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New tracks by Pachito Alonso y su Kini-Kini, Rubén Blades with Spanish Harlem Orchestra, José Alberto "El Canario," and Jimmy Bosch. Old tracks by Vicentico Valdés, Bobby Valentín, Orquesta Sensación with Abelardo Barroso, and a fine new recording by Roberto Torres of the classic cha-cha-cha "El alardoso."
In addition to Afro-Cuban and rumba music, Ned Sublette introduces studio and field recordings of traditional Lucumí (Yoruba) music to this infectious show, with modernizing takes on the classic repertoire by Lázaro Ros and Grupo Mezcla, Tito Puente, and José Ángel Navarro. The rumba you'll hear includes a recording by Rumberos de Cuba, plus the first commercial hardcore rumba hit, from 1956, Grupo Afrocubano's "El vive bien." Joy!
A choice program of tunes that will live forever in your bones, selected by an expert. Check out "Vereda Tropical," the Orquesta Riverside tune that made Tito Gómez famous, with music from Cascarita, Bienvenido Granda (with La Sonora Matancera), Conjunto Casino, Panchito Riset with Cuarteto Caney, Ramón Veléz (singing with Nico Saquito), Machito, Vicentico Valdés, and of course, Muévete stalwarts Arsenio and Benny.
For this show, Ned Sublette circled the horses and then lit a bonfire of music by Issac Delgado, Adalberto Álvarez, Pablo Milanés,
Pedro Luis Ferrer, Orquesta Original de Manzanillo with Cándido Fabré and Los Van Van - captured very live on a hot February night in 1990 - plus, from 1953, immortal cuts by the patron saints of "Muévete," Arsenio Rodríguez and Benny Moré.
Host Ned Sublette features Eddie Palmieri's large-scale 1973 piece "Un Día Bonito," in its entirety (14:20), with the young Lalo Rodríguez on vocals. And with Los Munequitos de Matanzas in a slow-jam version of their classic "Congo Yambumba," recorded live at Symphony Space in New York in 1992. And Mongo, Machito, Bebo, and, as always, Arsenio Rodriguez and Benny Moré.
Besides presenting new music by master timbalero Jimmy Delgado and by the Spanish Harlem orchestra, Latin music expert Ned Sublette also makes sure you hear El Gran Combo, Chamaco Ramírez singing with Tommy Olivencia, and the young Gilberto Santa Rosa, during the time he worked with Willie Rosario in 1983. He also traces the growth of the danzón right up to the mambo as we know it today.
Host Ned Sublette "El Vaquero" takes you to that exciting period in Latin music as the modern salsa style was picking up steam. Featuring music from 1968-73, including tunes by Larry Harlow, Ismael Miranda, Ray Barretto with Adalberto Santiago, Sonora Ponceña, Willie Rosario, Pacheco and Pete "El Conde", Bobby Valentin with Marvin Santiago, and more.
The irrepressible Ned Sublette takes on the big noisy dance bands that shook up Cuba in the 90s, with contributions from NG La Banda, Irakere, Adalberto y Su Son, Paulito y su Elite, El Medico de la Salsa, and Charanga Habanera. And, as on every edition, music by Muévete's official guardian angels, Arsenio Rodríguez and Benny Moré.
The new music is by Sonora Ponceña, Oskar Cartaya and Víctor Manuelle; the classics by Guillermo Portabales, Tito Puente, Issac Delgado, and Chivirico Dávila. And, as on every edition, music by Muévete's official guardian angels, Arsenio Rodríguez and Benny Moré.
Gossip, cha-cha, rumba and great singing combine in Latin musicologist Ned Sublette's mix of Latin music greats of past and present, presented in a high-spirited, deeply felt, worldly-wise, double-lingo format.
For this show, Ned Sublette features the hip Cuban rhythm of 1960, the pachanga, as interpreted by Rolando La Serie and by Arsenio Rodríguez. There is a stunning bolero by Benny Moré and some of the maximum stars of the era in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Latin New York: Pacho Alonso, Celeste Mendoza, La Lupe, Juanito Márquez, and Pello El Afrokán, as well as Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta, the Joe Cuba Sextet with the young Cheo Feliciano, El Gran Combo's "Jala Jala," Pete Rodriguez, the bugalú king, Ismael Rivera with Cortijo, and from 1971, Machito's foray into mambo-bugalú. Damn!
Musician and composer Ned Sublette showcases favorites from Cuba, Puerto Rico, New York and other Latin hot spots -- as only Ned can! He is the author of Cuba and its Music: from the First Drums to the Mambo, and plays, writes about and photographs music. For seven years he was senior co-producer of the public radio program Afropop Worldwide, and co-founded the record label Qbadisc. He has recorded several albums, including Cowboy Rumba (Palm Pictures, 1999).
Musician and composer Ned Sublette showcases favorites from Cuba, Puerto Rico, New York and other Latin hot spots -- as only Ned can! He is the author of Cuba and its Music: from the First Drums to the Mambo, and plays, writes about and photographs music. For seven years he was senior co-producer of the public radio program Afropop Worldwide, and co-founded the record label Qbadisc. He has recorded several albums, including Cowboy Rumba (Palm Pictures, 1999).
