March 9 - Show #46

Theme: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Congo mulence – Machito with Cannonball Adderley – Compilation Putumayo Presents Latin Jazz – Putumayo Records

La cucaracha – Charlie Parker with Machito and his Orchestra – South of the Border – Verve

Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra – Afro – Norgran Records/Verve

Steppin’ with T.P. – Hilton Ruiz – Compilation Putumayo Presents Latin Jazz – Putumayo Records

Poinciana – McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars – McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars – TELARC Jazz

Song for my brothers – Dave Valentin – Come Fly With Me – High Note Records

Rumdrum – Tomás Einarsson – Compilation Putumayo Presents Latin Jazz – Putumayo Records

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

Milestones – Mark Weinstein – Timbasa – Jazzheads

Watermelon man – Mark Weinstein – Timbasa – Jazzheads

Hobroken – Todd Isler – JAZZIZ Presents Percussion On Fire – JAZZIZ Magazine, Inc.

1st rain/Cry of faith – Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra – Borrasca – Higher Octave Music

Mediterranean sundance/Río Ancho – Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin, Al di Meola – Friday Night In San Francisco Live – Philips/CBS

Sabiá – Antonio Carlos Jobim – Stone Flower – CTI Records/EPIC/Legacy

Samba de Orly – Miguel de León – Postcards from Rio – Self-produced album: migueldeleon.net

Forever song – Mosquitos – Mosquitos – Bar None Records

Me caí – Pacífika – Asunción – Six Degrees Records

Pa-ra-ti – Ely Guerra – Sweet & Sour, Hot Y Spicy – Higher Octave Music

Fe – Julieta Venegas – Bueninvento – BMG México/Ariola


Highlights of the show:

'Latin Soul' has presented a recent release tonight with the last work of the long-life career musician Mark Weinstein 'Timbasa'. Two versions, on a Miles Davis composition, 'Milestones' and Mongo Santamaría´s hit 'Watermelon man', represented great moments of awesome Latin jazz on tonight´s show.



"Timbasa" is the latest album by Mark Weinstein released by Jazzheads in 2008. Mark Weinstein is a jazz flutist who has been around the jazz scene as early as the decade of the 60's. A natural from New York, from an early age (and he is 69) he started learning piano as a child, and got the trombone as his instrument at age 15. Ever since, trombone was the instrument that led him into professional ensembles at a young age being part of the Eddie Palmieri's band. That was his first encounter with Latin sounds, to the point of having recorded the Latin jazz landmark album 'Cuban Roots' in 1969, where it is said he gave a different twist to pure Latin beats blended with straight jazz sounds. Along the years, he had time to become a philosophy professor and release some 15 albums where flute turned to be his instrument. The album here presented, 'Timbasa', is his latest contribution to the Latin jazz market. Here you may find 9 instrumental tracks, with some voice humming accompanying occasionally, which are renditions to others' compositions for the most part. 'Milestones', by Miles Davis is the opening track and it is a wonderful tune with the perfect blend of Latin beats and jazz melodies. Versions you may find are from compositions by Chucho Valdés, Duke Ellington's 'Caravan', Wayne Shorter, and the smooth outcome of Herbie Hancock's 'Watermelon man'. The overall sound of Mr. Weisntein´s flute in all tracks add the above mentioned smoothness touch to the whole album. In general, you may expect a nice mix of upbeat percussion section and the softness of the flute. The theme 'Kavaklari cubano' explore in a mixture of unprecise humming, leading piano, steady rhythm, quite a mystical tune, which is the only tune following a different pattern than the others. As the final track 'Just another guajira', which is not just another, but just another awesome sample of percussion jam session to end to leave the listener with a great taste in mouth. Sumarizing, a good upbeat Latin jazz sample with some remarkable tunes to let oneself be carried away in smooth groove. One last observation may go on the artwork on the cover, which, honestly, shows a lot of potential to be improved.