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FLACO JIMENEZ / EDDIE PALMIERI
This week feel the Pan-Latin vibe with guests Flaco Jimenez and Eddie Palmieri. San Antonio native and king of the conjunto accordion, Jimenez recalls his father’s influence on his playing. And NuYorican jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri talks about reshaping Latin bands with his La Perfecta group in the early 1960s. Plus, hear how Latin music influenced American roots rock, jazz and even Cajun music.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Viva Seguin Flaco Jimenez
Ultimo Tornado, WEA - Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio Flaco Jimenez
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio y Mas, Arhoolie - Wooly Bully Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Best of, MGM - One Time One Night in America Los Lobos
La Historia de la Banda del Este de los Angeles: El Cancionero, Rhino - La Pistola y La Corazon Los Lobos
La Historia de la Banda del Este de los Angeles: El Cancionero, Rhino - Evangeline Feufollet
Belle Louisiane, Feufollet - Mexican Special Rebirth Brass Band
Feel Like Funkin' it Up, Rounder - Pachuca Blues Beto Villa y Orquesta
Tejano Roots, Arhoolie - New Spanish Two Step Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose, Bear Family - Corrina Corina Freddy Fender
Canciones de Mi Barrio, Arhoolie - Vamos A Bailar Freddy Fender
Interpreta El Rock, Arhoolie - Pachuco Boogie Don Tosti's Pachuco Boogie Boys
Pachuco Boogie, Arhoolie - 3 Cool Cats Ry Cooder w/ Little Willie G.
Chavez Ravine, Nonesuch - Instrumental: Spaced Nature Omicron
Cinematique, Shadow - INTERVIEW: Flaco Jimenez
Listen - Blues Stay away from Me Doug Sahm & Band w/ Flaco Jimenez
Doug Sahm & Band, Atlantic - He'll Have to Go Ry Cooder w/ Flaco Jimenez
Chicken Skin Music, Warner Bros.
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Conmigo Eddie Palmieri
La Perfecta, Fania - El Cayuco Tito Puente
Tito Puente: 50 Years of Swing, RMM - Watermelon Man Mongo Santamaría
Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaría Story, 1958-1995, Rhino - Bossa Cubana Los Zafiros
Bossa Cubana, World Circuit/Nonesuch - Bodas De Oro Manuel Galban and Ry Cooder
Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch - El Son de Llama Orchestra Baobab de Dakar
Afro-Latino, Putumayo - Instrumental: Cuando, Cuando, Que Sera Cal Tjader
Talkin' Verve Roots Of Acid Jazz, Verve - Plena de San Anton Los Pleneros de la 21
Somos Boricuas: We Are Puerto Rican, Henry Street - Manteca Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra with Chano Pozo
Latin Jazz: La Combinacion Perfecta, Folkways - INTERVIEW: Eddie Palmieri
Listen - Instrumental: A Weeping Willow Tom McDermott & Evan Christopher
Danza, STR Digital - The Crave Jelly Roll Morton
New York, Washington and the Rediscovery, Smithsonian - Longhair's Blues-Rhumba Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic - Blues for Cuba Floyd Dixon
The Complete Aladdin Recordings, Capitol - Yama, Yama Orquestra de Enrique Peña
The Cuban Danzón, Arhoolie - Panama Kid Ory
Kid Ory's Favorites!, Good Time Jazz - End Bed: Rum and Coca-Cola (version 2) Professor Longhair
Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino