October 27 - Show #31

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Amor verdadero – Afro-Cuban All Stars – A Toca Cuba Le Gusta – Nonesuch/World Circuit

La negra Tomasa – Compay Segundo – Las Flores De La Vida- Nonesuch/World Circuit

Siempre en mi corazón – Omara Portuondo – Buena Vista Social Club presents – Nonesuch /World Circuit

No puedo ser feliz – Bola de Nieve – Éxitos de Oro – Orfeón

He venido – Los Zafiros – Bossa Cubana – Nonesuch/World Circuit

Patricia – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán – Mambo Sinuendo – Nonesuch/World Circuit

Cherokee – Kristina – Offshore Echoes – Patois Records

Yemayá – Jane Bunnett & Grupo Changuí de Guantánamo– Radio Guantánamo: Guantánamo Blues Project Vol. 1 – Blue Note

Charade – Mike Clinco – Neon – Whaling City Sound

Se é tarde me perdoa – Oscar Castro-Neves & Paul Winter – Brazilian Days – Living Music

Mas que nada – Lani Hall – Brasil Nativo – Windham Hill Jazz

Meia luz – Terra Sul – Kindness of Strangers – Motown Record Company

Os meninos do Brasil – Gonzaguinha – As The World Turns – World Pacific/Capitol Records

Balanca pema – Marisa Montes – Beleza Tropical 2 – Luaka Bop

Para Lennon e McCartney – Friends from Rio – Café Do Brasil-A pure blend of cool Brazilian music – Metro/Union Square Music

Batuque – Daniela Mercury – Beleza Tropical 2 – Luaka Bop

Rios, pontes & overdrives – Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi – Beleza Tropical 2 – Luaka Bop

Nao me estrague o dia – Os Parlamas do Sucesso – Beleza Tropical 2 – Luaka Bop

O eterno pecado horizontal – Che – Sexy 70-Music inspired by the Brazilian sacanagem movies of the 1970’s – Vampisoul

Misturada – Kjeli Ohman – The Mood Mosaic 7-The new shapes of sound – Partners in crime


Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul highlighst tonight a wonderful album to remember the era of vocal groups understood from a Cuban point of view.



“Bossa Cubana” by Los Zafiros is a 1999 compilation of a life career released by World Circuit/Nonesuch. It not only compiles a good collection of songs, but a gone out of memory musical era. Formed in the 1962 recent revolutionary days in Cuba, this band is a tribute to escape art through music. However, following another music Cuban traditional music style, the vocal groups, Los Zafiros came to life -and stayed- in a politically dire shifting time. And they chose, nonetheless, than being The Platters of the Spanish Caribbean and Latin musical scene. The four members, Leoncio Morúa, Miguelito Cancio, Ignacio Elejalde, Eduardo 'el Chino' Hernández, and guitar player Manuel Galbán -who continues to be active composing and releasing albums today- had a cheerful joyful spirit wonderfully transmitted in their doo-wop style. “Bossa Cubana” is an album for a time travel back to vocal harmonies and beautiful 60´s Caribbean love teenager lyrics. Musical inspiration from styles is found not only by the vocal power of singers, also Brazilian (as album name wants to remind) bossa, and Cuban bolero style is involved in the themes here presented. Very popularly acclaimed, they were successful over there they performed, traveling often abroad earning admiration and affection from public, to which it helped the naïvelike personality of their front men, Leoncio and Miguelito. The band stood together until 1972 when they couldn't take over Manuel Galbán departure from the group. Being all songs good, remarkable ones in this album are 'Bossa cubana', 'La luna en tu mirada', 'Por no comprenderte', the cheerful 'Y sabes bien', 'Mi amor, perdóname', 'Sí corazón', getting to the height of the album, the deep even touching in crescendo ballad 'He venido'. Ladies and gentleman, here you have Los Zafiros, or how to enjoy Latin vocal sixties and feel great.

