Various Artists

Best of Latin Jazz (648060)

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Best of Latin Jazz

Various Artists

New Continent

8436569194591

NCT 155649

648060

LATIN

3

Currently unavailable

CD 9,99 €

• 3-CD SET

• 10-PANEL DIGIPACK SPECIAL EDITION

• INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

Latin Jazz has been an important and evolving current in jazz since the mid-1940s, when Dizzy Gillespie invited the legendary Cuban conga drummer Chano Pozo to join his big band. However, Latin rhythms were present in jazz even earlier, as proven by such recordings as Louis Armstrong’s 1930 “The Peanut Vendor” (a reworking of Cuban pianist and conductor Moisés Simóns’ “El Manicero”). Even such an iconic jazz piece as W. C. Handy’s 1914 “St. Louis Blues” has a habanera-tresillo bass line. Latin Jazz would gain prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, with such celebrated figures as Ray Barretto, Cándido Camero, Tito Puente, Bebo Valdés, Pérez Prado, and Mongo Santamaría. Many American artists, such as Gerald Wilson, Quincy Jones, and the aforementioned Dizzy Gillespie, even composed their own Latin songs, as did pianist Herbie Hancock, whose “Watermelon Man” became a hit after being recorded by Mongo Santamaría. This 3-CD set compiles some of the genre’s finest performances.

CD 1: SOUL JAZZ

  • 01 Herbie Hancock: WATERMELON MAN
  • 02 Mongo Santamaría: BLUCHANGA
  • 03 Tito Puente: CHINO
  • 04 Ray Barretto: COCINANDO SUAVE
  • 05 Bobby Montez: TITORO
  • 06 Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Ray Barretto: GUANCO LAMENT
  • 07 Sérgio Mendes: LOVE FOR SALE
  • 08 Mark Murphy: IT’S LIKE LOVE
  • 09 Mongo Santamaría: ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
  • 10 Ray Barretto: MANHA DE CARNAVAL
  • 11 Francisco Aguabella Orchestra: QUÉ MAMBO
  • 12 Tito Puente: EL CAYUCO
  • 13 Quincy Jones: BOOGIE BOSSA NOVA
  • 14 Pérez Prado: QUIZÁS, QUIZÁS, QUIZÁS
  • 15 Bebo Valdés: ESTOY MATIZANDO
  • 16 Herbie Mann with Patato Valdés: TODOS LOCOS
  • 17 Peruchín: LA MULATA RUMBERA
  • 18 Ray Barretto: SUMMERTIME
  • 19 Cal Tjader con Armando Peraza: MISTY
  • 20 Cándido Camero: AFRO BLUE
  • TOTAL TIME: 78:40 Min

CD 2: LATINO

  • 01 Ray Barretto: PACHANGA SUAVECITO
  • 02 Gerald Wilson with Modesto Durán: VIVA TIRADO
  • 03 Tito Puente with Bobby Rodríguez: HONG KONG MAMBO
  • 04 Sabu Martínez: THE ORACLE
  • 05 Mongo Santamaría: WATERMELON MAN
  • 06 Jack Costanzo: LATIN FEVER
  • 07 Joe Cuba: STORMY WEATHER
  • 08 Chico O’Farrill with Tata Güines: LÁGRIMAS NEGRAS
  • 09 Mauricio Smith: DOUG’S ROOM
  • 10 Dizzy Gillespie: TIN TIN DEO
  • 11 George Shearing with Armando Peraza: CARAVAN
  • 12 Quincy Jones: SOUL BOSSA NOVA
  • 13 Ben E. King: AMOR
  • 14 Tito Puente: OYE CÓMO VA
  • 15 Eddie Palmieri: CONMIGO
  • 16 Pérez Prado: MAMBO No.5
  • 17 Efraín Mon Rivera: LLUVIA CON NIEVE
  • 18 Tito Puente & Ray Barretto: EL BAJO
  • 19 Red Garland & Ray Barretto: MANTECA
  • 20 Tito Puente: CARAMELOS
  • 21 Celia Cruz: MARCIANITA
  • TOTAL TIME: 76:21 Min

CD 3: AFRO-CUBAN ROOTS

  • 01 Cachao: DESCARGA CUBANA
  • 02 Dizzy Gillespie & Chano Pozo: MANTECA
  • 03 Cal Tjader with Armando Peraza: ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
  • 04 Bebo Valdés with Tata Güines: SPECIAL DEL BEBO
  • 05 Joe Cuba: TEMPTATION
  • 06 Machito with Cannonball Adderley, Cándido Camero & Patato Valdés: CONGO MULENCE
  • 07 Peruchín with Tata Güines: OUT OF NOWHERE
  • 08 Tito Puente: MAMBO BEAT
  • 09 Ray Barretto: JAZZ PACHANGA
  • 10 Mongo Santamaría with Willie Bobo: AFRO BLUE
  • 11 Pérez Prado & Shorty Rogers: I CAN’T GET STARTED
  • 12 Cándido Camero: EXACTLY LIKE YOU
  • 13 Noro Morales: SAONA
  • 14 Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Ray Barretto: AFRO JAWS
  • 15 Sérgio Mendes: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
  • 16 Charlie Parker & Machito: MANGO MANGUE
  • 17 George Shearing with Armando Peraza: MAMBO INN [Live]
  • 18 Machito with Chino Pozo: CANCIÓN
  • 19 Kenny Dorham & Patato Valdés: AFRODISIA
  • 20 Stan Kenton: THE PEANUT VENDOR
  • 21 Billy Taylor & Joe Holiday: I LOVE YOU MUCH TOO MUCH
  • 22 Ray Barretto: DESCARGA LA MODERNA
  • 23 James Moody with Chano Pozo: TIN TIN DEO
  • TOTAL TIME: 77:41 Min