September 20 - Show #95

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


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

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

Afro – The Ipanemas – Afro Bossa – Far Out Recordings

Monte adentro – Mongo Santamaría – Afro Roots – Prestige

Afro – Mongo Santamaría – Afro Roots – Prestige

El rumbón (the party) – Chucho Valdés – Briyumba Palo Congo (Religion of the Congo) –Blue Note

Tres negros – Omar Sosa – Afreecanos – Otá Records

Brazil – Mark Weinstein – Jazz Brasil – Jazzheads

Maramoor mambo – Bobby Matos & his Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble – Beautiful as the Moon –Lifeforce Jazz Records

Los aretes de la luna – David Sánchez – Compilation Latin Jazz La Combinación Perfecta – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

El toro – Gabor Szabo – Compilation From Latin… to Jazz Dance Vol. 5 – Rare Grooves Recordings

Ibérico Jazz – Quinteto Montelirio – Ibérico Jazz -Las Producciones de Antoliano Toldos 1967/72 – Vampi Soul

Camel walk – The Latinaires – El Barrio -The Bad Boogaloo Nu Yorican Sounds 1966/70 –Fania

Green Onions – Jack Costanzo & Gerry Woo – Compilation Latin Soul Descarga & Boogaloo – Manzana Producciones Discográficas

Forever song – Mosquitos – Mosquitos – Bar None Records

Valencia – Josh Rouse – El Turista – Yep Roc Records

Lágrimas de amor – Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell – Lágrimas Mexicanas – eOne Music

Te amo, I love you – Ely Guerra – Sweet & Sour, Hot Y Spicy – Higher Octave Music

Bueninvento – Julieta Venegas – Bueninvento – Ariola/BMG

Barataria – Palo Viejo – Estás Aquí Ahora – Self-produced album: www.myspace.com/paloviejo


Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul had an awesome first part of the show, if not the whole show!, tonight, being dedicated to the Afro influence in Latin and Brazilian music, which is a lot to say actually. Among all those great tunes, two of them by Mongo Santamaría, out of his album “Afro Roots”. Next, you may read the review from Fernando González from the Editorial Reviews of Amazon.com



Released by the label Prestige in 1989. A compilation of Cuban conguero Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria's first two albums for Fantasy Records, Afro Roots features not only an all-star percussion section, including Willie Bobo, Francisco Aguabella, Carlos Vidal, and Armando Perazza, but also musicians such as flutist Paul Horn, vibist Cal Tjader, and saxophonist Jose "Chombo" Silva. This disc also includes the original version of Santamaria's classic "Afro-Blue" (a simmering, sensual reading featuring Horn). The music, closer to traditional Cuban music than to any notion of Latin jazz, sounds as fresh and engaging as when it was recorded, in 1958. The set includes nods to traditional Afro-Cuban religious ritual music ("Afro-Blue," "Bata," "Imaribayo") and classic rumba ("Chano Pozo," "Meta Rumba," "Yambu," "Columbia") but also conga ("Conga Pa Gozar"), merengue-rumba ("Che-Que-Re-Que-Che-Que"), and an elegant but forceful mambo ("Mazacote," featuring Tjader). – By Fernando González, from Editorial Reviews at Amazon.com