October 20 - Show #30

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

The time is now – Eliane Elías – Compilation Afro-Cuban Jazz Now – Blue Note

El rumbón – Chucho Valdés – Briyumba Palo Congo – Blue Note

Earth dance – Jerry González & The Fort Apache Band – Compilation Calle 54 – Blue Note

La comparsa – Bebo Valdés & Chucho Valdés – Compilation Calle 54 – Blue Note

Spanish fantasy, part IV – Chick Corea – My Spanish Heart – Polydor

Mestizo – Terra Sul – Kindness of Strangers – Motown Records Company

Jambull – Antonio Restucci – Crisol – Petroglyph Records

In the hands of love – Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra – Borrasca – Higher Octave Music

Entre dos aguas – Paco de Lucía – Entre Dos Aguas – Polygram

Ibérico Jazz – Quinteto Montelirio – Ibérico Jazz-Las producciones de Antoliano Toldos 1967/1972 – Vampisoul

Trompeta loca – Conjunto Estif – Ibérico Jazz-Las producciones de Antoliano Toldos 1967/1972 – Vampisoul

Subway Joe – Joe Bataan with Los Fulanos – King of Latin Soul – Vampisoul

New York Soul – Ray Barretto – Compilation Can You Dig It?-Thrilling Rare Grooves from Jazz to Soul’n’Brazil to Boogaloo – Brown Sugar Records

Oh yeah – Joe Cuba – Compilation We Got Latin Soul! – Charly Records

Latin Soul Square Dance – Joe Bataan with Los Fulanos – King of Latin Soul – Vampisoul

Soul limbo – Sexteto Electrónico Moderno – Sounds from the Elegant World-Groovy Night Club Music from Uruguay 1968-71 – Vampisoul


Highlights of the show:

The show of today changed gears once and again, as always in Latin Soul, offering a great mellow mood to end with an upbeat selection. Here you may see some truly interesting albums to keep digging and exploring.



Antonio Restucci´s 2004 album "Crisol" is a musical product of what its title truly means in Spanish, crucible. The native Chilean Barcelona, Spain resident musician melts here the many influences from his career. His instrument is the guitar and mandolin. The album opens with a Latin jazz tune, 'Candela' and follows paths where a more prominent place is given to his guitar and piano sounds. It all shows a mellow mood piano jazz atmosphere, to which contemporary jazz tunes will approach by the hand of the instrumentation of two main figures in Spain fusion jazz, as Jorge Pardo´s soprano saxophone and Carlos Benavent´s bass, as in tracks 4, 'Después de la tierra' or track 9, 'Jambull'. More atmospheres to feel is the African influence of the udu in track 3 'Crisol' being a great sample of fussion with Zoltan Lantos´ violin and Mr. Restucci´s mandolin and guitar plucking. The approach to flamenco oriented rhtyms comes in tracks 5 and 6, 'Estrellas de arena' and 'Gypsy sunrise', with the collaboration of Eva Durán at the voice and palms, and Sergio Ramos at palms, and cajón percussion. Joyful tunes as the mandolin driven 'Evocación' along more introspective ones as the closing piano jazz reminiscent tune 'Esperanza' are found through the 50 minutes of the album. An album worthwhile listening to enjoy of moments of relax, slow pace, and thoughtfulness.



With "Sounds from the elegant world-groovy night club music from Uruguay 1968-71", once again the Madrid, Spain based label Vampisoul, especialized in digging musical archeology in search of vestiges and gems from the past, brings this great album which does not deserve to fall into oblivion. A compilation released in 2005 covering tunes from four of the five original albums that Sexteto Electrónico Moderno released between the years 1969 and 1971. SEM was a band original from Uruguay that became very popular -a true new sensation of sound!- in the South Cone with their blend of pop jazzy soul, bossa nova, easy listening, and nightclub music from back in the days when beat pop and soul were more at their height. You may find a great rendition of 'Soul limbo', 'I say a little prayer', 'The look of love' and 'Je t'aime, moi non plus', which were great hits in that time. Among those, compositions by SEM -remarkable 'Soul nuevo', 'My job', 'Muere pequeña bestia', 'Gin tonic', or 'Ramblin'- dealing with the parameters of the hammond organ, the vibes, or the brass section and the piano. A great album, in conclusion, to recall those days and what it has been reborn in the 1990's as lounge music. Relax, get cool, get your Martini, indulge yourself and enjoy frivolity.

October 13 - Show #29

Theme song: Chin chon chow - Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

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

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

It’s not unusual – Willie Bobo – Spanish Grease – Verve

Afro mood – Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble – Just Like Magic – LP Inc.

Pent-up house – The Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project – In The Middle – Cagoots Records

Pogo sticks – Bill O’Connell with Dave Valentin & Bob Malach – Latin Jazz Fantasy – Random Chance Records

The Katanga patrol – Tanaóra – Día Real – Moondo Records

Merceditas – Gato Barbieri – Bolivia – Flying Dutchman/BMG

Me caí – Pacifika – Asunción – Six Degrees Records

Lía – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self-produced: carmenlamarque.com

Feio nao e bonito – Oscar Castro-Neves & Paul Winter – Brazilian Days – Living Music/Windham Hill

Tres curumins – Lani Hall – Brasil Nativo – Windham Hill Jazz

Flor amorosa – Altamiro Carrilho – Wind of Brazil (um sopro de brasil) – Adventure Music/Núcleo Contamporaneo

Terra do indio – Marcos Ariel – Terra Do Indio – WEA Latina

Amalgam – Mike Clinco – Neon – Whaling City Sound

Sancochao – Richie Zellón – Landología-Afro-Peruvian Jazz – Songosaurus Music

Landología – Richie Zellón – Landología-Afro-Peruvian Jazz – Songosaurus Music

Landú – Manuel Miranda – Compilation El Sonido del Jazz-Afro Jazz Peruano – TDV Perú



Highligths of the show:

The show ended today offering a sample of jazz made in Perú. Having been played a few times in Latin Soul, it needs a review on the so called Afro-Peruvian jazz. Next, the seminal album of this style, Landología.



Richie Zellón is a deep well read and studied virtuoso guitar player whose career on music teaching goes along his career on music composition and scattered works released through the years. He is original from Lima, Perú, where he first pursued music studies under the direction of the by then director of the Symphonic Orquestra of Lima. Later on he pursued studies in the US as well as leading jazz ensembles, founding a Latin jazz label for the promotion of new artists. A little introduction to Mr. Zellón is required when talking about the album Landología for what it means in the musical scene from Perú, and so Southamerica. It is the seminal work of the so called “afro-peruvian jazz”. This album has made new artists feel inspired and start a career on the of these two musical languages such as jazz and the afro-peruvian, on one hand, and the Peruvian criollo music tradition on the other. First released in 1982 under the name 'Retrato en blanco y negro', it has been reissued in 2007 with the title of 'Landología – Afro-Peruvian Jazz – La histórica primera grabación realizada en 1982'. A truly long title aiming to put things in its place: many Peruvian jazz bands from today have followed the path set by Mr. Zellón´s pioneer album. And what may you find when you start listening? First thing one notices is the fondness for rhythmical percussion instrumentation obtained with the “cajón”, which a wooden box where a musician is sit on top and hitting with his hands. That's the quintessential Peruvian percussion instrument. The presence of it in the album -and usually Peruvian jazz albums- is from beginning to end. The instrumentation in general is marked by the steady beat and the remarkable hollow sound marked by the bass. A contemporary jazz taste also gives a patina to the whole album. The tracks are instrumental with a strong remark on bass, steady cajón beats, and Mr. Zellón guitar plucking. The outcome is a great fusion of styles where the esence of the criollo traditional Peruvian music and the Afro-Peruvian is encapsuled and lead with the guitar harmonies. At times offering a naïve sound, for the simplicity and playfully rhythm, like in track 5 'Festejo', joyful as in tracks 2 and 3, 'Landología' and 'Sancochao'; going to more straight contemporary jazz as in track 6 'Historia de amor en El Carmen'. Truly enjoyable is track 7 'Para una dama distante' and ending the original album with a coda to "Landología" as track 8, 'Café con leche' and short 9 'Mueve tus pies' are. Hopefully the new 2007 release comes with bonus tracks live. The long 13 minute theme 'La gran Cocoroca' just envelops you in the musical notes and makes you definitively fall for the album. In conclusion, "Landología", the title is in itslef neologism very appropriated for what the album encloses: landó is the original name by which is know the Afro-Peruvian traditional music in this Southamerican country, until which the African rhythm of Angola´s londu arrived back in the day, and being given today a new twist by contemporary jazz musicians from Perú, such as the impulse given here by Richie Zellón, and his large ensemble.

