January 19 - Show #41

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Chucho – Paquito D’Rivera – Jazz Latino A Collection of Latin Inspirations – Chesky Records

The peanut vendor – Paquito D’Rivera – Jazz Latino A Collection of Latin Inspirations – Chesky Records

Son de la loma – Bebo Valdés & Chucho Valdés – Bebo & Chucho – Calle 54 Records/Sony Music Latin

Un poco loco – The Conga Kings – Jazz Latino A Collection of Latin Inspirations – Chesky Records

Como dos extraños – Tango bar – Jazz Latino A Collection of Latin Inspirations – Chesky Records

Buenos Aires hora cero – Astor Piazzolla – Itinerary of a genius – Éditions Milan Music/BMG

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

Valicha – Gabriel Alegría & Afro-Peruvian Jazz Sextet – Wayruro – Rhino Records

La gran cocoroca – Richie Zellón – Landología – Songosaurus Music

Destello de luna – José Luis Madueño – Compilation El Sonido del Jazz-Afro Jazz Peruano –TDV Media & Entertainment Perú

Every Monday – Manteca – Tremendo Boogaloo – Freestyle

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

Mini skirt – Mambo Zombies – Mambo Zombies – Self-released: mambozombies.com

Serra Acura – W. Hill – Morphine Mambo Jazz Club – Plastic

Jungle drums (Canto Karabali) – Esquivel – Latin-Esque – RCA/BMG Music Spain

Coast Ride – Peter Reno – Morphine Mambo Jazz Club – Plastic

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

La valse créole – Jaime Cuadra & Pamela Rodríguez – Cholo Soy 2 – Quadrasonic Ideas


Highlights of the show:

The segment for the new jazz done in Perú in the last years have offered a handful of good tunes. The album 'Landología' has been reviewed previously. Here you may find a review on Gabriel Alegría's album 'Wayruro'/'Nuevo Mundo'.




Gabriel Alegría and his Afro-Peruvian Jazz Sextet should be the latest sensation of the crossover between world music and jazz, as his 2008 album 'Wayruro' or 'Nuevo Mundo' so well reflects. A note on the album's title: You may find a 2 CD's album with the title 'Wayruro' in Perú, which has apparently been released as 1 CD album under the name 'Nuevo Mundo' in the US. I definitively suggest to get the double feature. Whatever you may get, anyway, is a good acquisition, because you are going to enjoy this music big time. You may have an overall feeling of being listening to contemporary jazz, in the borders of new age music and world music at times. Mr. Alegría is a Music scholar who holds a doctorate in Music from Univ. Southern California and so his compositions span many registers. The CD 1 offers compositions where a dialogue between traditional Andean instruments tunes and contemporary jazz. The first tracks are great samples of this crossover. A perfect blend. You may also find a close to new age version of the classic theme 'El cóndor pasa'. Remarkable are also the last two tracks. The CD 2, or simply the album 'Nuevo Mundo' in the Northamerican market starts in a more defined Latin jazz style, this time closer to Afro-Peruvian, which is clearly marked by the protagonism of the percussion made by the “cajón”, or wooden box. This instrument, original from Perú, is as simple as wooden box with a hole in the back, so you have a resonance box that you play with your own hands and actually sitting down on top of the instrument itself. The theme 'Summertime' is the perfect showcase to enjoy cool jazz trumpet and cajón leading the whole ensemble; an awasome tune indeed. Following this path you may enjoy 'El norte', 'El sur', and the wonderful 'Las hijas del sol'. Sumarizing, a good sample of a very good international approach to contemporary jazz from an artist to keep an eye on, who actually tours in the US from time to time.