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LATIN TINGE: TITO PUENTE AND NATI CANO
For National Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the “Latin tinge” in American music. We’ll hear a classic interview with the late Nuyorican bandleader and King of the Timbales, Tito Puente, who tells us about the roots of tropical Latin jazz in Spanish Harlem. Then, it’s off to the West Coast, where we visit the Los Angeles club of the late, great bandleader Nati Cano. As leader of Mariachi Los Camperos, Nati Cano was a central figure in the Mexican Mariachi scene of East LA. All this, plus music from Dizzy Gillespie, Lalo Guerrero, Los Lobos, Buena Vista Social Club, Freddy Fender, Professor Longhair and more.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: El Cayuco Tito Puente
Dance Mania Vol. 1, BMG - Night in Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, RCA - Los Chucos Suaves Lalo Guerrero
Pachuco Boogie, Arhoolie - Kiko & the Lavender Moon Los Lobos
Kiko, Slash - Havana Moon Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, MCA - Dos Gardenias Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club, Nonesuch - Puerto Rico Los Pleneros de la 21
Conjunto Melodia, Schanachie - Instrumental: On Broadway Tito Puente and His Latin Ensemble
The Best of the Concord Years, Concord Records - SEGMENT: Tito Puente
Listen - Instrumental: Sabre Dance Lalo Schifrin
Mambomania, Verve - Girl from Ipanema Antonio Carlos Jobim & Astrud Gilberto
The Man from Ipanema, Verve - Tropicalia Beck
Mutations, Geffen - Okiedoke Machito & his Orchestra featuring Charlie Parker
The Original Mambo Kings- an intro to Afro-Cubop, Verve - End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes recording,
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Hip Hug Her Chico O'Farrill
Mambomania Talkin Verve, Verve - Acapulco Rock Freddy Fender
Canciones de Mi Barrio, Arhoolie - 96 Tears Question Mark & the Mysterians
96 Tears , ABKCO - Johnny Charasquis Steve Jordan
The Return of El Parche, Universal - Rosa Majeur Queen Ida
Zydeco, Crescendo - Mama Inez Storyville Stompers
Feel So Good, Rugulator - Instrumental: Dr. Jazz Jelly Roll Morton
Birth of the Hot, RCA/Bluebird - SEGMENT: Jelly Roll Morton
- Rum and Coca Cola Professor Longhair
Big Chief, Rhino - La Linda Guarjira Ramon Veloz
Guajira y Son Vol. 2, Rodven - Tanguedia I Astor Piazzola
El Nuevo Tango De Buenos Aires, Milan - Will O' the Wisp Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Sketches of Spain , Columbia - Instrumental: Las Delicias Beto Villa
Tejano Roots: Orquestas Tejanas, Arhoolie Records - SEGMENT: Nati Cano
Listen - La Bamba Los Pregoneros del Puerto
Music of Veracruz: The Sones Jarochos of Los Pregoneros del Puerto, Rounder - La Cucaracha Orquesta Pajaro Azul
Texas-Mexican Border Music Vol. 1, Folklyric - End Bed: Night in Tunisia Sonora Poncena
Latin Spectrum , BBE