VA - Kan-Gu-Wa and Chop Chop

Trick and Treat - - enjoy the madness.

First time on CD! The third and fourth volumes in the Exotic Blues & Rhythm series were released on limited edition 10" vinyl (500 copies per volume) and sold out in next to no time! Enjoy amazing and danceable tunes from the late 50s and early 60s - a handful of Popcorn dancefloor smashs, a few grinding Tittyshakers, awesome Rhythm & Blues - most of them with an exotic twist! 24 songs.

TRACKLIST

01. Ubangi Rock - Chaino
02. Kan-Gu-Wa - The Scholars
03. Man From Utopia - Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires
04. Haunted Lover - Carole Bennett
05. Little Doe-Doe - Curtis Knight
06. Ghost Train - The Electro-Tones
07. Big Foot - Googie Rene
08. Twistin' Fever - The Marcels
09. I Want Her Back - Dick Jordan
10. Rise Up And Walk - Troy Dodds
11. Voodoo Drums - Les Elgart
12. Volcano - The Three Suns
13. Chop Chop - Sandy Nelson
14. Don't Go - Vince Everett
15. Ali Ben Ghazi - Jack Hammer
16. Monkey See, Monkey Do - The Sherwoods
17. Johnny Lee - Faye Adams
18. I've Been True - Jannie Williams
19. Baltimore Jones - Chuck Miller
20. I Go (King-Kong) - The Go-Rillas
21. She's Mine - John Lee Hooker
22. Red Lips - Marty Hill
23. Little Indian Girl - Billy & The Moonlighters
24. Bullfrog - Johnnie Moore & His New Blazers

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From Latin To Jazz Dance vol. 5

Last one in this fun series.

01. Candido - Perdido (3:47)
02. Julian Cannonball Adderley - Minha Saudade (2:21)
03. Gabor Szabo - El Toro (4:35)
04. Mose Allison - Parchman Farm (3:14)
05. Little Willie John - Fever (2:27)
06. Wild Bill Davis - Cabato (2:52)
07. Buck Clarke Sound - Nigth At Tunisia (5:44)
08. Willis Jackson - Nuther 'N Like Thunder' 'N (7:25)
09. Eddie Harris - Lolita Marie (4:58)
10. Mongo Santamaria - Yeh! Yeh! (3:05)
11. Willie Bobo - Chickadee (2:05)
12. Cipo & His Authentic Rhythm Group - Impolar (3:53)
13. Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce (Guachi Gauro) (2:25)
14. Larry Young - Talking About J.C. (5:55)
15. King Curtis - Tequila (2:01)
16. Red Holloway feat. Brother Jack - Shout Brother (4:30)

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From Latin To Jazz Dance vol. 4

Thought I forgot didn't ya. Nope, life got in the way. Back to normal for awhile. Enjoy

01. Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca (Live) (6:19)
02. Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith - Fever (5:32)
03. Mark Murphy - Milestones (2:28)
04. Lalo Schifrin & Bob Brookmeyer - Just One Of Those Things (3:21)
05. Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis - Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be (4:17)
06. Sophia Loren & Peter Sellers - Goodness Gracious Me! (2:59)
07. M. Norman Orchestra - Kingston Calypso (2:38)
08. Jimmy Smith - Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?(part.2) (4:56)
09. James Moody - Mambo With Moody (4:13)
10. Nao me diga adeus - Nao Me Diga Adeus (3:30)
11. Cipo & His Authentic Rythm Group - Cai,Cai (3:52)
12. King Pleasure - Jazz Jump (3:27)
13. Ted Curson - Fire Down Below (4:31)
14. Booker T, The MG's - Soul Dressing (2:25)
15. Don Wilkerson - Dem Tambourines (5:30)
16. Hank Marr - The Squash (3:19)

