We had about ten of his records untill now but Monguito we
can’t have too much. With his unique voice one can always
recognize him instantly. He is one of the main interpretors
of son montuno and this 1982 slice of hot vinyl contains six
of those. With another great sleeve by José Expósito.
Sweet tunes you don’t want to miss..

tracks;

01 – Miren que suerte
02 – Perla fina
03 – Mexico lindo
04 – Los secretos del amor
05 – Rumberos de ayer
06 – No le llamen salsa a mi son

To make up for the failing post of this morning, some
son montuno to cheer you up. I saw them around the
time they made this cd. It was in Utrecht and I remember
how Marcos González made a big impression, great band.
Get this Cuban sweetness now..

tracks;

01 – Juana peña
02 – Dundunbanza
03 – No me llores mas
04 – Bururú barara05
05 – Chango ta’ veni
06 – Mi guajira son
07 – Cangrejo fue a estudiar
08 – Kila kike y chocolate
09 – El gago
10 – El reloj de pastora

Not long ago we had the first Ignacio Piñeiro at the GG,
today it’s turn for another. I must thank our buddy Sanjay
for finding this one. It was recorded in 1958 and a true beauty.
This is a re-issue from I don’t know what year.
Son montuno of old fashioned quality.

tracks;

01 – Buey viejo
02 – Echale salsita
03 – Don lengua
04 – Alma guajira
05 – Lejana campiña
06 – La batidora
07 – Se fue la montuna
08 – Eterna primavera
09 – Llego la tora
10 – Vueltabajera

My buddy René went to Cuba with his daughter, they
travelled around for two weeks and came home with
some real nice lp’s. Take this one by Septeto Nacional
de Ignacio Pi؜ñeiro, I fell for it straight away. What a
stunning record, the son is just breathtaking. I don’t
know about you, better get it and listen instantly,
once you’ve heard it there’s no turning back.
Thank you so very much René,
you’re the best..

tracks;

01 – Compay gallo
02 – Palomo
03 – Soy de matanzas
04 – El son hay que llevarlo en el corazon
05 – Tudo en conjunto
06 – Las cuatro palomas
07 – ¿Por que me guardas rencor?
08 – La mujer de antonio
09 – El viandero
10 – Consulate como yo
11 – Solamente una vez
12 – Noche de conga ( tu maningo )

Abou Sylla et Baobab,
..speaks for itself..
( searchtip, also check bawobab )

tracks;

1 Africa
2 El son te llama
3 Tante marie
4 El fuego
5 Digon gama
6 N’deye coumba

Groovers, I must compliment you with your good taste. Arsenio
Rodriguez’ lp, ‘Primitivo’ which I posted in august, is on number
three of our downloads. Much earlier we already had this one,
this one, this one and this one.Today we have another album on
Tropical, powered by Seeco, it contains some son, bolero and
son montuno, hope you like it.

tracks;

1 Si me voy
2 No quiero
3 Besarte quisiera
4 Se formo el bochinche
5 Solo fue un sueño
6 El dolorsita de mi china
7 Hipocresia
8 Cambia el paso
9 Vive en el recuerdo
10 Juegame limpio

Hello, goodmorning, have you got any idea how hard it is
to find albums by this guy. Andres Landero’s lp’s are sought
after by many collectors and if you find them, you got to be
lucky to find them in good shape. This one for instance plays
quite nice but then we’ve got to take some sleeve damage
and people have been writing on the label and backsleeve.
The most important part, the music, reached us in fine
condition though. Let’s focus and listen to Andres
Landero’s super rhythms and melodies. He is
one of my all time favourite Colombian
stars, fantastic dance material…

tracks;

1 Maria del Carmen
2 El hijo del pueblo
3 La tabla de multiplicar
4 Suegra buena
5 Sigo luchando
6 La espina
7 Juancho y alicia
8 Linda vallenata
9 Tambo tambo
10 Pobre madre

One of the key figures in latin music was this great man.
Arsenio Rodríguez is considered father of the modern afro-cuban
sound. His musical roots lay in the Congolese rituals of his
family, instilled in him by his grandfather who was a slave,
and it is said that he brought many of the toques used to
adress deities into son. He was a predigious composer –
his sones remain dominant in the repertoire – and his group,
which he expanded with first congas and later an extra trumpet,
more percussion and piano, became the most influential of the
1940’s. Rodríguez also changed the structure of son, expanding
the montuno with a descarga section of improvised solos.
Arsenio Rodríguez ( 1911 – 1970 ) was blind from age eight,
he was kicked by a horse. He was a superb tres player and one
of Cuba’s all time great bandleaders and son composers. Arsenio
grew up in a ‘solar’, a small neighbourhood community. It was his
custom to play the guitar, his neighbours would join in both
vocally and instrumentally, using sticks, pieces of chairs, boxes
or anything they could find to create a musical sound. On such
a night, someone used a cowbell as their contribution to this
primitive music and it was from this that the cowbell evolved as
part of the instrumentation of today’s Latin-American rhythm
sections. ( Rough Guide and backsleeve )
Congolese composer Grand Kalle was called the father of rumba,
he became inspired by Cuban artists like Arsenio Rodríguez, so now
we can see the circle close, afro-cuban getting round and round.
tracks like Independence cha cha and Africa Boogaloo are typical
examples, from Congo to Cuba and back,
music works miracles don’t you think..
listen to Arsenio Rodríguez,
( do we hear Monguito
there ? )

tracks;

1 La pasion
2 Me engañastes juana
3 Lo que dice justi
4 Rumba guajira
5 Coplas de españa
6 Que mala suerte
7 Fiesta en el solar
8 Me equivoque contigo
9 A gozar mujeres
10 No lo niegues
11 El lema del guaguancó
12 Guaguancó de puerta tierra

Here’s another lp by the brothers Martin and Cuco Valoy,
better known as Duo Los Ahijados. Being from the Dominican
Rep. theirselves, they were famous for their voicing of Cuban music.
Very relaxed sound, perfect for your summer pick-nick & such..

tracks;

1   Timoteo
2   Bembeteo
3   Dime como estas
4   Llevame contigo
5   Doña vereda
6   Caminito
7   La tia quedada
8   No pienses en mi
9   La receta del curandero
10  El reclamo de un obrero

His name is ‘Monguito el Único’ and that’s exactly what he is.
I do’nt know a second singer with a voice like his. Look who
Monguito braught with him here; piano – Alfredo Valdez, bass-
Edy Gugua, trumpet – Bomberito Zarzuela, sax & flute – Mario
Rivera, trombone – Billy Hojasi, drums – Manny Ramos, trez –
José Garcia, conga – Marcelino Valdez, violin – Pupi Lagarreta,
Produced by Aboudou Lassissi for Sacodis, Cote d’Ivoire.

tracks;

1 Alto songo
2 Guajira something
3 Leevalo pal ring
4 En el monte
5 Echale candela
6 La pasion