October 6 - Show #28

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

María, María – Mercedes Sosa – 30 años – Polydor

Gracias a la vida – Mercedes Sosa – 30 años – Polydor

Sólo le pido a Dios – Mercedes Sosa – 30 años – Polydor

Latin thing – Benítez – Playtime-Latinsoul Boogaloo – Hi & Fly Records

Grazin’ in the grass – Orchestra Harlow & Ismael Miranda – Playtime-Latinsoul Boogaloo – Hi & Fly Records

Dame un tipi – Frankie Dante & Orquesta Flamboyan – Playtime-Latinsoul Boogaloo – Hi & Fly Records

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

El watusi – Cal Tjader – Primo – OJC/Fantasy

Cabato – Wild Bill Davis – From Latin to Jazz Dance Vol.5 – Rare Groove Recordings

Boo-go-loo – Les McCann – Bucket O’Grease – Verve

Night in Tunisia – Buck Clarke Sound – From Latin to Jazz Dance Vol.5 – Rare Groove Recordings

You have changed my life – Jane Bunnett – Radio Guantánamo: Guantánamo Blues Project Vol.1 – Blue Note

El pez – Tanaóra – Día Real – Moondo Records

Going up! – Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet – ¡Bien Bien! – Patois Records

Beijo de longe – Cesaria Evora – Café Atlantico – RCA

Cinamon & clove – Lee Evans – Cinamon & Clove – Verve

Take seven – Roger Roger – The Mood Mosaic 7-“the new shapes of sound” – Partners in crime

El embajador y yo – Jaime Delgado Aparicio – El Embajador Y Yo-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Vampisoul

A starlett for you – Andre Luterau – The Mood Mosaic 7-“the new shapes of sound” – Partners in crime

My job – Sexteto Electrónico Moderno – Sounds from the Elegant World-Groovy night club music from Uruguay 1968-71 – Vampisoul

Misturada – Kjeli Ohman – The Mood Mosaic 7-“the new shapes of sound” – Partners in crime

Dedicated to love – Manfred Hübler & Siegfred Schwab – Vampyros Lesbos Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Crippled dick hot wax!



Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul great moments of the night have been the amazing Latin funk and soul tunes from the compilation "Playtime-Latinsoul Boogaloo" and the delightful melodies by Jane Bunnett. Here you may find a review on both albums.


The France and Luxembourg based label Hy & Fly brings this awesome compilation released in 2005. In their series of “Playtime”, they explore mainly the 70´s through funk and soul rhythms for the most part, also combined with jazz and Latin, depending on the volume. The vintage dancefloor feeling and sounds is the formula. This compilation is the volume 1 of the subseries “Playtime Latinsoul Boogaloo” and it truly is an assett for any radio show to air these tunes. More than other compilations in boogaloo, here a demanding listener will find authentic crossover gems of soul and Latin beats. Setting the tone with the hot and upbeat opening track “Latin thing” by Benítez, songs come one after the other, the classic Ralfi Pagan´s “Latin soul”, The TNT band´s “The meditation”, a Latin review of “Grazin´in the grass” by Ismael Miranda & Orchestra Harlow, even a Latin-doo wop crossover by Joey Pastrana in “Sincerely”. Ray Barretto is present with “El bantú”, following the path of his popular “El watusi”. The king of Latin soul, Joe Bataan is present with “I´m satisfied”. Remarkable as well, and that´s a lot to say among so many good tunes, “Dame un tipi” by Frankie Dante & Orquesta Flamboyán. Those artists and many more you may find in the album. It contains 17 thrilling tracks which will satisfy those who know Latin soul and funk, and will make fall for it to new listeners. To sum up, an album highly recommended to own and offer amazing music and good taste in your parties.


