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01. Tito Puente - Mamey Colorao
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02. Orquesta Aragon - El Baile Suavito
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03. La Playa Sextet - Garbage Man's Cha Cha Cha
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04. Machito & His Afrocubans - Rico Vacilon
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05. Orquesta De José Curbelo - No Tiene Telaraña
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06. Chappottín Y Sus Estrellas - Quimbombó
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07. La Bimbi Y Su Trio Oriental - Bolita
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08. Noro Morales - Vitamina
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09. Mongo Santamaria - Palo Mayombe
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10. Eddie Palmieri Y La Perfecta - El Gavilán
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11. Cal TjadeR - Wachi Wara
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12. Bobby Montez His Chorus And Orchestra - Titoro
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13. Francisco Aguabella Orchestra - Shirley's Guaguanco
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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
Mamey Colorao: 1952-1962 Spanish Harlem Dancefloor Fillers - More Afro-Cuban Roots Of Boogaloo
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
GROSSO! RECORDINGS
CATALOG #
GR 029LP
GR 029LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
7/7/2017
In this series, Grosso! Recordings bring in some of the names of the Latin bands based in New York between the '40s and early '60s and other recordings done in Cuba by Orquestas or Conjuntos likes
Félix Chappottín
,
José Curbelo
, and
La Playa Sextet
that were a big influence for Latinos in New York. Think musicians of the stature of
Eddie Palmieri
,
Mongo Santamaría
,
Noro Morales
,
Francisco Aguabella
,
Cal Tjader
, or
Machito
. "Mamey Colorao", a well-known composition by
Peruchin Justíz
, is the album title of third volume from the
Afro-Cuban Roots Of Boogaloo
compilation series by Grosso! Recordings, performed by
Tito Puente
and later covered on a more electric version by
Ocho
. Side A opens out a variety of more traditional Cuban numbers such as "No Tiene Telaraña" by José Curbelo's Orquesta, "El Baile Suavito", a heavy duty tune performed by
Orquesta Aragón
, and a very well-known cha-cha-chá "Rico Vacilón" written by
Rosendo Ruíz Quevedo
on the inimitable voice of
Machito & his Afrocubans
. "Garbage Man's Chachachá (La Basura)" by La Playa Sextet highlights an electric guitar sound that anticipates the fusion of the traditional and the new sounds that would lead into the 'Boogaloo' and 'Salsa'. A couple of montunos round off the A side, "Quimbombó" from
Félix Chappotín Orchestra
with the legendary
Miguelito Cuní
and "Bolita" with a double entendre of
Bimbi
and his
Trío Oriental
. Noro Morales opens the B side with "Vitamina", a traditional mambo followed by "Palo Mayombe", a pachanga rhythm with the distinctive Afro-sound of Mongo Santamaria. An exquisite version of "El Gavilán" is performed by Eddie Palmieri on piano with an outstanding brass section that would years later identify the
Fania All Stars
' sound. The last three tracks bring about a turning point on the concept of the album: "Wachi Wara" by
Dizzy Gillespie
in a Latin jazz vein performed by the always modern and elegant Cal Tjader, a version of "Titoro", by Tito Puente, with a Brazilian vibe at times interpreted by vibraphonist
Bobby Montez
and concluding, Francisco Aguabella with "Shirley's Guaguanco", a jazzy tune with a traditional guaguancó rhythm and sound on the congas and bongo with a final coro reminiscent of the very Cuban "rumba de solar".
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