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From Latin To Jazz Dance v3

01. Herbie Man - Deve Set Amor (It Must Be Love) (4:17)
02. Bill Dogget - Hold It (2:29)
03. The Champs - Sombrero (2:06)
04. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (2:36)
05. Kenny Burrell Trio - Well You Needn't (live) (4:24)
06. Brother Jack McDuff - Screamin (7:15)
07. Illinois Jacquet - Like Young (3:59)
08. Peggy Lee - Fever (3:20)
09. Roland Kirk - Fallout (2:58)
10. Sonny Stitt & Jack McDuff - Soul Shack (7:12)
11. Boots Brown & His Blockbusters - Cerveza (2:06)
12. Les Double Six - A Night In Tunisia (2:58)
13. Jimmy Smith - What'd I Say? (2:51)
14. Os Brasileiros - Maracangalha (2:13)
15. Dave "Baby" Cortez - Shake (2:43)
16. The Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble - The Sacrifice (5:08)

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From Latin to Jazz Dance v2

More great Latin jazz.

1. Lalo Schiffrin - The Cat (2:40) 02. Eldee Young - Mr. Kicks (2:40) 03. Nina Simone - See Line Woman (2:35) 04. Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - For What It's Worth (2:40) 05. Art Blakey - No Hay Problema (4:34) 06. Xavier Cigat & His Orchestra - Soul Sauce (Wachi Wara) (2:23) 07. Mongo Santamaria - Funny Money (2:14) 08. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor (2:43)
09. Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby (2:35) 10. Stan Getz (Feat. Laurindo Almeida) - Maracatu - Too (4:58) 11. Gene Krupa - Perdido (2:28) 12. The Ramsey Lewis Trio - The In Crowd (Live) (3:16) 13. Andy & The Bey Sisters - Sister Sadie (2:30) 14. Willie Bobo - Guajira (2:50)
15. Buddy Greco - Fever (2:28) 16. Dom Um Romao - Birimbau (2:39)

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From Latin to Jazz Dance V1

Volume One in this series of seriously intoxicating Latin and American Bossa-Samba-Jazz sounds! It all began in the '50s when composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, inspired by West Coast Jazz, helped to form a new music that blended together gentle Brazilian Samba rhythms and melodies with cool-toned improvising. These compilations contain the results of Jobim's influential musical experiment, as they feature a myriad of artists serving up a cocktail blend of rare original Brazilian and American Bossa Nova and Jazz from the 60's. Each volume comes complete with a different sexy vixen on each of the covers...and we do mean SEXY! Includes 16 tracks featuring classic performances by Les McCann, Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader, The Champs, The Hi-Lo's and many more. If you like this let me know - I'll post the rest.

Tracklist:
01. Mongo Santamaria - Sweet Tater Pie (2:40) 02. Les McCann - Boo-Goo-Loo (2:46)
03. Dave Pike - Mathar (3:42) 04. The Champs - Caramba (2:14) 05. Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan - Watermelon Man (live) (5:15) 06. Cal Tjader - Samba Do Suenho (5:47) 07. Milton Banana Trio - Primitivo (2:40) 08. The Hi-Lo's - The Duck (2:09) 09. Alan Lorber Orchestra - Mas Que Nada (2:23) 10. Candido (Feat. Al Cohn) - Mambo Inn (4:57) 11. Willie Bobo - Bobo Do That Thing (2:19) 12. Juan Amalbert's Latin Jazz Quintet - Summertime (6:40) 13. Ahmad Jamal - Bogota (4:00) 14. Sonny Stitt - Little Red Suede Shoes (4:03) 15. Earl Grant - Fever (3:11)
16. The Mariachi Brass (Feat. Chet Baker) - Tequila (2:06)

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Senior Coconut - Around the World

Üwe Schmidt is an supremely talented musician, with real soul and, equal to his musicianship, a sly sense of humor. So many stage names, such great titles: "Sounds like Preset Rhythm," "All Notes On," "Son of a Glitch." This record is a joy. It features loving, swinging Latin-style covers of several well-known US/English pop songs (Prince, Eurythimics, Trio, etc.) but when the band kicks into the famous Latin dance tune "Que Rico El Mambo," you know they are the real thing.
Schmidt calls it Electrolatino, but this is truly great music no mater what

