pilar de la Hoz – Jazz con Sabor Peruano – Jaguar Music Records

María Lando – Susana Baca – Lamento Negro – Hip-O Records

Callejón de un solo caño – Pilar Ayllón, Jean Pierre Magnet & La Gran Banda – Del Perú Para El Mundo – Jaguar Music Records

Peanut vendor (El manisero) – Anita O’Day – Anita O’Day Sings the Winners – Verve

Mas que nada – Ella Fitzgerald – Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It) – WEA

Nothing will be as it was – Sara Vaughan with Milton Nascimento – Brazilian Romance – CBS

A love supreme – Conrad Herwig – The Latin Side of John Coltrane – Astor Place Records

Tom Thumb – Conrad Herwig – The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter – Half Note Records

Midnight sun – Ray Mantilla – Good Vibrations – Savant Records

Encendido – Dave Valentin – Come Fly With Me – High Note Records

The magician – Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion – The Magician – Savant Records

Who do I trust (Jive State Suite) – Pete Rodríguez – El Alquimista – El Conde Negro Music

Dr. Macumba – Pete Escovedo – Mister E – Bellaphon/Crossover

Orobroy – Dorantes – Orobroy – Phantom Sound & Vision

The dolphin – Niño Josele – Paz-Tribute to Bill Evans – Sony International

Guardian angel - Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola - Friday Night In San Francisco Live - Philips



Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul had great moments tonight. One especially remarkable was the opening set by Carmen Lamarque and her recently released self-produced album ‘Live in Lima’.


Carmen Lamarque is a vocal jazz singer from Perú who has finally seen realized the all-artists-dream of having an album released. Good news is, then, that the general public is to enjoy now what some connoisseurs already knew for following her performances in small clubs in Atlanta or Milwaukee, where she resides at the present time. This self-produced album recently out in 2009 is a live performance in her home town, Lima, capital of Perú. The album is a collection of all-time great bossa nova classics such as ‘Wave’, ‘Chega de Saudade’, and ‘Garota de Ipanema’. The three of them were aired tonight in Latin Soul. You also may find ‘Agua de beber’, ‘Mas que nada’, ‘Tristeza’, ‘Gostoso veneno’ or ‘Nao diexa que te quiera’. All in the original languages. There are songs in Spanish and English as well. Not a problem for the high interpretative skills of Ms. Lamarque, who leaves proof of her versatility in languages and the power of her voice. The ensamble accompanying her, yet small, does a great job and even adds a Peruvian touch with the use of “cajón” (wooden box) at the percussion. In conclusion, an album doing a great review of bossa from an artist who very well could be the next great Peruvian jazz vocalist following the path she just started here.

September 8 - Show #24

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Times are changin’ – Jimmy Sabater/Louie Ramírez – Louie’s Grooves – Vampisoul

A deeper shade of soul – Ray Barretto – Acid – Fania

Oh, yeah! – Joe Cuba Sextet – We Got Latin Soul – Charly Records

Boogaloo mania – Charlie Palmieri – Rough Guide to Bogaloo – World Music Network

Fever – La Lupe – El Barrio: The Bad Boogaloo Nu Yorican Sounds 1066-1970 – Fania

Taking over – Ralph Robles – Latin Soul, Descarga & Boogaloo – Manzana Producciones Discográficas

One, two, three – Ramsey Lewis – Goin’ Latin – Verve

Soul limbo – Cándido – Thousand Finger Man – Blue Note

McCanna – Les McCann Ltd. – A gozar! – Blue Note

La bruja negra – Joe Torres – Latino Con Soul – World Pacific

Soul cha – Joe Torres – Latino Con Soul – World Pacific

Latin bit – The Jazz Crusaders – A gozar! – Blue Note

El arriero – Gato Barbieri – Fénix – RCA/BMG France

Ilya – Irakere – The Best of Irakere – Sony

Samba Toff – Sexteto de Jazz Moderno – The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms Vol. 5 – Rare Groove

Isto é bossa nova – Os Farroupilhas – The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms Vol. 5 – Rare Groove

Mr. Lucky – Vince Guaraldi – The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi – Fantasy/Original Jazz Classics

