Caliente con Soul!

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Timbalero Henry "Pucho" Brown has for decades held onto the mantle of being at once underaccorded and fiercely open to integrating different musics atop fundamentally Latin and Cuban rhythms. He opened ears in the 1960s as part of the "boogaloo" movement (and here covers the great Lou Donaldson's "Alligator Boogaloo"), where he thrived. A New Yorker by birth, Pucho got his ears and chops from East Harlem, where Latin pop and jazz seemed to play together as two channels in a single stereo system. Organ groove jazz, hard bop, hardcore Havana traditional rhythms, all of it came together in Pucho's world, lending his recordings a tough, driving power. His 1990s resurgence reaches a peak on Caliente con Soul!, which has the audacity to blow through rhythmic riff-outs that would make James Brown proud and a sure-to-please revision of Barry Manilow's "Copacabana." Pucho is strong, quick, and intense on the timbales, which he pounds on as his band creates a mix of styles so well thought that it'll score with Cuban music purists and '90s dance culture equally. --Andrew Bartlett

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Average customer rating: The best Pucho recording to date Solid Pucho

Caliente con Soul! Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers Manufacturer: Cubop Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music Folk | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Brazilian & Latin Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music International Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Latin Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000JCD4 Release Date: 1999-07-20

Tracks:

1. El Nino Mambo
2. Lena's Moods
3. Cold Duck Time
4. Ella's Groove
5. Happy Feet Mambo
6. My Dream Boogaloo (Mon Reve Boogaloo)
7. Copacabana
8. Alligator Boogaloo
9. Laura
10. Descarga On Las Palmas

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Timbalero Henry "Pucho" Brown has for decades held onto the mantle of being at once underaccorded and fiercely open to integrating different musics atop fundamentally Latin and Cuban rhythms. He opened ears in the 1960s as part of the "boogaloo" movement (and here covers the great Lou Donaldson's "Alligator Boogaloo"), where he thrived. A New Yorker by birth, Pucho got his ears and chops from East Harlem, where Latin pop and jazz seemed to play together as two channels in a single stereo system. Organ groove jazz, hard bop, hardcore Havana traditional rhythms, all of it came together in Pucho's world, lending his recordings a tough, driving power. His 1990s resurgence reaches a peak on Caliente con Soul!, which has the audacity to blow through rhythmic riff-outs that would make James Brown proud and a sure-to-please revision of Barry Manilow's "Copacabana." Pucho is strong, quick, and intense on the timbales, which he pounds on as his band creates a mix of styles so well thought that it'll score with Cuban music purists and '90s dance culture equally. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

The best Pucho recording to date.......2000-09-13

Some extremely funky material, some mambo, some New York salsa boogaloo madness. Guaranteed to make you dance! Pucho has made a few mediocre recordings, but this one stands up to repeated listenings. Even Copacabana gathers a head of steam (one can easily forget that it's a Barry Manilow number-during the solos at least).

Solid Pucho.......2000-08-24

This studio recording was done in LA when Pucho was on tour. Several selections are excellent: Happy Feet Mambo, Lena's Mood, Descarga Las Palmas. The only obvious filler here is Copacabana.

Jazz Music:

1. Caravan
2. Caravan
3. Charlie Parker with Strings
4. Chippin' In
5. Compact Jazz: Erroll Garner
6. Compact Jazz: Oscar Peterson
7. Compact Jazz: Stan Getz
8. Compact Jazz: Wes Montgomery
9. Direct from L.a. [Import] [Original recording remastered]
10. Doc Severinsen and Friends

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