The Countrypolitan Case of the Uptown Latin Sound
Music today from Cuba... and occasional Cubans in New York. This is another case of the Uptown Latin Sound, my genre bucket devoted to jazz-influenced and cosmopolitan sounds, generally from Havana...
But there is a twist to today's show: my focus this time is on the "big city" music of Santiago and other regional capitals... but not Havana. Although much of the music here was certainly recorded in Havana, the musicians and the musical traditions come from outside the capital.
This music shows the pop touches and the production quality of big city recordings, but the music all has its roots in the Cuban countryside. We will hear country sounds like guajira, alongside rootsy urban sounds like guaguanco, all given a little extra polish for sophisticated urban ears. Even the biggest of orchestral arrangements heard today are laid over musical frameworks taken from outside of Havana.
Several songs today from the recent Machito compilation "El Rey del Mambo" on Grosso! Records, as well as selections from one of Machito's earliest recording gigs with Cuarteto Caney.
- 12:03pm Rumba Rhapsody by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:06pm Paso en Tampa by Chano Pozo con la Orquesta Machito on Legends of Afro-Cuban Music (SMC Pro-Arte)
- 12:09pm Como Yo No Hay Quien Baile el Muneco by Machito con Noro Morales Orquesta on El Rey del Mambo (Grosso!)
- 12:12pm Oye El Carbonero by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:14pm Mis Cinco Nijos se Casaron by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:17pm Calientito by Machito with Xavier Cugat Orchestra on El Rey del Mambo (Grosso!)
- 12:20pm Que Lucha by Chepin y su Orquesta Oriental on Joyas de Oriente (Egrem-Areito)
- 12:22pm Guampampiro by Machito y Graciela on El Rey del Mambo (Grosso!)
- 12:25pm Mi Padrino Me Manda by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:28pm No Te Importe Saber by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:30pm Un Brujo de Guanabacoa by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:33pm El Mondonguero by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:36pm El Cangrejo No Tiene Na' by Pio Leiva on Bajo Un Palmar (Maype)
- 12:39pm Para Pan Pin by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:42pm Pare Cochero by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:45pm Con Un Solo Pie by Cuarteto Caney on Cubana (Decca Records)
- 12:48pm Yo Soy Conga by Rene Alvarez y su Conjunto Los Astros on Mano a Mano (Cubitas)
- 12:51pm Nague by Machito y Miguelito Valdes on El Rey del Mambo (Grosso!)
- 12:54pm Igualita Que Tu by Conjunto Modelo on Mano a Mano (Cubitas)
- 12:57pm Tingo Talango by Machito & His Afro-Cubans on El Rey del Mambo (Grosso!)
- 1:02pm Chenchere Comay by Conjunto Modelo on Mano a Mano (Cubitas)
- 1:05pm Como Esta Mi Conuco by Beny More on Sonero Mayor - Vol. VI (Areito)
- 1:08pm Salsa by Flores Valdez y su Conjunto Musical on Roots of Salsa Vol. 2 (Grosso!)
- 1:11pm Yo Gozo Con El Astro by Rene Alvarez y su Conjunto Los Astros on Mano a Mano (Cubitas)
- 1:14pm Me Dejaste Esperando by Rene Alvarez y su Conjunto Los Astros on Mano a Mano (Cubitas)
- 1:17pm Te Han Mentido by Conjunto Modelo on Mano a Mano (Cubitas)
- 1:21pm Barbarabatiri by Machito & His Afro Cuban Sabrosa on El Rey del Mambo (Grosso!)
- 1:24pm Bum Bum Pachanga by Machito & His Orchestra on El Rey del Mambo (Grosso!)
- 1:27pm Yo No Quiero Piedra en Mi Camino by Pacho Alonso con Bebo Valdes on Roots of Salsa Vol. 2 (Grosso!)
- 1:30pm Canto Al Patriota by Chepin y su Orquesta Oriental on Arco Iris Musical (Imprenta Nacional de Cuba)
- 1:32pm Sublime Tormento by Chepin y su Orquesta Oriental on Arco Iris Musical (Imprenta Nacional de Cuba)
- 1:35pm Mambo de Cuco by Mongo Santamaria on Coco May May (Grosso Recordings)
- 1:38pm Hasta Las Tres by Pacho Alonso on Grandes Exitos Bailables Vol. 1 (TM)
- 1:42pm Chango Ta Veni by Machito y soy Afro-Cubanos on El Rey del Mambo (Grosso!)
- 1:45pm Ven Conmigo Guajira by Machito & His Orchestra on El Rey del Mambo (Grosso!)
- 1:48pm Soy Del Monte by Beny More on Sonero Mayor Vol. 5 (Areito)
- 1:51pm Canto a la Habana by Bebo Valdes on La Gran Orquesta de Bebo Valdes (West Side Latino Recordings)
- 1:54pm Noche Buena by Coco Lagos y sus on Descargas (Lazarus)
- 1:57pm Mama Calunga by Johnny Sedes His Orchestra on DJ Amir presents Buena Musica y Cultura (BBE)