Lumen – Moonshine – Café Do Brasil: A Pure Blend of Cool Brazilian Music – Metro/Union Square Music

Sem essa – Wilson Simonal – Can You Dig It? Thrilling Rare Grooves from Jazz to Soul ‘n’ Brazil to Boogaloo – Brown Sugar Records

Corcovado – Everything but the girl – Red Hot + Rio – Antilles/Verve



Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul opened today with a great set of boogaloo and Latin soul. Great kick off setting the tone for fun and crazy dance. Here you may find a review on two of the albums which are long-time favourites of Latin Soul!




Latin Soul opened today with a set of boogaloo, a catchy rhythm based on fusion of different musical styles. The tag of Latin soul also lies close to describing what this sound is like: the sinergies from musicias growing and living in the Spanish and Black Harlem from the late 60´s and early 70´s in New York City. These two albums here reviewed are compilations presented which have been favourites of the show since the very first days of Latin Soul back in February. Either 'We Got Latin Soul', released in 1987 by the British label Charly Records, or 'El Barrio: The Bad Boogaloo Nu Yorican Sounds 1966-1970', a Fania label 2006 reissue, are great compilations to get introduced to this ephemeral style that wiped the Latin club scene and airwaves during a bunch of years at a crossroads of styles and changing times. From this sounds, the more popular salsa started to get more popular, and boogaloo couldn´t fit any longer. It is a hard position to be at when you may sound more like soul with English lyrics and next track lacks the presence of the brass and it is pure steady Latin rhythm. Nonetheless, the innovation and the fresh sounds catched a fire for a while, and today they are great tunes to revisit and check on creativity of artists of the times. The clapping beat present along the songs is truly an asset to let one self be carried away and twist, shout and grab if you are to dance in company. Preety much all the great Latin artists of the time had themselves carried away and participated of the new movement. 'We Got Latin Soul' opens with a long-time favourite that got to the top of the charts and put boogaloo on the map: 'El watusi', by the obiquotous Ray Barretto is a hot tune sustained by a monotone catchy piano beat and a crazy percussion as background to a conversation-like lyrics in Spanish. Ray Barretto and his percussion is to Latin soul what Miles Davis to cool jazz. You may find his 'Soul drummers' and he also closes the album with 'Boogaloo con soul'. Awesome timbales solos guaranteed! The rest of the album presents artists such as Joe Cuba with 'Sock it to me' and 'Oh, yeah', the song aired tonight, two pure fun tunes grabbing you to at least tip and tap your foot, even jump here and there. Joe Bataan´s 'It´s a good feeling (riot)' couldn't be a more accurate pick. Tito Puente is brought with two tunes as well, remarkable the rendition done to Miriam Makeba´s classic ' Pata pata'. In conclusion, a must have if you want to know more of Latin sounds with a very peculiar prospective on a very hot sound. The second compilation -El Barrio: The Bad Boogaloo Nu Yorican Sounds 1966-1970'- is another boogaloo must have to enjoy and know the basics of the style. Some big hits of Latin as La Lupe and her version on 'Fever', the song aired tonight, alternate with more obscure artists as the great The Latinaires, whose 'Camel walk' theme is a favourite of Latin Soul. You may find here artists as Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Ralph Robles, Johnny Colón, Bobby Valentín and Joe Cuba, among other great and maybe not so popular musicians. More tracks in this album than this other and a more varied selection truly enjoyable. These two albums and you'll be trapped in the clapping, the hot lyrics -mostly in English-, the beating piano and the soul brass, just to describe it somehow. Truly recomendable music to have fun. As they said in the heat of the boogaloo moment: Sock it to me!! All of this and more, always on Latin Soul, on Tuesdays nights at nine pm on the North East Texas region on 88.9 FM KETR, or on ketr.org. Thanks for listening!

September 1 - Show #23

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song – Artist – Album – Label

Afrodisia – Kenny Dorham – Afro-Cuban – Blue Note

Mama Inés – Charlie Parker – South of the the Border – Verve

Peanut Vendor – Clark Terry & Chico O’Farrill – Impulse!