Jane Bunnett is a Canadian jazz musician whose instrument is the soprano sax and the flute. She has long been exploring the fusion of Afro-Cuban beats and jazz melodies. In order to do so, for years she has been traveling to Cuba to absorb inspiration and knowledge. Along with her support band The Spirits of Havana and quite a numerous guests among which she counted with Grupo Changüí de Santiago and Grupo Changüí de Guantánamo, she presents this album “Radio Guantánmo: Guantánamo Blues Project Vol.1”. Released by Blue Note, it obtained the 2006 Juno Award Winner for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year. Here you may find a sample of contemporary melodies beautifully carried out with the sound of her sax and her ensemble The Spirits of Havana when such mix has been nicely achieved. It is a long album with different influences, letting different musical discourses along the tracks. In the end, you have heard contemporary jazz tunes with a Latin flavor as the opening track “Changui para Alfredo”, “You have changed my life”, or “Conga blue”; whereas other tunes lie on a more purely Afro-Cuban inspired musical territory, as the “changüí” style from Guantánamo bay, where the album has found base for the recording and collaborations to happen. A moving theme is dedicated to the city of New Orleans. Nonetheless, this album is realised the year that hurricane Katrina hit and so was “New Orleans under water”. In conclusion, an amalgam of diverse ethnic sounds seamlessly threaded which outcome is worthwhile to explore to find joy and peace of spirit.

September 29 - Show #27

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

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

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

Home cooking – Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits – In Case You Missed It – Jazzheads

Something grand – Hilton Ruiz – Live at Birdland – Candid

El negro, part 2 – Los Hombres Calientes – Vol.3 New Congo Square – Basin Street Records

Just kidding – Michel Camilo – One More Once – Columbia

Midnight sun – Ray Mantilla – Good Vibrations – Savant Records

Soul burst – Cal Tjader – Talkin’ Verve-Roots of Acid Jazz – Verve

Soul sauce – Cal Tjader – Talkin’ Verve-Roots of Acid Jazz – Verve

Hip hug her – Chico O’Farrill – Talkin’ Verve-Mambomania – Verve

Papa Willie – Mongo Santamaría – Instant Party – Concord Records

Sabre dance – Lalo Schifrin – Talkin’ Verve-Mambomania – Verve

Love and passion – Sarah Vaughan and Milton Nascimento – Brazilian Romance – CBS

Gostoso veneno – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self-produced: carmenlamarque.com

P’ra que dinheiro? – Martinho da Vila – Compilation The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhthms Vol. 5 - Rare Groove Recordings

Viver de amour – Nair de Candia – Café Do Brazil-A Pure Blend of Cool Brazilian Music – Metro/Union Square Music

Sahara – Gerardo Núñez – Calima – Alula Records

Jarabi – Ketama-Toumani Diabate-Danny Thompson – Songhai – Hannibal Records

No pido mucho – Veneno – Veneno – CBS/Sony



Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul opened today with a new release that has had quite an echo in the specialized jazz publications. Here you may find a review of the latest 2009 album by Wayne Wallace.


¡Bien Bien! is the title given to the last work by Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet, released by Patois Records. A natural from San Francisco, the long-life trombonist Wayne Wallace puts together again his Latin Jazz Quintet and brings in this 2009 a nine track album plenty of good contemporary Latin jazz. Included in the quintet, you may find Murray Low at the piano, Michael Spiro at the percussion, David Belove at the bass, and Paul van Wageningen at trap drums. In other words, some of the regulars in studio for current great Latin jazz big names as Pete Escovedo, Chico O'Farrill or Eddie Palmieri. You also may find themes going from Wallace´s compositions to readings on Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins or John Coltrane themes. To sum up, an album full of good melodies and rhythms opening with a cheerful and chilling tune entitled as the album, setting the mood for the rest of the album. Great instrument dialogues in Going up!, or Building bridges, in turns with steady mellow rhythms as in Solid. A very balanced album with great instrumentalists working together wonderfully under the supervision and production of Wayne Wallace himself.

