LATIN LATIN BEAT LATIN PICKS From the tango to disco, from Tin Pan Latin rock achieved enormous outreach Johnny Pacheco Alegre -6016 Alley to Nashville, over the past century no thanks largely to , whose fu- QUE SUENE LA FLAUTA - - element of U.S. popular music has been im- sion of acid rock and New York - Producer: Al Santiago reissued in the midst of a mune from the impact of "the Latin tinge." in the late 1960s took him to the top of the Recorded in 1962, this LP is being happening as an alternative to the In fact, musicologist John Storm Roberts charts during the 1970s. charanga explosion notices the relaxed mood of maintains that "Latin American music has Before examining in depth the Latiniza- mainstream salsa scene. As one the striking difference of today's been the single most important outside in- tion of contemporary American popular the tunes on this album, insist on speeding up the rhythm or jum- fluence on American music in this century, styles, the Latin Tinge fully describes - for charanga bands which This album has an all-star cast of bar none whatsoever." His new book, the the first time: ping the clave, is obvious. are excellent. Latin Tinge, is that rarity, a genuine first: the The strong Latin influence on jazz: Mex- musicians. All 10 cuts only book ever to have covered the crucial ican influence in prejazz New Orleans, the made in in jazz, Latins in 1920s contribution that Latin rhythms habanera and tango AFRO -CUBAN JAZZ - Machito/Chico O'Farrill/Charlie forming our uniquely American idiom. and 1930s jazz, the rise of Cubop, jazz Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Verve 2-2522 - Producer: Norman since World War I of this material is original Almost every decade bossa. Much ,;/ Granz has seen songs, rhythms or styles from research that demands re -assessment of ft Verve has combined the sounds of Machito and O'Farrill's , Brazil or elsewhere sweep jazz history as a whole. Cuba, j Orchestras in this album of Afro-Cuban music. The Latin music often in overlapping Latin dance fads: The tango the , very The great has changed since the legendary late '40s early '50s. The moralistic outcries it scene waves: The turn -of -the -century's craze (and the mixing of this album of 78 reissues is fantastic. Chico O'Farrill's twenties' tango; The rumba era. Samba, mambo, habanera; the teens' and evoked). arrangements are superb. Honorable mention goes to music 1940's conga, bossa nova. the 1930's rumba; the chachacha and consultant Joe Conzo. The following all-stars were added to this 1950's mambo The Latin screen guaracha and samba; the Latin Hollywood: masterpiece of Latin jazz: Buddy Rich, Flip Flips and Machito's the late 1920s, through its and chachacha; the 1960's bossa nova and musical from rhythm section. All cuts are superb. the 1970's salsa. high days of the 1940s to its demise in the "These were not marginal fads, but mass '50s. movements," Roberts says. "Out of 163 T he great names: The nationally and in- BORINCUBA AQUI - Borincuba-Libra 2005 - Producer: Mi - popular melodies given more than one ternationally famous, among them Xavier quel Estivlll million performances since 1940, 23 - Cugat, Carmen Miranda, Desi Arnaz and This is Borincuba's second round with the Alhambra Family. around one in seven - were Mexican, Perez Prado, with in-depth (and often sur- IIn this album Borincuba really cooks on material that leans Cuban or Brazilian in style (most were prising) assessments of their musical R4i' . mostly toward moving salsa numbers, except for two beautiful Cuban). Only half as many jazz, blues and merits, based on the original recordings. ILIi boleros. The arrangements are clean throughout the album, soul numbers combined, and around 19 The major and totally neglected tradi- and the orchestra swings hard at all times. Vocals are good. country songs have made the same list." tion of balladry and dance music of the Special credit goes to the timbale player on his solo. All eight During the 1970s, according to Roberts, Texas and California Chicanos, from the sides are excellent. every area of American popular music has 19th century on. been affected - and changed - by Latin The growth of an indigenous Latin music. In fact, since the 1960s, they have music, with Cuban and jazz roots, in the been Latinized to the extent that they would cities of the northeast and especially New SINGLES TO WATCH be unrecognizable without their "Latin York, and the famous musicians that came ROSA FELIX (Maya) Penas Arraigadas (D.A.R.) out of it Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Eddie Tinge." - JORGE DEL ROSAL (Maya) Orgullo (Alvaro Carrillo) During the early '70s, bands like Earth, Palmieri among them. DINAMITA (Fuentes) Ya La Encontre (Luis Perez C) Wind and Fire, War and Mandrill changed As background to all this, the Latin SONORA the fundamental rhythmic pulse of black Tinge devotes a chapter apiece to the VERONICA CASTRO (Peerless) Aprendi A Llorar (Lolita de La Colina) popular music to complex rhythms derived music of Brazil, Cuba and other Latin coun- THE LATIN BROTHERS (Fuentes) Mi Bayo Trachador (Oscar Ospina G) origin which the U.S. drew, and Latin from the Latin "bugalu bass," whose tries from GRUPO LATINO (Peerless) Los Piratas (Morali/Belolo/Lalo) is Cuban bass playing. music's impact on the rest of the world, and HERMANAS RAZO (CBA-Mexico) Lo Que Yo Se (Indalecio Ramirez) Disco rhythms are a blend of Latin and supplies a glossary of musical terms, dis- Brazilian patterns with this already cography and bibliography. LOS ALCANTARA (CBS -Mexico) Hay Mujeres (Roldan S.F. Castro) Latinized modern black playing. In addi- The Latin Tinge, by John Storm Roberts, TROPICAL AMERICA (CBS -Mexico) El Diablo Murlo (Angel Martinez) tion, percussion passages of almost pure published by Oxford University Press, New CUCO SANCHEZ (CBS -Mexico) Mananita A Mi Madre (Cuco Sanchez) Afro-Cuban origin are standard. 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