Best of Latin Jazz (LP)
Limited gatefold edition 180 gram vinyl pressing. Recorded between 1957 and 1962.
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. This LP compiles some of the genre’s finest performances. Latin rhythms were present in jazz even earlier than the 1940s, like in Louis Armstrong’s 1930 “The Peanut Vendor” (a reworking of Cuban pianist and conductor Moisés Simons’ “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 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. This LP compiles some of the genre’s finest performances. Latin rhythms were present in jazz even earlier than the 1940s, like in Louis Armstrong’s 1930 “The Peanut Vendor” (a reworking of Cuban pianist and conductor Moisés Simons’ “El Manicero”). Even such an iconic jazz piece as W. C. Handy’s 1914 “St. Louis Blues” has a habanera-tresillo bass line.
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SKU
531832
Format: Vinyl (LP, 180g)
Label: New Continent
Release date: 2019
Gatefold sleeve
Tracklist
SIDE A
A1. Candido – Afro Blue
A2. Cachao – Descarga Cubana
A3. Sérgio Mendes – Love For Sale
A4. Bebo Valdés – Special Del Bebo
A5. Gerald Wilson Orchestra – Viva Tirado
A6. Bobby Montez – Titoro
A7. Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man
SIDE B
B1. Cal Tjader – Speak Low
B2. Ray Barretto – Summertime
B3. Joe Cuba – Temptation
B4. Tito Puente – Oye Como Va
B5. Eddie Palmieri – Conmigo
B6. Efraín Mon Rivera – Lluvia Con Nieve
B7. Mongo Santamaria – Watermelon Man
B8. Quincy Jones – Soul Bossa Nova
B9. Ben E. King – Amor
B10. Perez Prado – Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
Label: New Continent
Release date: 2019
Gatefold sleeve
Tracklist
SIDE A
A1. Candido – Afro Blue
A2. Cachao – Descarga Cubana
A3. Sérgio Mendes – Love For Sale
A4. Bebo Valdés – Special Del Bebo
A5. Gerald Wilson Orchestra – Viva Tirado
A6. Bobby Montez – Titoro
A7. Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man
SIDE B
B1. Cal Tjader – Speak Low
B2. Ray Barretto – Summertime
B3. Joe Cuba – Temptation
B4. Tito Puente – Oye Como Va
B5. Eddie Palmieri – Conmigo
B6. Efraín Mon Rivera – Lluvia Con Nieve
B7. Mongo Santamaria – Watermelon Man
B8. Quincy Jones – Soul Bossa Nova
B9. Ben E. King – Amor
B10. Perez Prado – Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
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