You want Afro-Cuban music? We’ve got it in abundance here on a pair of 2 cd sets that will get you sweating up a fever in no time!
First question-when is Volume 2 coming out?!? This two cd set collections some of the hottest salsa , dance and latin jazz sounds that reverberate through the SF Bay Area. The area has always had a feel for this genre, dating back to the days of Cal Tjader, but here we get a bucket load of different variations of a DANCE ALL NIGHT theme. Various bands you’ve never heard of: Estrellas De La Bahia, Avance, John Calloway, Vission Latina and The John Santos Sexet. It doesn’t matter-just consider this an invitation to go see them live or dig for their own releases. Classic Latin Jazz is served on a hot plate on “Lou’s Afro-Cuban Blues” and “Yo Vine A Bailar La Salsa.” Elsewhere, wonderful singing and choruses with percussion bouncing off the walls are found on “Café Con Leche” and “Canto, Clave Y Candela” . Wonderful flutes float along the horizon on “Velero Sin Timon” and “Montuno Pa La Flauta,” while a hip Harmon muted trumpet slides through “Tumba Randy.” There’s so much hand percussion flying around on all of these sessions that someone’s going to be needing to soak their fingers in Epsom salts for a good three weeks. What a party!!!
Patois Records