For a slightly different take on the whole latin thing (which you may or may not be interested in) have a listen to Orishas, on their album A lo Cubano. Strange sound. It's essentially a fusion of very traditional Cuban jazz and rap. Sounds odd, but it really works amazingly well. These guys recorded most of the album in Cuba (with the help of, and in concert with, a lot of the folks from the Buena Vista Social Club, who actually appear on some of the tracks) and then relocated to Paris. There, they initially tried to re-record a lot of the tracks that they had done in Cuba, thinking they could do a lot better with the equipment they could get their hands on in Paris, but ulitmately decided they couldn't touch the sound they had managed to capture in Cuba and released the original stuff. A Cuban friend of mine turned me on to this and, though immediately fascinated by it, I have grown to like it more and more with time. Though I am decidedly not a fan of rap in nearly all of its iterations, this one struck me as a fresh and really exciting sound. That's my recomendation for the day....
Salsa and high energy latin jazz album suggestions
Category: Music
I am setting this thread to provide to others some of the great salsa and high energy latin jazz of yesterday and today. I will start by recommending the last Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz "sonido bestial" concert album. The music in this album is so dynamic and rich, just figure an orchestra with bongos, timbales, drums, congas, six trumpets, three trombones, etc........ The jamming is incredible. I used it to test a musical fidelity system in Tennessee and the store manager asked "what was that.....is all latin music that complex and rich......it really pushes any system". The best part of the album is in track 6 of disk 1 - Richie Ray plays a Stravinski interlude midway through the song. This is followed by a congas, timbales and bongos jam.........trust me you will enjoy this one!!
I am setting this thread to provide to others some of the great salsa and high energy latin jazz of yesterday and today. I will start by recommending the last Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz "sonido bestial" concert album. The music in this album is so dynamic and rich, just figure an orchestra with bongos, timbales, drums, congas, six trumpets, three trombones, etc........ The jamming is incredible. I used it to test a musical fidelity system in Tennessee and the store manager asked "what was that.....is all latin music that complex and rich......it really pushes any system". The best part of the album is in track 6 of disk 1 - Richie Ray plays a Stravinski interlude midway through the song. This is followed by a congas, timbales and bongos jam.........trust me you will enjoy this one!!