1. Around the World (Intro) [Rumba] 2. Sweet Dreams [Cha-Cha-Cha] 3. Da Da Ich Lieb Dich Nicht du Liebst Mich Nicht [Cha-Cha-Cha] 4. Kiss [Cha-Cha-Cha] 5. Corcovado [Bolero/Cha Cha] 6. Around the World (Interlude) [Rumba] 7. Que Rico el Mambo 8. Pinball Chacha [Cha-Cha-Cha] 9. White Horse [Merengue] 10. Vida Es Llena de Cables [Guaguancó/Acitón] 11. Moscow Discow [Mambo] 12. Around the World (Outro) [Rumba] 13. Dreams Are My Reality [Full Version][*]14. Voodoo Dreams [Atom Remix][*] - Les Baxter & His Orchestra

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The Brillantina’s (Los Brillanticos) Pulp-A-Madrilla

The Brillantina’s (Los Brillanticos) Pulp-A-Madrilla

Some instro-surf, some spaghetti twang, a little frat-rock, a bit of biker-fuzz-rock, an obvious rendition of the great classic composers of cinema scores and, the best of all, a shocking and solid rock spirit and attittude. Spanish twang at it’s best.

1 Hold On 2 Gardens Of Atakama 3 Noire Parranda 4 Magnolia Ice 5 Nessuno Me Puo Giudicare 6 El Perro Vicio 7 Lindo Pulgoso 8 Burlesque De Rhumba 9 Klezmer Queen Of Swamp 10 Nous Ne Sommes Pas Des Anges 11 Da Cruella Sun

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Pepe and the Bottle Blondes - Latenight Betty

Aight, if you are looking for interesting and fun music with a distictive Latin flair then this is the one to get. What a trip! Mad, bizarre, outrageous paired up with melodic, rhythmical, and enchanting. I'd classify their style as mellifluous hodgepodge. Bold improvisations on some familiar tunes and themes, plus plenty of inventive and original variations. Incredibly catchy, swirling, jiving music and lyrics. Nothing is held back, totally unrestrained. The music has the ability to make any room start jumpin’. Beyond that, tho, is the song selection shows the diversity and breadth of the musicians. One of the most fun (there's that word again) songs is Number 4. It sounds like an old-style swing song, except for the fact that the lead vocalist is singing in Chinese...really really bizzarro cool. There is also a really nifty keeno version of Sing Sing Sing. My personal favorite is Rumba de 5 Kilos. If you enjoy Pink Martini HINT HINT then this a must, the same quality but much more danceable. Pick up the Pink Martini (another group put together with Pepe Raphael) for a full on cabaret in the twilight zone experice. "Latenight Betty" is nothing short of a fiery, feisty, cathartic listening experience.

1. Rumba De 5 Kilos 2. L'oranguta 3. Cuentame Que Te Paso 4. I Want Some Lovin' 5. Joselito 6. Tarzacheando 7. El Vals De Tomas 8. Lo Dudo 9. Boom Boom 10. Quizas 11. Sing Sing Sing 12. Unnamed

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Babalu Music - The Best of "I Love Lucy" Music

It's starting to feel like summer and what a better way to warm up to the season that with some serious bongos and congas. Throw in some nostalgia and you have a clear winner!

While not strictly a soundtrack of the classic television series "I Love Lucy", this CD does have several of the most memorable musical numbers from the show.
The Mertzes and Lucy join in with Desi on "Jingle Bells", "California Here I come" and others. Famous Lucy & Desi numbers include "Cuban Pete", "We're Having a Baby", "There's a Brand New Baby at Our House", and the vocal version of the "I Love Lucy" theme song. These are interspersed with songs taken from classic radio programs featuring Desi. The opening cut by Weird Al Yankovic is a modernized dance version of "Babalu" with dialog from the show spliced in as a rap-like accompaniment. A little annoying at first, but it can grow on you if you let it. In a nice turn, he keeps a low profile on the album, letting the music of the Lucy show speak almost entirely for itself. I thought that showed a respect for the classic series, and more importantly, for Desi's music.

This is a must have for all diehard Lucy fans, or even just casual fans. This will bring back all the great memories from the show...and plus, Desi is just a great musical artist. Well worth the smiles you'll get remembering musical moments from "I Love Lucy".

