LATIN PLAYLIST - JULY 2015 (2)

LATIN PLAYLIST - JULY 2015 (2)

Cal TJADER (1925- 1982)

was an American Latin Jazz musician born in St. Luis/Missouri. In 1954 he formed the Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet...

Line-up: Manuel and Carlos DURAN (piano, bass), Bayardo "Benny" VELARDE (timbales, bongos, congas) and Edgar ROSALES (congas) ..

Philadelphia Mambo

Mambo Moderno

The album SOUL SAUCE (1964) was his biggest success ...

Soul Sauce 

the album AMAZONAS (1975) was produced by Airto MOREIRA

With the album LA ONDA VA BIEN (1979) Concord Picante Records won Cal TJADER a GRAMMY Award for The Best Latin Recording ... Producers: Carl Jefferson and Frank Dorritie. .

Linda Chicana

Rubén BLADES (b. 1948)

is a Panamanian salsa singer, Latin Jazz musician, songwriter and actor, In 1970 he recorded with Pete Rodriguez' La Magnifica Orchestra, on the Alegre Records the album De Panama a Nueva York...

Side A

1. Juan Gonzalez

2. Solo

3. Hey Man

4. When

5. Descarga Caliente

Side B

1. El Bravo

2. Donde

3. El Pescador

4. Amanecer

5. De Panama a Nueva York

Descarga Caliente

From the collaboration with Willie Colón resulted several albums like Metiendo Mano (1977) ...

The song PABLO PUEBLO, composed in 1968 by Blades was a hit and talks about a father who returns home after a long working day. 

Another great hit was a Tito Curet's composition called Plantacion Adentro....