My first encounter with Guillermo Portabales was in 1996, when
this_great_CD_came_out.
He was a unique performer of the ‘Guajira’, a rhythm that is halfway
between ‘Punto’ and ‘Son’. Born in 1911 in Cuba, Cienfuegos,
Guillermo was named the creator of ‘Guajira de Salon’ because he
added melodie and cadence and made it his own.
This album was recorded in 1970 in Puerto Rico with Los Guaracheros
de Oriente, also Cuban. Portabales settled in Puerto Rico and stayed
there until his untimely death on 25th October 1970.
He was hit by a car on leaving a gig at ‘La Palma’ restaurant,
he was 59 years old with a musical career spanning 42 years.

For this once I had to do some colouring on the cover,
it has some ugly stickers and other damage.

tracks;

1 Guanajo relleno
2 Se me fue la montuna
3 Canto a la Vueltabajera
4 Luz que no alumbra
5 Los carreteros
6 Esto se llama montuno
7 Mi son Cubano
8 Voy a Santiago a morirme
9 A la orilla del guaso
10 Echale salsita

If you want something more serious to dance to, listen to
this one by Théo Blaise. What sweet voice and great music.
Once more with Master Mwana and Bopol Mansiamina this is a
true beauty, move on and enjoy !

tracks;

1 Zenaba
2 Massy
3 Alésia
4 Liteya Choc

Well, it is saturday night so a little dance music won’t harm.
Pablo is the man with the sharpest bass and guitar, on this mid 80’s
Soukous killer he shows us. If you like Up-tempo African dance
material, check this out.

tracks;

1 Ngai locataire
2 Na mituni
3 Motema ebouge
4 Osuki wapi

For the lovers of West African music here’s one by Les Ambassadeurs
with Salif Keita and Kante Manfila. I just read a funny story on the
backsleeve; Late 60’s, There was another Salif Keita who was famous
for being a national soccerplayer. He had the nickname “le Domingo”,
and was also from Mali. As an ode to the great soccerplayer,
Salif Keita the musician took up the same nickname, le Domingo.
He changed the famous Railband for Les Ambassadeurs in 1975.
Listen to Les Ambassadeurs.

tracks;

1 Mana mana
2 Sidiki
3 Marfa
4 Primpin
5 Wale

Angelo y su Conjunto Modelo are here with some nice Son.
We see Miguel Quintana, Alfredito Valdéz and Junior Rivera
to call a few names. I love the Tres driven sound of the Cuban
Son, and they know how to make it.

tracks;

1 Maria Belen
2 No quiero llanto
3 Invitacion
4 No dejes camino por vereda
5 Que vengan todos
6 Palo cucuye

I went on a recordhunt last week and found me some great things.
This is Théo Blaise Kounkou, untill last week I didn’t
notice that I already had several LP’s with him singing
background vocals. When I read the information on the cover
and saw names like; Master Mwana, Bopol and Eddy’son, I knew
this had to be interesting. And indeed, I am now very happy I
bought 7 albums of Théo Blaise Kounkou and want to recommend
them to you. Another great Congolese vocalist entered
Global Groove, and we’re proud to have him.

tracks;

1 Bella Amicha
2 Lina essie
3 Mwana djambala
4 Fausse amitié

Nicomedes Santa Cruz presenta : Los Reyes del Festejo.
a collector of Black Peruvian music by several artists.

tracks;

1 Conjunto Cumanana – Los Reyes del festejo
2 Roberto Rivas y Gente Morena – Arroz co concolon
3 Abelardo Vásquez y Cumanana – Prendeme la vela
4 Vicente Vásquez – Zapateo en mayor
5 Nicanor Lobatón y Gente Morena – LIbertad
6 Roberto Rivas y Gente Morena – Enciendete, candela
7 Conjunto Cumanana – La Reina del festejo
8 Abelardo Vásquez con los Vásquez – Mi compadre Nicolas
9 Roberto Rivas y Gente Morena – Al son de la tambora
10 Vicente Vásquez – Zapateo en menor
11 Nicanor Lobatón y Gente Morena – El payande
12 Cuadrilla de don Manuel Mugarra – Son de los diablos

I use to post ‘music for the people’ of many country’s.
This time I want to introduce a Dutch singer to you, one I
really enjoy listening to. This is typical music from the
Amsterdam neighbourhood, ‘de Jordaan’. The album is from ’85
but the recordings are made between 1954 ( track # 1 ) and
early 60’s. Johnny Jordaan had huge succes late 50’s, his music,
though sung with enormous Amsterdam slang, was played throughout
the Netherlands. I always loved it, something quite different
for once. Hope you appreciate.

tracks;

1 Bij ons in de Jordaan
2 Geef mij maar Amsterdam
3 De afgekeurde woning
4 De parel van de Jordaan
5 Johnny’s potpourri 1
6 Johnny’s potpourri 2
7 Daar mag je alleen naar kijken
8 Een pikketanussie
9 Janussie
10 Pruimenpap
11 De begrafenis van Manke Nelis
12 Vriendschap

It’s been a while since we had some Brazilian music on this page.
Ai que saudade do meu Rio, demorou p’a caramba que temos
um bom samba neste pagina. This is a ‘Sambista’ I discovered
last weekend. I am always thrilled to find an album like this one.
Mid 70’s, Rio de Janeiro, great samba’s. Agorra me orgulho de
te apresentar; Zé Di comes in at Global Groove with topmaterial.
…samba

tracks;

1 Outro bouquet
2 Ontem
3 Quando meu Salgueiro desce
4 Nao vai dizer Adeus
5 Independência ou morte
6 Rei de França na ilha de assombraçao
7 Salgueiro chorou
8 Chapéu de marinheiro
9 De como un homem deixou de fazer música e foi vender pipoca
10 Perdoe meu amor

Plena is the most typical rhythm of Puerto Rico and the master
of the plena was Canario. His real name is Manuel Jiménez and
started his singing career at the age of 5. He was beheld a child
prodigy and that gave him his start towards everlasting fame.
The vocals here belong to Raful. Listen to Canario.

tracks;

1 Llego de Roma
2 Hechisera
3 Buscando a malen
4 Cortaron a Elena
5 Cuando las mujeres quieren a los hombres
6 El mundo se va acabar
7 Santa Maria
8 Por bandolera
9 Que se va José
10 Tanta vanidad
11 La negra Merced
12 Que tabaco malo