urviving on the dance floor Many Cuban exiles live in New York City and the nearby Latino neighborhoods in New Jersey. Some of them are the central characters in “Dame la mano”. All week long, they look forward to Sunday night, when they can let themselves go on the worn-out dance floor of a dance club called “La Esquina Habanera.” This is the only place in the US where the authentic rumba is celebrated. Cuba connoisseurs describe it as “one of America’s best kept secrets”. The characters …
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Salsa Cubana Playa San Juan Alicante Alacant Spain España …
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Ritmo AfroCubano is an eclectic collection designed to show the depth and breadth of American jazz under Cuban influence. From Joe Holiday’s ?Mambo Holiday” in 1951 to Steve Berrios’s ?Bemsha Swing” in 1995, Fantasy collects 18 ?lost treasures” for Latin jazz fans. Ritmo AfroCubano opens with fairly recent version of Juan Tizol’s ?Perdido” performed by Chico O’Farrill. It’s a lively start, and O’Farrill’s band offers a nice turn on this classic. Most of the tracks, however, are pulled from an earlier era, including the striking ?Canto Guajiro” by the Benny Velarde Orchestra from 1962, and Andres Hernandez Y Su Sexteto Caribe’s spunky take on ?Oye Mima.” Of course no CubanAmerican jazz collection would be complete without something by Dizzy Gillespie, the composer who helped establish the genre in the forties. He’s joined by Machito for a highflying version of ?Exuberante.” There are also pieces by other familiar names including George Shearing’s recording of ?Mambo in Chimes” and Cal Tjader’s version of ?Descarga Cubana.” While one could probably turn to Ritmo AfroCubano to trace the various lines that make up the development of the genre over the last 45 years, both new and old fans will probably be more interested in listening to all the great music.
- Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., All Music Guide
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Latin jazz bandleader Tito Puente’s early years on RCA are featured on The Complete RCA Recordings with 108 tracks recorded between 1949 and 1960, sequenced in chronological order over six discs. Several unavailable and alternate takes are included along with an informative, albeit short, 12-page booklet. With over 100 Puente recordings available, in a career spanning several decades, a package like this is a treat for the rabid completist or comes in handy for the novice listener trying to sort out various periods from the king of the mambo.
- Al Campbell, All Music Guide
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personal video about flair in a portuguese bar …
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