Amazon UK |
THE VERY BEST OF
LATIN JAZZ
 Rhythm of the
Night
Columbia/Legacy
508697-2
|
- Watermelon Man-Mongo Santamaria
- La Cuna-Ray Barretto
- Street Scenes-David Sanchez
- Pontelo-Astrid Gilberto
- Corazon-Hank Crawford
- Senor Blues-Herbie Mann
- Sweet Glenda-Gato Barbieri
- Stone Flower-Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Stella By Starlight-Arturo Sandoval
- Samba De Sausalito-Santana
- Vera Cruz-Stanley Turrentine
- A Gozar Con Mi Combo-Cachao
- Ritmo De La Noche-Al Di Meola
- Autumn-Ed Calle
- Eu Vim Da Bahia-Stan Getz
- Manteca-Paquito D’Rivera
The beauty of this kind of compilation album is that
they introduce you to artists and to songs you didn’t know before.
In the case of this album the sleeve notes list the albums from which
these particular tracks are taken. I have always been a great Stanley
Turrentine fan, but I did not know of the existence of the album Gilbero
with Turrentine, which was released in 1971. I am familiar with the
tenor playing of Gato Barbiera and his playing on the Sweet Glenda
track does not disappoint. I knew that Arturo Sandoval played piano
as well as trumpet, but I didn’t know how well he played it till I
heard Stella By Starlight.
The term Latin Jazz covers a very broad church and
many different rhythms are covered in this album. This makes it much
easier to listen to than some other Latin Jazz, where the same rhythms
are used throughout and the constant banging and crashing starts to
be annoying after a while.
A lot of Latin Jazz has slipped into the kind of
music played by most so called ‘jazz’ radio stations, thankfully not
too much of that is present and most of this is the real thing!
The highlight for me was the last track where Paquito
D’Riviera plays Dizzy’s ‘Manteca’, it comes from a 1984 album Why
Not, I must look around for that one!
Don Mather
|
Advertising
Rates
Visitor
stats
MusicWeb
International
has over 40,000 Classical CD reviews on offer
Discs
received
Having a problem
Donating?
Gerard
Hoffnung Concerts &
The
Bricklayer Story
New
Releases
New
Releases
MusicWeb
sells the Polish
catalogue CDAccord
£10.50 post free W-W
MusicWeb sells the
Arcodiva catalogue
£12.00 post free W-W
£11.75
post-free world-
wide
MusicWeb
can now offer
you discs from the following catalogues:
Prices include postage
Musicweb
Special
Offers
Monthly
Best Buys
Google
Ads - for information about privacy matters, click here.
Amazon Musicweb International is a participant in the Amazon
EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide
a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.com
|
CD Reviews
