November 23 - Show #67

Theme: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez
Song-Artist-Album-Label

We got Latin soul – Mongo Santamaria – Compilation Kool It, Soul, Funk & Jazz Go Latin – Harmless Recordings

Bobo! Do that thing – Willie Bobo – Compilation Latin Soul, Descarga & Boogaloo – Manzana Producciones Discográficas

Tighten up – Al Escobar & His Orchestra – Compilation Kool It, Soul, Funk & Jazz Go Latin – Harmless Recordings

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

I wish you love (Part I) – Joe Bataan – Saint Latin’s Day Massacre – Fania

Fever – La Lupe – Compilation Kool It, Soul, Funk & Jazz Go Latin – Harmless Recordings

Baby Boo Bogaloo – Vladimir & His Orchestra – Compilation The Bad Boogaloo Nuyorican Sounds 1966-1070 – Fania

Soul drummers – Ray Barretto – Compilation We Got Latin Soul! – Charly Records

Sock it to me – Joe Cuba – Compilation We Got Latin Soul! – Charly Records

Camel Walk – The Latinaires – Compilation The Bad Boogaloo Nuyorican Sounds 1966-1070 – Fania

Ibérico jazz – Quinteto Montelirio – Ibérico Jazz – Vampi Soul

Trompeta loca – Conjunto Estif – Ibérico Jazz – Vampi Soul

Cielito lindo – Dave Brubeck Quartet – Bravo ! Brubeck! (Live in Mexico) – Legacy/Sony

Take five – Tito Puente – Compilation Latin Jazz – Concord/A&N Greece

Route 66 – Bebo Valdés Trío, con Israel López “Cachao, “Patato” Valdés, and Paquito D’Rivera – El Arte del Sabor – Blue Note

Chanchullo – Rubén González – Chanchullo – World Circuit/Nonesuch

Yesterday – Os Sambeatles – Os Sambeatles – Fermata Manfredo Fest

Ticket to ride – Os Sambeatles – Os Sambeatles – Fermata Manfredo Fest

Samba de Orpheus – Grant Green, Big John Patton, Ben Dixon – Iron City – 32. Jazz Records

Pixoxo remix – Che – Sexy 70 – Vampi Soul

Bossa per due – Nicola Conte/Thievery corporation – Jet Sounds Revisited – ESL Music


Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul offered tonight a double set of Dave Brubeck and Tito Puente back to back. Dave Brubeck Quartet released an album of popular Mexican traditional tunes reinterpreted in a jazz style. Likewise, Tito Puente once released a cover of the famous Brubeck and Desmond’s “Take five”. This set tonight has been the highlight of the show. Here you may find a review on ‘Bravo! Brubeck!’ by Marc Greilsamer, found at amazon.com





Perhaps no other jazz artist has used the live album to his advantage more so than Brubeck. His series of college recordings in the early 1950s launched his career in full, and by the time his quartet performed these Mexican concerts in 1967, they were in the twilight of one of jazz's most successful runs. Delivering a repertoire of Mexican pop and folk standards (plus one Latin-tinged original), Brubeck mostly shows his softer melodic side, trading in his more intense, agitated ideas for hightened elements of beauty and swing. His dialogue with Mexican guitarist Chamin Correa on "Sobre Las Olas" is delightfully bright. Of course, Paul Desmond's alto work always tended toward the lighthearted; it's elegantly fragile (over Rabito Agueros's most delicate bongos) on "La Paloma Azul" and wonderfully frisky on "Estrellita." Brubeck and Desmond lay out for the fan favorite "Alla En El Rancho Grande," but Brubeck returns for a furious reading of "La Bamba," propelled by the percussion team of Rabito and Joe Morello. The timeless material, guest musicians, and above all, the fertility of the Brubeck Quartet make this Latin bit a success. --Marc Greilsamer, as found at amazon.com