Al compas del mundo – programa #56, 12-8-22
La música guapachosa – Cuba, Puerto Rico, Republica
Dominicana, Nueva York
01 Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers - Heat!
02 Eddie Palmieri and Cal Tjader – Bamboléate
03 Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino - Canto Ebioso
04 Willie Colón - La Murga
05 Luis Vargas – Tranquila
06 Fania All-stars - Quitate Tú (Live At The Cheetah)
07 Frankie Negron - Qué Tengo Que Hacer
08 Cachao - Spoon Lips (Descarga-Jam Session)
09 Eddie Palmieri – Café
10 Willie Colon y Ruben Blades - Pablo Pueblo
11 Joe Cuba Sextet - Salsa y bembé
Immigration and transnational communications being what they are, it gets harder to place borders on the practitioners of “la musica guapachosa” (dance music) in Latin America and the USA. Ruben Blades, for example, was born in Panama, but I decided to forego listing that in my mix title. Comes a point where they all fermented in New York, San Juan or Havana, so musically what’s the difference? Salsa is universally hailed as the Latin dance form, but don’t forget bembé, merengue, plena, bachata, muchos mas and even the old warhorses mambo (Perez Prado says never forget!) and samba. Talk about stress relievers – it’s hard to waste your time worrying when you’re working up a sweat and embracing the musical moment. Git on up! -J.H.
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