May 31 - Show #85

Theme: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Alto songo – Afro Cuban All Stars – Afro Cuban All Stars – Nonesuch/World Circuit

El son te llama – Orchestra Baobab – Specialist in All Styles – Nonesuch/World Circuit

Djelimady rumba – Elíades Ochoa, Toumani Diabate et al. – Afrocubism – Nonesuch/World Circuit

Mambo Inn – Mario Bauzá, Paquito D’Rivera & Jorge Dalto – Afro Cuban Jazz – Yemayá Records

Jambo – Dizzy Gillespie – Jambo Caribe – Verve

Listen here/Cold duck time – Poncho Sánchez – Latin Soul – Concord Picante

Summertime – Ray Barretto – Putumayo presents Latin Jazz – Putumayo Records

Namesake – Ray Mantilla – Good Vibrations – Savant Records

If I only had a brain – Peter MacDonough – The Wizard of Oz-A Latin Jazz Suite for Soprano Saxophone – Self-produced: www.pertermacdonough.com

The girl from Ipanema – Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto – Verve

Boy from Ipanema – Jumbo – Sushi 3003 – Rough Trade Records/Bungalow

Can’t buy me love – Manfredo Fest/Os Sambeatles – Os Sambeatles – Fermata/BBR

Yesterday – Manfredo Fest/Os Sambeatles – Os Sambeatles – Fermata/BBR

Mulemba Xangóla – Bonga + Marisa Monte + Carlinhos Brown – Onda Sonora-RedHot +Lisbon – The Red Hot Organization

Samba diferente – Sexteto Electrónico Moderno – Sounds from the Elegant World – Vampi Soul

Samba para Norma – Joel Wanroongenbroek – The Mood Mosaic 7-The New Shapes of Sound –Partners in Crime

O eterno pecado horizontal – Che – Sexy 70 – Vampi Soul

Me embrujaste – Martirio y Chano Domínguez – Acoplados – RTVE Música

Se me olvidó que te olvidé – Bebo & Cigala – Lágrimas Negras – Calle 54 Records/Ariola/BMG Spain

Luz de luna – Concha Buika y Chucho Valdés – El Último Trago – Warner Músic Latina


Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul aired tonight an awesome contemporary Latin jazz set in which the renown percussionist Ray Mantilla was included. Next, you may find a recent album from his extense career.





Ray Mantilla´s 2006 album “Good Vibrations”, produced by Savant Records, came to Latin Soul tonight for the first time. Mr. Mantilla has had a long life career in jazz since he started with the percussion back in 1950s playing for the best orchestras of the time such as Xavier Cugat and Miguelito Valdez being so an actual witness and maker of the birth of the so called Afro-Cuban jazz, which is the later Latin jazz. He has accompanied to a large variety of reknown jazz musicians and has seen first-hand the jazz styles evolution during the 20th century. Herbie Mann, Freddie Hubbard, Max Roach, the Art Blakey´s Jazz Messengers, Gato Barbieri, Dizzy Gillespie, Paquito D'Rivera among the greatest in jazz history. By the late 70s and 80s he put together his own band and ever since there has been quite a few albums released under his very own name. Latin Soul is presenting his latest to date. “Good Vibrations” is a collection of Latin contemporary jazz tunes, flashing back to days of 60s lounge with Mike Freeman at the vibes, amazing wonderful cool piano sound by the experienced Edy Martínez, and the expertise of Steve Berríos as a guest percussionist, among other great studio musicians in jazz scene today. The overall is music to enjoy quietly and get carried away by its constant and soft percussion driven by the piano solos and the vibes. Latin Soul played the Latin version of Benny Goodman´s “Flying home”. It sured made us fly to the home of Latin jazz in North East Texas: Latin Soul!