February 16 - Show# 44

Theme: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-artist-album-label

Contraste – Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra – Afro – Verve

Biri bi kum bi – Mario Bauzá – Messidor’s Finest Volume One – Messidor

My little suede shoes – Charlie Parker – South of the Border – Verve

Afrodisia – Kenny Dorham – Afro-Cuban – Blue Note

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

Spanish grease – Ramsey Lewis – Goin’ Latin – Verve

Tin tin deo – Clark Terry & Chico O’Farrill – Spanish Rice – Impulse!

Work song – Vince Guaraldi – The Latin Side of – Original Jazz Classics

Cinnamon & clove – Lee Evans – Cinnamon & Clove – Verve

Agua dulce – The Jazz Crusaders – Chile con Soul – Pacific Jazz

Devil eyes – Joe Torres – Latino con Soul – Pacific Jazz

Coco-e – Joe Battan – Saint Latin’s Day Massacre – Fania

Do you dig it? – Ray Barretto – Latino con Soul – Polydor

Watusi boogaloo – Willie Rosario – Compilation Latin Dance Party 1960’s Boogaloo – Atlantic/Warner

Tremendo boogaloo – Manteca – Tremendo Boogaloo – Freestyle

La manzana (The apple) – Mongo Santamaría – Instant Party – Concord Records

Soul limbo – Cándido – Thousand Finger Man – Blue Note

Maw Latin blues – Nuyorican Soul – Nuyorican Soul – Talkin Loud/Universal


Highlights of the show:

A regular musician in 'Latin Soul' has been the highlight of tonight's show. “Devil eyes” came exactly in the right time and place in the set to be a not moment to be missed in tonight's awesome selection of tunes.



“Latino con Soul”, the only album released by this experienced “congalero”, Joe Torres, in 1966 by Pacific Jazz and re-released by Blue Note in CD format in 2003 is a collection of compositions up with its time in the Latin oriented fusions when this album came to light. Joe Torres puts together a good lineup heavy on jazz background and his expertise at the congas. Three themes are great versions, such as “Sunny”, “OBA”, and the great take on classic Beatles' “Eleanor Rigby”. All of the other tunes are composed by different members of the band and Mr. Torres himself. Especially remarkable are “Soul cha” and “La bruja negra”, each being good samples of soul and jazz with the right Latin tinge onto it. The whole album brings a true sense of Latin beats and soulful jazz. A good load of tunes, the right versions of reknown songs, music to enjoy all along in a cocktail party or chilling at home. Moreover, the legacy of Joe Torres as a leading band musician, since no other work he released, nor even too much longer stayed in the bussiness of music this native to New York Harlem, whose career took place more likely in Los Angeles, being so one of the few examples of Latin jazz and soul coming from the West coast. All in all, a great album, good taste in the instrumentation, arranges, and overall performance.