September 22 - Show #26

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Água de beber/Mais que nada – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self-produced: carmenlamarque.com

Nao deixa o samba morrer – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self-produced: carmenlamarque.com

Fotografia – Antonio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina – Elis & Tom – Verve

Deve ser amor – Vinícius de Morais & Odette Lara – Vinicíus + Odette Lara

Yatra-tá – Tania María – The Real Tania Maria: Wild! – Concord Picante

Summer samba – Ramsey Lewis – Goin Latin – Verve

Brazil – Grant Green – The Latin Bit – Blue Note

Work song – Vince Guaraldi – The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi – Fantasy Records

Stepping stone – Ray Vega, with Joe Locke at the vibes – Boperation – Concord Picante

Poinciana – Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri – El Sonido Nuevo/The New Soul Sound – Verve

A night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie – Afro – Verve

Tin tin deo – Dizzy Gillespie and The United Nation Orchestra – Live at The Royal

Festival Hall – Enja Records

María Domingas – Gato Barbieri – Bolivia/Under Fire – Flying Dutchman-BMG Music

Morning prayer – Pharoah Sanders – Thembi – Impulse!

Coast ride – Peter Reno – Morphine Mambo Jazz Club – Plastics

Judith – Xavier Cugat – Music to Watch Girls By – Vintage/Hitland

Elusive Samantha – J. Hawksworth – Morphine Mambo Jazz Club – Plastics

Llegando a la capital – Jaime Delgado Aparicio – El Embajador y Yo (Original motion picture soundtrack) – Vampisoul

Isometría – Jaime Delgado Aparicio – El Embajador y Yo (Original motion picture soundtrack) – Vampisoul

Harder they fall – Peter Reno – Morphine Mambo Jazz Club – Plastics

Soul Nuevo – Sexteto Electrónico Moderno – Sounds From The Elegant World – Vampisoul



Highlights of the show:

This is an album from a favourite artist of Latin Soul. Here you may read a review for a song that was a remarkable one in the show tonight.


Gato Barbieri's “Bolivia and Under Fire” double feature album is a reedition of his two different albums released in 1973 and 1971 respectively. These albums belong to the Argetinian's career first stage. His life-long production extends up to 2002, yet Mr. Barbieri can still be seen at few and scarce performances in the latest times. “Bolivia and Under Fire” are albums where all the fierceless of Barbieri's tenor sax is remarkable. It was the time of innovation with the so-called free jazz, for which Mr. Barbieri fell in his early albums. The evolution of the sax is absolutely atonishing, creating an ethereal atmosphere of sound layers among which the sound of sax is leading the tone from harsh to soft to mellow to overwhelming. Mr. Barbieri is credited for being a pioneer of the fussion and what has been called “world music”. Especially in the album “Bolivia”, traditional sounds from the Andean musical folklore is included, even the theme “Bolivia” resembles the sound and structure of indigenous tunes. That is going to be constant in Gato Barbieri's early years. As a result, an incredible mix of avant-garde jazz with traditional indigenous tunes from South America. Many have fallen for Barbieri's distinctive sounds. The theme “María Domingas” is remarkable among the ones in “Under Fire” letting you get carried away with the pop rhythm that drums add to it. Summarizing, a truly discover if you want to get an awesome approach to the way Gato Barbieri understand jazz. You may be familiar with his later years, where he is more dedicated to smooth jazz, which some find irreconcilable with his experimentation years, as the album tonight presented in Latin Soul does. Stay tuned, since this album is going to be explored more often in Latin Soul, in your station 88.9 KETR at ketr.org.

