Saxophone player Eddy Gustave is from Guadeloupe. He started his own label
in Paris where he produced lots of Congolese music of which plenty examples
on this page. Surrounded by all these great African musicians he made this
instrumental Merengue album. I don’t know in what year.
If you can tell us, please do. Sweet stuff by the great Eddy Gustave.

tracks;

1 A bailar merengue
2 Merengue Harengue
3 Celedonio
4 Juanita – Morel
5 Hora de carnaval

This afternoon I paid some Amsterdam shops a visit and
found this Colombian collector from the 70’s.
It contains 3 or 4 songs with Edmundo Arias’ orchestra. When I
first heard it some years ago, it captured me straight away.
As a bonus I added 6 extra songs by Orquesta de Edmundo Arias.

tracks;

1 Alfredo Gutierrez y sus Estrellas – La banda borracha
2 Amparito Jimenez – Pepe
3 Edmundo Arias y su Orquesta – Ligia
4 Sarita Lascarro – Quiero amanecer
5 Noel Petro – Cabeza de hacha
6 Antonio Gonzalez G. – Playa blanca
7 Lita Nelson – Algo se me va
8 Orquesta Sonolux – Diciembre azul
9 Cristóbal Pérez – La negra Celina
10 Gladys Viera – Suave
11 Corraleja 71 – La pollera colora
12 Super Combo ‘Los Tropicales’ – Cumbia sobre el mar

bonus tracks

13 Orquesta de Edmundo Arias – Atlantico
14 Orquesta de Edmundo Arias – Juanita bonita
15 Orquesta de Edmundo Arias – El mecanico
16 Orquesta de Edmundo Arias – La luna y el pescador
17 Orquesta de Edmundo Arias – Alma quibdoseña
18 Orquesta de Edmundo Arias – Cumbia sobre el mar

Global Samplers are useful guides through this page. Whether you’re
a regular or a new visitor, they help you to find what you’re looking
for quickly. Check the Global Samplers 1 to 22 at our side-bar.
This one guides you along the posts from january 21 to february 8.
I hope it is of any use, enjoy.

tracks;

1 Théo Blaise Kounkou – Nadia soleil
2 Carlos Embale – Timbalaye
3 Benedito Nunes – Quando esse cabra morrer
4 Sam Mangwana, Franco & le TPOK Jazz – Toujours OK
5 Joseito Mateo – Me quiero emborrachar
6 Roberto Torres y su Caminantes – Rapsodia en el solar
7 Carlos Lyra – Ciume
8 Franco et le TPOK Jazz – Ida
9 Los Ahijados Cuco y Martin Valoy – Deja gozar mi negra
10 Los Vituosos de Cuco Valoy – Juliana
11 Le Seigneur Rochereau – Ki-makango mpe libala
12 Bopol – Afric’Ambiance
13 Tiers Monde Coöperation – Bowao
14 Clementina de Jesus – Sonho meu

It is always nice to do new musical discoveries. On one of my last
recordhunts I found this highlife album by Akwasi Yeboah’s Band.
I think they are from Ghana, correct me if I’m wrong. It is in
good condition and sounds perfect for it’s 30 years of age.
There are 6 great songs here, anybody who can tell us more ?

tracks;

1 Obaatan pa ( Good mother )
2 Obaa yi ho ye fe ( Beautiful woman )
3 Aboa abirekyire ( Wisdom of a goat )
4 Adam nana rekoo ( Mother nature )
5 Ade akye asa( the beginning and end of a day )
6 Koose part 2 ( Daily bread )

It’s been a while since we had Nigerian music. This is a tremendous
group that plays a very relaxed highlife. The cover of the LP does
not give us any useful information, please feel free to comment
on this sweet highlife album by the Super Negro Bantous.

tracks;

1 Professional Super Bantous
2 Life responsibility
3 Take time
4 Judgment

If you like a good Brazilian Beat, this is the thing for you.
Meireles’ orquestra was famous for it’s renditions of popular
Brazilian numbers. Although it ends with a couple of songs
I heard a few times too much, this is a great album.
It’s been recorded 42 years ago and sounds as if it was yesterday.

tracks;

1 Ritmo
2 Madureira chorou
3 Nêga do cabelo duro
4 Praça onze
5 Máscara negra
6 A banda
7 Marchinha no grande galo
8 Allah-la-ô
9 Cidade maravilhosa
10 Mas que nada
11 Garôta de Ipanema
12 Desafinado

Puerto Rican singer and percussionist Tito Rodriguez moved to New
York in the 30’s. He later became one of the biggest bandleaders
who worked all the big Latin clubs like the famous Palladium.

tracks;

1 Componte cundunga
2 Sobando el son
3 A callarse
4 Bacalao salao
5 Ahora me toca a mi
6 El latigo
7 Manteca de coco
8 Que cocine caridad
9 El panuelo
10 Oiganlo

Another fine Eddy’Son production from 1983. Congolese singer Pamelo
Mounk’a is back with this Paris recording. What can I say ?
Eddy Gustave always seemed to create the perfect atmosphere
with the perfect musicians. It all comes natural here, it’s only
half an hour of music but don’t miss it, Class A material.
A tiny bit of damage though, sorry.

tracks;

1 Laisse toi vivre Mamouni
2 Affaires de coeur
3 Yhiayhia dzellat
4 Mariaker

The brother of that Arsenio Rodriguez album of last week. It has a
cover by the same artist, that much is clear. I guess it must be
more or less from the same year aswell. It sure sounds like it.
One of the inventors of Cuban Son with a great LP.

tracks;

1 Quimbombo
2 Canallon
3 Rompe Saraguey
4 Yo si como candela
5 Me voy contigo
6 Ay que canuto
7 Yo soy tiburon
8 No tiene telaraña
9 Que se fuñan
10 Aunque mami no quiera
11 Fidelina
12 Nereyda

What do you think ?

I can see, by checking download figures, that most visitors of this
page are interested in African music. Latin scores reasonably well,
but Samba, Calypso and reggae not so well. The reggae part now
takes place at my parallel page. It did not fit in this formula
very much. The other styles match quite well I think, What
do you think ?

Here we have an example of some of that sweet African music.
Franco never failed to score yet, he was and is a master
in his style. Le grand maitre they called him, and that is
absolutely justified.

tracks;

1 Matata ya muasi na mobali ekoki kosila te
2 Radio Trottoir
3 Oko rgretter ngai mama
4 Mace
5 Bandeko na ya mibali basundoli ngai
6 Moleka