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LATIN MUSIC YOU'D SHARE

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Post music by Latin musicians you'd like to share. If have time add some comment(s) others might find interesting without feeling compelled to provide lyrics or translations into English.

I'll start with the very lively 1974 song "HERENCIA RUMBERA" recorded by the Puerto Rican bongo player Roberto Roena (1940-2021) who formed his 1st "Apollo Band" in 1970. Roena was very intrigued by bands like "Blood Sweat and Tears/Chicago" and this Apollo 6's guitarist Elliot Randall lays into it. The conga player Papo Clemente is spot on and unsurprisingly has 53 record credits. On piano doing everything right is Mario Roman while trumpeters are Mario Alvarez Cora plus Dario Morales. The biggest reason for wanting to share this song is the fantastic timbales drumming solo from 4:25-5:36 by then the just 21 year old Endel Dueño.


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If you go back to the 1950s Latin music was very popular and a number of groups merged other styles of music. One of my favorites is "Bagels & Bongos" by the Irving Fields Trio which took traditional Jewish music and played it in a Latin style. Another example is Juan Calle And His Latin Lantzmen which was a front for several other musicians. More recently, Tish Hinojosa is a favorite of mine. One more for the moment is Buena Vista Social Club.
 
Replying to comment #6 : "…Nothing from his time with Weather Report?…"

My Airto Moreira playlist is taken from my larger streaming service playlist titled "…Latin Jazz", so no WeatherReport content.
 
Too many to list them all....

But:

Buena Vista Social Club / Ibrahim Ferrer
Bebo Valdes / Diego El Cigala - Lagrimas Negras
Gypsy Kings - various albums, the classic Latin dance band

In the Argentine area (does it count as Latin?).... Tango
Maria Volonte / Horacio Larumbe - Fuimos
Gotan Project (several excellent albums, Tango/HipHop fusion)
Juan Carlos Caceres - From Buenos Aires to Paris
Combo Tango - Milonga De Angel

Brazil... (again does it count as Latin?)
Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto - Getz-Gilberto
 
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If you go back to the 1950s Latin music was very popular and a number of groups merged other styles of music. One of my favorites is "Bagels & Bongos" by the Irving Fields Trio which took traditional Jewish music and played it in a Latin style. Another example is Juan Calle And His Latin Lantzmen which was a front for several other musicians. More recently, Tish Hinojosa is a favorite of mine. One more for the moment is Buena Vista Social Club.
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I had to look up "J…Lantzmen" and was pleasantly surprised noting the famous musicians at that session.
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Tish H. is Texas born Leticia Hinojosa who's now about 70 years old. She's been honored by the Texas Songwriter Association as a member of their Music Legends Hall of Fame.

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Pianist Irving Fields recorded at least 6 "… Bongos" albums. There were quite a number of additional Latin take-off albums released. He recalled in his autobiography "The Pianos I Have Known" having a trio during WorldWar 2's Armed Forces Special Service whose drummer brought out his bongos. Once out he teamed up with Musician's Union members the bassist Henry Senick and the drummer Michael Bruno who also played the bongos. Their gig at N.Y.C. 56th St. Crest Room caught RCA's Latin Department head and led to quite a bit of success as he
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dlaloum said:
Too many to list them all....

But:

Buena Vista Social Club / Ibrahim Ferrer
Bebo Valdes / Diego El Cigala - Lagrimas Negras
Gypsy Kings - various albums, the classic Latin dance band

In the Argentine area (does it count as Latin?).... Tango
Maria Volonte / Horacio Larumbe - Fuimos
Gotan Project (several excellent albums, Tango/HipHop fusion)
Juan Carlos Caceres - From Buenos Aires to Paris
Combo Tango - Milonga De Angel

Brazil... (again does it count as Latin?)
Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto - Getz-Gilberto
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To me Argentina and Brazil music not only counts in passing but is Latin music.

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As for that cited "GOTAN PROJECT" the old Argentinian slang word for "Tango" is "Gotan". The Buenos Aires port (hence people from that city are still called "Porteños") attracted a criminal element which popularized rhyming slang with letter substitutions to talk openly without being understood; this became what is called "Lunfardo". With the centrality of the port neighborhood to the evolving suggestive dance of Tango the "lunfardo" jargon called it Gotan.
 
Juhazi said:
Prof. Ammondt sings in Latin!

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Sumerian language singers apparently could rock out. I notice the record's last song "Land of Dreams" is the song from Finland called "SATUMAA" which the album liner notes describes as a Tango. And I can just imagine long nights of boogying-on-down to tales of Gilgamesh.
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Juhazi said:
I really love Linda Ronstadts Spanish canciones de mi padre!
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Linda Maria Ronstadt from Arizona had a fantastic career. When I heard the 21-22 year old sing the huge hit "Different Drum" with the "Stone Poneys" in 1968 and got a look at her like countless other guys I had a "crush" on her. Picture below is from 1969 since the hooped earrings and stripped sleeves match the same mini-skirt outfit she wore when sang with Johnny Cash [Show] on her first television appearance in the summer of 1969.

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Three more to check out: The Mavericks, Brothers Moving, and Pink Martini. None are 100% south of the border (especially Pink Martini which is about as eclectic as they come) but all have great stuff.

 
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