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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

October 26 - Show #65

Theme: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label


The peanut vendor (el manisero) – Stan Kenton and His Orchestra – Compilation Latin
Jazz La Combinación Perfecta – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Mambo Inn – TheGeorge Shearing Quintet – Compilation Latin Jazz La Combinación Perfecta – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Cha cha cha – Tito Puente – Compilation Putumayo Presents Latin Jazz – Putumayo Records

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

Afro Blue – Mongo Santamaría – Afro Roots –Prestige

Soul Sauce (Guachi guaro) – Cal Tjader – Compilation Latin Jazz La Combinación Perfecta – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Juana Mil Ciento – Irakere – Irakere – Columbia

What are you doing tomorrow night? – Paquito D’Rivera – Havana Café – Chesky Records

Autumn leaves – Ray Barretto – My Summertime – Blue Note

El watusi – Ray Barretto – Compilation We Got Latin Soul! – Charly Records

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

Acid – Ray Barretto – Acid – Fania

Leeway – Grafitti – Grafitti – Self-edited: www.tomgraf.com

Seven steps to heaven – Phil Hawkins – Sugarcane Suite – P. Note Music

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

Hay días como hoy – Pilar de la Hoz – Jazz con Sabor Peruano – Tumi Records

Sombras – Concha Buika – El Último Trago – Warner Music Spain

Mucho corazón – Martirio, featuring Chano Domínguez & Jerry González – Mucho Corazón – 52. P.M./Sunnyside

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

October 19 - Show #64

Theme: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label


Seven Steps – Phil Hawkins and his ensemble – Sugarcane Suite – P. Note Music

Eight o’clock blues – Phil Hawkins and his ensemble – Sugarcane Suite – P. Note Music

Todo aquel ayer – The Caribbean Jazz Project – The Caribbean Jazz Project – Heads Up International Ltd.

Jambo – Dizzy Gillespie – Jambo Caribe – Limelight/Verve

Laurel Z27 – Luis Marín y New Jazz Band – Puerto Rico Jazz Jam – AJ Records

Blue bossa – McCoy Tyner – And The Latin All-Stars – TELARC Jazz

Poinciana – McCoy Tyner – And The Latin All-Stars – TELARC Jazz

Namesake – Ray Mantilla – Good Vibrations – Savant Records

Florecita – Robert Incelli and his Latin Jazz Band – From Bolívar to L.A. – Tonga Records

Después de la tierra – Antonio Restucci – Crisol – Petroglyph Records

Night in Granada – Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra – Borrasca – Higher Octave Music

Mestizo – Terra Sul – Kindness of Strangers – Motown Records

Mulatas, etc, and All – Paulo Mora – Winds of Brazil (Um Sopro de Brasil) – Adventure Music

Amorous flower – Altamiro Carrilho – Winds of Brazil (Um Sopro de Brasil) – Adventure Music

Choro volador – Marcos Ariel – Terra do Indio – WEA Latina

Balança pena – Marisa Montes – Compilation Beleza Tropical 2 – Luaka Bop

O que pode ser – Jussara Silveira – Compilation FNAC Spain 2002/3 – FNAC Spain

Outro lado – Zuco 103 – Compilation Latin Jazz The Essential Album – Union Square
Music

Cariocas (Remix 96) – Adriana Calcanhoto – Compilation FNAC Spain 2002/3 – FNAC Spain


Highlights of the show:

The highlight of the show tonight came of the hand of McCoy Tyner and the Latin All Stars. Always a reference for Latin jazz of the latest years in Latin Soul, it has been dedicated a segment entirely to this album. Next, you may find its review as it has been taken from James Rozzi, JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc. at Amazon.com.





Pianist McCoy Tyner & The Latin All-Stars come on like a band of Latino musical marauders. Running the gamut of grooves in a state-of-the-art fashion, Tyner's nonet proves exemplary at distilling the deep connections betwen Latin music and jazz. For example, Kenny Dorham's jam-session favorite, "Blue Bossa" is presented as an uptempo samba with alternate changes - far removed from its relaxed original form. "La Habana Sol" - one of three Tyner originals - is a blistering line woven through a slightly veiled merengue beat. Excellent arrangements of "Poinciana" and "Afro Blue" round out the more recognizable fare.

The soloing is heavy-duty. tyner is heard sounding much more aggressive than of late. Trombonist Steve Turre breaks out his conch shells for several inspired solos. While Gary Bartz's gutsy alto and soprano are firmly grounded in latter-day Coltrane, Claudio Roditi's trumpet conjures the fluidity of a Clifford Brown.

The Latin All-Stars' horn section spews tight passages like an open fire hydrant on a stifling summer day in the Bronx. The crisp rhythm section, based around drummer Ignacio Berroa, clearly understands how to work the fundamental clave. All the while, Tyner stokes a fire beneath his hot band, spurring impulsive soloists to reach beyond their technical facilities toward the realm of free association.

From James Rozzi, JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc. at Amazon.com.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

October 12 - Show #63

Theme: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label


Latin fever – Jack Costanzo – Compilation Latino Blue – Blue Note

Woody’n you – Sabu Martínez – Jazz Espagnole – Vampi Soul

Cachondo – Mario Bauzá – Finest Volume One – Messidor

Caravan – Machito and His Orchestra – The Original Mambo Kings, An Introduction to
Afro-Cubop 1948-1954 – Verve-Polygram

Manteca – Dizzy Gillespie – Afro – Norgran Records/Verve

Jungle rhumba – Xavier Cugat – Music to Watch Girsl By – Hitland

Afrodisia – Kenny Durham – Afro-Cuban – Blue Note

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

Latin blues – Dave Pike and his orchestra – Manhattan Latin – DECCA

Sandunga – Dave Pike and his orchestra – Manhattan Latin – DECCA

Baby – Dave Pike and his orchestra – Manhattan Latin – DECCA

Hot club of Madrid serenade – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra & Quintet – Jazz
Flamenco – RCA/BMG Music Spain

Canción del fuego fatuo – Pedro Iturralde Quintet featuring Paco de Lucía – Flamenco Jazz – Polydor

Oye cómo viene – Chano Domínguez – Compilation Calle 54 – Blue Note

Gracia – Yuri Juárez – Afroperuano – Saponegro Records

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

Deve ser amor – Vinícius de Moraes & Odette Lara – Vinícius & Odette Lara – PolyGram

No ano que vem – Tania Maria – Compilation The Most of Latin Groove – Jazz FM Records

Se Você Pensa – Elis Regina – Elis Live in London – Universal Japan


Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul dedicated a set to Dave Pike and his album ‘Manhattan Latin’ tonight. A regularly played album in the show, it was about time to bring it up to the front and having it reviewed. Next, you may find a review by Jason Ankeny, obtained at www.cduniverse.com.





Manhattan Latin captures Dave Pike in flux between the straight-ahead approach of his earlier sessions and the psychedelic pop-jazz of his efforts for MPS: a playful yet methodical immersion into pure, sunkissed groove, its artful assimilation of global rhythms and textures anticipates the direction of Pike's most memorable work. Recorded with an impressive lineup including flautist Hubert Laws, drummer Willie Bobo and then-unknown pianist Chick Corea, the album largely eschews familiar Latin standards in favor of Pike originals. What's impressive is that the end result seems completely organic, living up to the album's title in terms of both sophistication and flavor. Phenomenal cover, too. ~ Jason Ankeny, at cduniverse.com.