September 15 - Show #25

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Wave – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self produced: carmenlamarque.com

Chega de saudade – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self produced: carmenlamarque.com

Garota de Ipanema – Carmen Lamarque – Live in Lima – Self produced: carmenlamarque.com

Agua de beber – Pilar de la Hoz – Jazz con Sabor Peruano – Jaguar Music Records

María Lando – Susana Baca – Lamento Negro – Hip-O Records

Callejón de un solo caño – Pilar Ayllón, Jean Pierre Magnet & La Gran Banda – Del Perú Para El Mundo – Jaguar Music Records

Peanut vendor (El manisero) – Anita O’Day – Anita O’Day Sings the Winners – Verve

Mas que nada – Ella Fitzgerald – Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It) – WEA

Nothing will be as it was – Sara Vaughan with Milton Nascimento – Brazilian Romance – CBS

A love supreme – Conrad Herwig – The Latin Side of John Coltrane – Astor Place Records

Tom Thumb – Conrad Herwig – The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter – Half Note Records

Midnight sun – Ray Mantilla – Good Vibrations – Savant Records

Encendido – Dave Valentin – Come Fly With Me – High Note Records

The magician – Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion – The Magician – Savant Records

Who do I trust (Jive State Suite) – Pete Rodríguez – El Alquimista – El Conde Negro Music

Dr. Macumba – Pete Escovedo – Mister E – Bellaphon/Crossover

Orobroy – Dorantes – Orobroy – Phantom Sound & Vision

The dolphin – Niño Josele – Paz-Tribute to Bill Evans – Sony International

Guardian angel - Paco de Lucía, John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola - Friday Night In San Francisco Live - Philips



Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul had great moments tonight. One especially remarkable was the opening set by Carmen Lamarque and her recently released self-produced album ‘Live in Lima’.


Carmen Lamarque is a vocal jazz singer from Perú who has finally seen realized the all-artists-dream of having an album released. Good news is, then, that the general public is to enjoy now what some connoisseurs already knew for following her performances in small clubs in Atlanta or Milwaukee, where she resides at the present time. This self-produced album recently out in 2009 is a live performance in her home town, Lima, capital of Perú. The album is a collection of all-time great bossa nova classics such as ‘Wave’, ‘Chega de Saudade’, and ‘Garota de Ipanema’. The three of them were aired tonight in Latin Soul. You also may find ‘Agua de beber’, ‘Mas que nada’, ‘Tristeza’, ‘Gostoso veneno’ or ‘Nao diexa que te quiera’. All in the original languages. There are songs in Spanish and English as well. Not a problem for the high interpretative skills of Ms. Lamarque, who leaves proof of her versatility in languages and the power of her voice. The ensamble accompanying her, yet small, does a great job and even adds a Peruvian touch with the use of “cajón” (wooden box) at the percussion. In conclusion, an album doing a great review of bossa from an artist who very well could be the next great Peruvian jazz vocalist following the path she just started here.

September 8 - Show #24

Theme song: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Times are changin’ – Jimmy Sabater/Louie Ramírez – Louie’s Grooves – Vampisoul

A deeper shade of soul – Ray Barretto – Acid – Fania

Oh, yeah! – Joe Cuba Sextet – We Got Latin Soul – Charly Records

Boogaloo mania – Charlie Palmieri – Rough Guide to Bogaloo – World Music Network

Fever – La Lupe – El Barrio: The Bad Boogaloo Nu Yorican Sounds 1066-1970 – Fania

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

One, two, three – Ramsey Lewis – Goin’ Latin – Verve

Soul limbo – Cándido – Thousand Finger Man – Blue Note

McCanna – Les McCann Ltd. – A gozar! – Blue Note

La bruja negra – Joe Torres – Latino Con Soul – World Pacific

Soul cha – Joe Torres – Latino Con Soul – World Pacific

Latin bit – The Jazz Crusaders – A gozar! – Blue Note

El arriero – Gato Barbieri – Fénix – RCA/BMG France

Ilya – Irakere – The Best of Irakere – Sony

Samba Toff – Sexteto de Jazz Moderno – The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms Vol. 5 – Rare Groove