Chanchullo – Rubén González – Chanchullo – World Circuit/Nonesuch

¿Dónde estabas tú? – Omara Portuondo – Buena Vista Social Club Presents… – World Circuit/Nonesuch

Carmen cubana – Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion – Classic Meets Cuba – Sony

Contagio – Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Afro-Cuban Jazz Now – Blue Note

Samba triste – Eliane Elías – Calle 54 – Blue Note

Moliendo café – Jerry González & The Fort Apache Band – Sunny side

Watermelon man – Poncho Sánchez – Latin Soul – Concord Picante

La bikina – Mambo Zombies – Mambo Zombies – Rax Trax/Colossal Mastering/Mambo Zombies

Flootie – New Cool Collective – Soul Jazz Latin Flavours Nineties Vibe – Club 802/Challenge Records

Under the sun – Agua Dulce – Searching For Juana – Universal Sound/Cass Street Productions

Nefertiti – Chano Domínguez – NFS New Flamenco Sound – Verve

Comparito – Diego Amador – Piano Jondo – Milestone World Music/Nuevos Medios

Destello de luna – José Luis Madueño – El Sonido Del Jazz-Afro Jazz Peruano – TDV Perú S.A.C.

Zambalamato – Kiki Sánchez – El Sonido Del Jazz-Afro Jazz Peruano – TDV Perú S.A.C.

Endivia – Cecilia Alessandra – El Sonido Del Jazz-Afro Jazz Peruano – TDV Perú S.A.C.


Highlights of the show:

Here you may find three albums from which songs were aired tonight. Starting with a classical and renown Latin jazz height, the show went to more modern takes on the subject. All together, it was another two hour collection of songs to enjoy your Tuesday night.


‘Afrodisia’ is the tune opening the show today. Found in Kenny Dorham’s album ‘Afro-Cuban’ originally released in 1955, this tune sets the tone of great Latin jazz in this album with great musicians from the Latin scene, as Patato at the percussion and Art Blakey at the drums, among other great musicians accompanying Mr. Dorham. ‘Afrodisia’ is the perfect blend of how jazz was understood at that time and the Latin approach to it. Mr. Dorham’s job on the trumpet is simply awesome, creating a dialogue with the percussion in the first compasses of the song, improvising in free evolution in the solos. Same as for the percussions. The first part of the album has the rhythmical Afro Cuban beat of the congas, creating a great atmosphere of trumpet and beats, while in the second part it goes straight bop. All together, a very good album with an exceptional mastery of the protagonist instrument, the trumpet played by the prolific author, Kenny Dorham. Latin Soul couldn’t set the tone better for the program today.


‘Mambo Zombies’ is the first album and it is named after the band behind this good and fresh approach to Latin jazz. It is a self produced, or near to that, from this three member combo based in Chicago. All of them are quite experienced musicians who know well their job and one can realize it after a quick listening to it. Then, you just can indulge yourself listening over and over again. In the show tonight, it was played the third track ‘La bikina’. It could have been this theme or other from the first part, since all of them share a good taste in the choice of songs to review, are quite rhythmical keeping the beat up, and have some lounge approach to it too. The second part of the album is mellower, including a great version on Jobim’s tune ‘Antigua’, and a Chucho Valdés’ theme, ‘Claudia’. The album closes with a soul approach on ‘Supernatural thing’. One of those albums to keep exploring it earning, thus, a spot in the playlist of Latin Soul.


New Cool Collective is a large band from Amsterdam, Holland that released this album back in 1997, being the first in a series where they practice a cool and modern approach to Latin jazz, among many other label styles that could be thought of when listening to their work. They aim the electronica and clubbing scene with their proposal. One could think of Latin nu jazz, too. The reminiscence to cool jazz ambient with soul and some Latin beat is present along the album. Especially good the four first tracks. Latin Soul has aired this album in several occasions, always getting that Latin lounge touch as a contrast to more traditional views of Latin jazz. The opening track, ‘Flootie’, marked a real highlight tonight. Keep enjoying this and more in Latin Soul, every Tuesday from nine to eleven pm on the North East Texas region or at ketr.org.