1. Babalu Music 2. I Love Lucy Theme (Vocal) 3. El Cumbanchero 4. Cuban Pete
5. Babalu 6. We're Having A Baby (My Baby and Me) 7. There's A Brand New Baby At Our House 8. We'll Build A Bungalow 9. Straw Hat Song 10. By The Waters Of Minnetonka 11. California, Here I Come 12. Nobody Loves The Ump
13. Jingle Bells (The One Horse Open Sleigh) 14. The Lady In Red 15. I'm On My Way To Cuba 16. Guadalajara 17. Down Argentine Way 18. In Acapulco 19. Granada
20. Theme From 'I Love Lucy' (Instrumental)

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Senor Coconut - Fiesta Songs

Uwe Schmidt continues to explore the line between sincere music philosophy and comical exercise with his Señor Coconut project. While his breakthrough El Baile Alemán album brought to life the idea of a traditional Latin band covering the songs of Kraftwerk to amusing yet intellectual effect, Fiesta Songs does the same to pop hits such as "Smoke on the Water," "Riders on the Storm," and "Beat It" with less finesse but still fun results. An extravaganza of sound and festive energy that will pump new life into your sound system pronto. A highly amusing and entertaining arrangement of voice and spiced up instruments, not to mention the wonderful little surprises like Martin Gore influences.

1. Smoke On The Water 2. Negra Mi Chachacha 3. Riders On The Storm
4. Smooth Operator 5. El Rey De Las Galletas 6. Oxygene Part II
7. Blue Eyes 8. Las Maracas De Machin 9. Beat It 10. Electrolatino
11. Humo En El Agua

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Walter Wanderley - Talkin' Verve

You will recognize Wanderly's work instantly as it is the absolute core of the origin of the first generation, shopping mall-lounge music. It'll remind you of early, wacky, tounge n' cheek Woody Allen Films.

The organ music...OH MAN! It's KWWAZY! The syncopation will leave you swirling. Imagine a hopped up Grandma jammin’ away at the roller rink!
It is a fantastic mix of Jazz and brasilian elements with accent on syncopation at a point where entertainment is so high that it has rarely been reached again by western musicians after him. Sadly syncopation has never been explored enough by western musicians, I don't know why. He had syncopation, and an immense musicality. His interpretations of brasilian standards and pop favorities are crazy fun. No cool discography is good without Walter's music. I can't say more than this.

1. Popcorn 2. Agua De Beber 3. Amazonas
4. The Girl Form Impanema 5. Summer Samba 6. Blue Island
7. Taste Of Sadness 8. Crickets Sing For Ana Maria
9. Canto De Ossanha 10. A Different Beat 11. Call Me
12. Wave 13. Beach Samba 14. Music To Watch Girls By
15. Goodbye Sadness 16. Batucada Surgiu

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Ry Cooder/Manuel Galbán - Mambo Sinuendo

Hi all. Hope you had a good Thaknsgiving weekend for those who partake -- all I can say is -- I'm stuffed. Gorged myself as usual on good food, friends and music. After a major stuff - fest sometimes I need to relax.

Here are three of the best relaxers I can think of. All are first rate to chill to, grab'em up and disappear into your own private paradise.

First up -- RY Cooder does surf!!! Sort of. This is the closest thing you will ever hear from the multitalented musician that gets close.

If there's a certain instant familiarity to this collaborative celebration between U.S. guitar icon/musicologist Ry Cooder and Cuban fret legend Manuel Galbán, it's only testimony to how deeply the island nation's rich musical heritage permeated American pop music in the '50s, '60s, and beyond. Cooder and Galbán (a key compatriot in the American guitarist's Buena Vista Social Club project) invent a back-to-the-future sound--twin guitars fronting a Cuban rhythm section of two drum kits, congas, and bass--whose dreamy swing quotient is matched only by its sense of mirthful abandon. Tracks like "Dru Me Negrita" and "Los Twangueros" manage to evoke everything from Link Wray, Duane Eddy, and the Ventures to Mancini and Esquivel, while Cooder and Galbán twirl a standard like "Patricia" and the nervy title track around dueling poles of tradition and experimentation with deceptive grace. It's joyous, mercurial stuff that the two musicians conjure at their fingertips. --Jerry McCulley

