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prado, perez - "prez" (33rpm lp)
[LSP-1556]

25,52EUR

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MEDIUM : Vinyl Record
AUDIOPHIL : Yes
Weight : 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION : sealed
CONDITION RECORD : M mint
COVER : Standard
CONDITION COVER : M mint
SERIALNUMBER : No
BARCODE : Yes

MUSICIANS :

Perez Prado - piano
Franklin Rivers Vasquez - sax
Rene Bloch - sax
Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
Homer Salinas - trumpet
Ernie Tack- trombone
Irving Ashby- guitar
Tony Reyes - bass
Leo Acosta - drums
Mike Pacheco - percussion
Ray Rivera - percussion
and other Musicians

TRACKS :

maria bonita - 2:46
cucurrucucu paloma - 2:52
la borrachita (i'll never love again) - 2:30
machaca - 2:32
adios mi chaparrita (goodbye my little angel) - 2:55
marta - 2:58
lullaby of birdland - 4:06
the flight of the bumblebee - 2:48
leo's special - 5:05
come back to sorrento (torna a sorrento) - 2:27
fireworks - 2:30

REVIEW :

It could well have been that Peréz Prado regarded his nickname 'The King of Mambo' not only as an honour but also restricting with regard to his ambition to move into big band jazz. Whatever the case, the release of his album with the shortened word 'Prez' as its title shows that the Cuban-born arranger had plenty of self-confidence ? it shouldn?t be forgotten that the saxophonist Lester Young, a living legend at that time, held the office of 'President' in 1958

In his aspiration to enter the soundworld of the well-established bandleaders and soloists (and this album certainly signals healthy rivalry), Peréz Prado first strolls down the familiar path of Afro-Cuban folkmusic with such numbers as the sawing and gurgling "Maria Bonita" and the highly descriptive "Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu-Paloma". All the more surprising then is the B side which begins with a version of "Lullaby Of Birdland" which is shaken to the core by hefty conga drum solos. Prado gives us his snappy mambo arrangement of "Flight Of The Bumblebee", the first jazzed-up version of which was heard to buzz in concert halls in the Forties, performed by the brilliant trumpeter Harry James. Among the numbers are several red-hot big band pieces such as "Leo?s Special" and "Fireworks" which has a particularly lively trumpet section with the power to blast the paint off the walls

All in all this is a recording which combines easy listening with a peppy Latin jazz feeling

RECORDING : June 10 1957 - June 28 1957
RE RELEASED : December 2006
RATING : 5 Stars out of 5
PRESSING : Audiophil by Pallas Germany
SOUND : Audiophil
MADE IN : Germany

STYLE :

Latin / Salsa / Mambo / Big Band Latino

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This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 05 December, 2006.

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