September 13 - Show #94

Theme: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label


Besito pa ti – La Lupe – Compilation Lo Mejor de La Lupe – EMI Latino

Don’t squeeze the peaches – Jack Costanzo & Gerry Woo – Latin Percussion with Soul – Vampi Soul

Latin Soul Square dance – Joe Bataan & Los Fulanos – King of Latin Soul – Vampi Soul

El manisero – Anita O’Day – Compilation Latin Jazz – Jazzclub/Verve

It’s not unusual – Willie Bobo – Compilation Latin Jazz – Jazzclub/Verve

Trinidad – Willie Bobo – Compilation Latino Blue -Blue Note Jazz con Sabor Latino – Blue Note

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

The bullfighter from Madrid – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra & Quintet – Jazz Flamenco – RCA/BMG

(Se acabó) la malanga – Bobby Hutcherson – Montara – Blue Note

Mini Skirt – Mambo Zombies – Mambo Zombies – Self-produced album: MamboZombies.com

You belong to my heart (Solamente una vez) – Esquivel and his Orchestra – Latin-Esque – RCA/BMG

Andalucía – Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica – The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel – Self-produced album: www.orchestrotica.com

Somewhere over the rainbow – Peter MacDonough – The Wizard of Oz -A Latin Jazz Suite – Self-produced album: www.petermacdonough.com

Candombe – Antonio Restucci – Crisol – Petroglyph Records

Samba de Orpheus – Grant Green & Big John Patton – Iron City – Savoy Jazz

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

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

Arroz con cocolón – Yuri Juárez – Afroperuano – Saponegro Records

Sonido amazónico – Los Mirlos – Back to Peru -The most complete compilation of
Peruvian underground 64-74 – Vampi Soul

La valse créole – Jaime Cuadra & Pamela Rodríguez – Cholo Soy 2 – Quadrasonic Ideas

Mediterráneo – Joan Manuel Serrat – Compilation Cantautores – Ariola/BMG

Pongamos que hablo de Madrid – Joaquín Sabina – Compilation Cantautores – Ariola/BMG


Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul presented today an original Esquivel composition and two renditions to different tunes by him. Following, you may see a review by Mark Betcher from http://artworkbymanicmark.blogspot.com/2011/09/latin-esque-esquivel-and-his-orchestra on the album “Latin-Esque”, originally released by RCA in 1961.





This is a marvelous Stereo Action entry from Esquivel. Stereo Action was a series of records RCA issued to help cash in on the emerging "stereo" trend. Each album featured a different artist who may or may not have worked with engineers to get the most out of the "stereo" technology. All of the jackets were made of heavy cardboard with some sort of die-cut that allowed the 4-color printed sleeve that was also made of cardboard, to peek through.

I can't say I love all of the Stereo Action entries and still have others I need to collect to help make comparisons. But, on a few that I have in the collection, RCA tended to mess with channel switching to the point that the "stereo action" becomes annoying. But, this Stereo Action rocks. The music is a great blend of late 50s and early 60s space age, easy listening vocals and ping-pong. Esquivel could arrange so that each tune was interesting and different, yet fit into a theme. Review taken from Mark Betcher at http://artworkbymanicmark.blogspot.com/2011/09/latin-esque-esquivel-and-his-orchestra.html