This new project, "Mambo Sinuendo" features a small combo sound, a sound that was alive in the late '50's, early '60's. This setting does not showcase the big Buena Vista Social Club brass or vocals. This project is a stripped-down, seductive twangy guitar sound, featuring the guitar work of Manuel Galban up front & center. Manuel Galban is a masterful Cuban guitarist, whose style is like American guitarist Duane Eddy, one of Ry Cooder's influences.

Ry Cooder plays the harmony guitar parts, weaving dreamlike rhythms and occasional hawaiian steel guitar and organ throughout, adding texture. The drums & percussion are shared by Ry's son Joachim and Jim Keltner, one of the world's best drummers. The bass is played by Cuba's "Cachiato" Lopez, and along with a couple songs with congos and background vocals, the set is almost entirely instrumental.

Of my personal faves on this recording, “Dru me Negrita” is pure exotic surf, "Patricia" is a joy. The uptempo beat, duel guitar interplay is great. “Caballo Viejo” is a rousing number with a great organ as the lead. There are many soothing songs, and a couple of uptempo songs. Of the soothing slower ones, "La Luna En Tu Mirada", is so hypnotic, that I find myself so involved that I was almost in Cuba with them, resting on the beach at sunset. When the song ends, and I come to my senses, I realize that it was a only a dream. I highly recommend this, as it will not only remind you of how great Cuban combo music was in it's heyday, but will let you escape the grind and stress of your modern day. When it's over, as the last note fades into silence, you long for more.

1. Dru me Negrita 2. Monte a Dentro 3. Los Twangueros
4. Patricia 5. Caballo Viejo 6. Mambo Sinuendo
7. Bodas de oro 8. Echale salsita 9. La luna en tu Mirada
10. Secret Love 11. Boleros sonambulo 12. Maria la o

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Klazz Brothers - Classic Meets Cuba

Crossover efforts are always risky ventures that dance precariously between creative and contrived. There is definitely some of the latter on this 2002 recording, but surprisingly, far more of the former as the fruitful teaming of three German classical-jazz musicians and a pair of Cuban percussionist/vocalists puts a hearty Latin-flavored spin on some very familiar classics. Two of the Klazz Brothers, pianist Tobias Forster and bassist Killian Forster, took a fortuitous trip to Cuba and concluded the popular classical pieces they usually played could easily be adapted to the Cuban- and Afro-Cuban Jazz styles. The beat-heavy results bear them out, as they developed fresh, energetic and lyrical arrangements of standard works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Chopin, Schubert and others, that still respect the original compositions. The jazzed-up titles aptly (if a bit too preciously) reflect the changes - Mozart's Symphony No. 40 transforms into "Mambozart", Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 becomes "Salsa No. V", and Bizet's Carmen Suite turns into "Carmen Cubana". The high points are abundant, starting with the three movements of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique," exciting pieces that feel culturally transformed by the sultry romanticism of the Cuban beats crowned by Tobias Forster's virtuoso playing. Also wonderful are the mournful "Czardas" and the conga-accentuated "Flight of the Bumblebee", both dominated by brother Killian's dexterous bass playing. The three others in the quintet are all equally superb musicians - Tim Hahn, the third Klazz Bother on drums, and Alexis Herrera Estevez (timbales) and Elio Rodriguez (congas), both of Cuba Percussion. The vital mix of sounds in what could have been a hopeless misfire makes for a genuinely exhilarating listening experience.

1. Mambozart 2. Cuban Dance 3. Danzon De La Trucha 4. Preludio
5. Afrolise 6. Air 7. Pathetique I 8. Pathetique II 9. Pathetique III
10. Salsa No V 11. Czardas 12. Etude 13. Carmen Cubana
14. Flight Of The Bumble Bee 15. Guten Abend 16. Anthem

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