Isto é bossa nova – Os Farroupilhas – The Bossa Nova Exciting Jazz Samba Rhythms Vol. 5 – Rare Groove

Mr. Lucky – Vince Guaraldi – The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi – Fantasy/Original Jazz Classics

Lumen – Moonshine – Café Do Brasil: A Pure Blend of Cool Brazilian Music – Metro/Union Square Music

Sem essa – Wilson Simonal – Can You Dig It? Thrilling Rare Grooves from Jazz to Soul ‘n’ Brazil to Boogaloo – Brown Sugar Records

Corcovado – Everything but the girl – Red Hot + Rio – Antilles/Verve



Highlights of the show:

Latin Soul opened today with a great set of boogaloo and Latin soul. Great kick off setting the tone for fun and crazy dance. Here you may find a review on two of the albums which are long-time favourites of Latin Soul!




Latin Soul opened today with a set of boogaloo, a catchy rhythm based on fusion of different musical styles. The tag of Latin soul also lies close to describing what this sound is like: the sinergies from musicias growing and living in the Spanish and Black Harlem from the late 60´s and early 70´s in New York City. These two albums here reviewed are compilations presented which have been favourites of the show since the very first days of Latin Soul back in February. Either 'We Got Latin Soul', released in 1987 by the British label Charly Records, or 'El Barrio: The Bad Boogaloo Nu Yorican Sounds 1966-1970', a Fania label 2006 reissue, are great compilations to get introduced to this ephemeral style that wiped the Latin club scene and airwaves during a bunch of years at a crossroads of styles and changing times. From this sounds, the more popular salsa started to get more popular, and boogaloo couldn´t fit any longer. It is a hard position to be at when you may sound more like soul with English lyrics and next track lacks the presence of the brass and it is pure steady Latin rhythm. Nonetheless, the innovation and the fresh sounds catched a fire for a while, and today they are great tunes to revisit and check on creativity of artists of the times. The clapping beat present along the songs is truly an asset to let one self be carried away and twist, shout and grab if you are to dance in company. Preety much all the great Latin artists of the time had themselves carried away and participated of the new movement. 'We Got Latin Soul' opens with a long-time favourite that got to the top of the charts and put boogaloo on the map: 'El watusi', by the obiquotous Ray Barretto is a hot tune sustained by a monotone catchy piano beat and a crazy percussion as background to a conversation-like lyrics in Spanish. Ray Barretto and his percussion is to Latin soul what Miles Davis to cool jazz. You may find his 'Soul drummers' and he also closes the album with 'Boogaloo con soul'. Awesome timbales solos guaranteed! The rest of the album presents artists such as Joe Cuba with 'Sock it to me' and 'Oh, yeah', the song aired tonight, two pure fun tunes grabbing you to at least tip and tap your foot, even jump here and there. Joe Bataan´s 'It´s a good feeling (riot)' couldn't be a more accurate pick. Tito Puente is brought with two tunes as well, remarkable the rendition done to Miriam Makeba´s classic ' Pata pata'. In conclusion, a must have if you want to know more of Latin sounds with a very peculiar prospective on a very hot sound. The second compilation -El Barrio: The Bad Boogaloo Nu Yorican Sounds 1966-1970'- is another boogaloo must have to enjoy and know the basics of the style. Some big hits of Latin as La Lupe and her version on 'Fever', the song aired tonight, alternate with more obscure artists as the great The Latinaires, whose 'Camel walk' theme is a favourite of Latin Soul. You may find here artists as Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Ralph Robles, Johnny Colón, Bobby Valentín and Joe Cuba, among other great and maybe not so popular musicians. More tracks in this album than this other and a more varied selection truly enjoyable. These two albums and you'll be trapped in the clapping, the hot lyrics -mostly in English-, the beating piano and the soul brass, just to describe it somehow. Truly recomendable music to have fun. As they said in the heat of the boogaloo moment: Sock it to me!! All of this and more, always on Latin Soul, on Tuesdays nights at nine pm on the North East Texas region on 88.9 FM KETR, or on ketr.org. Thanks for listening!