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 A turning point for latin jazz, 2010-04-28
This appereance of Maestro Puente in Monterey was the first gig by a latin jazz band in such a prestigious jazz festival. As the same Mr. Puente says to the audience, the grammy for latin music had recently been created. So the stars were aligned for an expansion of afrocuban music beyond the borders of son montuno, rumba and guaracha. Mr. Puente repertoire included all of them, plus mambos and cha cha chas and this concert show the strenght of Mr Puente performance on timbales and the cohesion of his band. Latin jazz was were Mr. Puente will reign now. The salsa movement was something he would not share or like. His concept of latin music was beyond that label.
Well, let's focus on this performance. The band is not the best Mr. Puente had under his command, but it sounds great. There is some brazilian flavor in tracks like Tito's Oddisey, which Puente has played before in Carnegie Hall with the Tico All Stars. The "Pa' los Rumberos " version is the one he recorded in the seventies instead of the fifties reading, adding more emphasis now on the brass section. Delirio shows the band playing a bolero or slow dance piece, with a nice flute solo. Babarabatiri shows the splendour of mambo days in the Paladium dance hall. The biggest novelty is a version on a theme by Stevie Wonder, included in the album Innervisions, named "Don't you worry about a thing". The arrangement is by one of Tito's musicians and it shows how this man made it to survive so many years: gatherin talented musicians and arrangers in his crew. It is clear he had the music knowledge and mastering to deal with such partners. And well, let's say Oye como va and Pare Cochero are standards played with the usual wit of Maestro Puente.
The sound is quite good, though the mic seems a little away from the singer Frank Figueroa in Babarabatiri. One objection is that the last track, the wonderful Picadillo with Carl Tjader as guest in marimbas, is incomplete and that should be stated in the album tracks.
Howeever, the set is so nice and the interest of this recording for Puente fans is so high that we may forgive the mistake.
Let's finish saying that this is a nice starting point to a Mr Puente collection and an asset for any completist. It's rare to have a live performance of Mr Puente during the late seventies. And, this is also important, only with the Dancemania /Birdland performances at the end of the nineties there would be a similar live set recorded by the master.
Next step for those who already have a collection of Mr Puente shall be the aforementioned performances at Birdland and some live recording of the eighties, when Mr Puente was even more jazzy (it seems Amazon has one of this live eighties performances, in 1982,off the shelf).
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Latin Beats is an eclectic but ultimately critical compilation of various Latin grooves from those crazy cats at Mr. Bongo Productions in London. Although this odd package is dedicated to the late bandleader Tito Puente, the disc is all over the dance board-but what a ride! Besides plucking gems from the entire career of El Rey ("Tito's Odyssey," "Watu Wasuri," "110th Street and 5th Avenue" and more), contemporary Ray Barretto delivers the classic "Soul Drummers." Nuyorican Soul turns up with its modern Latin classic "Nervous Track," said to be a turning point for house music. Cannonball Adderly's "Jive Samba" is worked out pretty good by Jack Costanazo and Gerry Woo. The Archie Bell classic "Tighten Up" is given a lively reading by Al Escobar and his Orchestra. Cuba's Los Van Van contributes a couple of burners but in the home stretch it's all Tito-including a Mr. Bongo mix of "Oye Como Va." Beny Mori, the godfather of modern salsa, closes the party mix with "Babarabatiri," an edgy mambo workout. Latin Beats is like a soundtrack to a great dance club or house party, one where you can be sure the DJ has done his homework. -William Bloomhuff
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