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SANTANA SPEAKS: WITH CELIA CRUZ, TITO PUENTE, AND LOS LOBOS
We celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with prominent voices of Latin American music. Carlos Santana speaks about playing music from the streets of Tijuana to the stage at Woodstock, launching his career in San Francisco, and his hopes for a global society explored on his new album Africa Speaks. We’ll hear from the late Tito Puente, el Rey de los Timbales, who tells about the roots of tropical Latin jazz in Spanish Harlem and how he brought his instrument, the timbales, to the foreground by moving them from the back to the front of the stage. Steve Berlin and Cesar Rosas from Los Lobos talk about their mix of American pop and Mexican traditions, and we remember Celia Cruz, la Reina de Cuba, who we spoke to in 2001 about her musical beginnings in her beloved homeland, Cuba.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Batuka Santana
Santana III , Columbia - SEGMENT: Santana
Listen - Bessie's Blues John Coltrane Quartet
John Coltrane: The Impulse Story, Impulse - This Little Girl of Mine Ray Charles
The Ray Charles Story: Vo1. 1, Atlantic - Instrumental: Afro Blue Mongo Santamaria
Afro Roots, Fantasy - SEGMENT: Santana pt. 2
Listen - Corazon Espinado Santana feat. ManĂ¡
Supernatural, Arista - Instrumental: Adobo Criollo Mongo Santamaria
Mongo'70, Atlantic - Breaking Down the Door Santana w/ Buika
Africa Speaks, Concord - Mi nina Lola Buika
Mi nina Lola, Dro Atlantic, S.A. - SEGMENT: Santana pt. 3
Listen - Song of the Wind Santana
Caravanserai, Columbia - Black Magic Woman Santana
Abraxas, Columbia - End bed: Naima Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlan
Love, Devotion and Surrender, Columbia
HOUR two
- Open Bed: El Cayuco Tito Puente
Dance Mania Vol. 1, BMG - SEGMENT: Tito Puente
Listen - Okiedoke Machito & his Orchestra featuring Charlie Parker
The Original Mambo Kings-Afro-Cubop, Verve - La Guarachera Celia Cruz with Tito Puente
Fania Classics: Celia Cruz & Tito Puente, Fania Records - Instrumental: Our Day Will Come Willie Bobo
Spanish Grease, Verve - SEGMENT: Celia Cruz
Listen - Descarga Cachao Cachao
Cachao Master Sessions Vol. 1, Sony - Las Caras Lindas Flor de Toloache with Pedrito Martinez
Las Caras Lindas, Chulo Records - La Bamba Los Pregoneros del Puerto
Music of Vera Cruz: The Sones Jarochos of Los Pregoneros del Puerto, Rounder - Instrumental: Mariachi Suite Los Lobos
El Cancionero Mas y Mas , Rhino - SEGMENT: Los Lobos
Listen - One Time One Night Los Lobos
By the Light of the Moon, Slash / Warner Brothers - Mexico Americano Los Texmaniacs
Cruzando Borders, Smithsonian Folkways - Across the Borderline Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender: The Golden Voice of the Texas Gulf Coast, Gazell Records - Closing Bed: Viva Seguin Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
Viva Seguin: Tejano Conjunto Pioneer's Original Hits: 1947-1951, Arhoolie