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Song Titles
1 |
Floreando |
Salsa |
2 |
Josefina |
Son Montuno |
3 |
It Could Only Be You |
Salsa |
4 |
Uno Mas |
Salsa |
5 |
Sylvia |
Bolero |
6 |
A-Train Mambo |
Salsa |
7 |
Pensativa |
Bossa Nova |
8 |
Sola Naci |
Salsa |
9 |
Noche |
Bolero |
10 |
Serengeti |
6/8 |
11 |
Love In The Redwoods |
Salsa |
12 |
Blue Skies |
Salsa |
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California Salsa I
HMA Salsa/Jazz Orchestra
Conducted by Bobby Rodriguez
What big band Latin sound do you know?
When you think of big band Latin music who do you think of?
Now you have the HMA Salsa/Jazz Orchestra
conducted by Bobby Rodriguez.
This classic recording was the first
for the fledgling Hispanic Musicians Association in 1991. This
recording documents a few very important things, one-that if
you have a dream, you must go for if, and don't wait for anyone
to make if happen for you, you have got to do it! Secondly, the
unsung hero of West coast Latin music or as Bobby calls him,
our Salsa guru, Paul Lopez.
The music is four adaptations and eight
originals.
"Floreando" opens with a powerful
salsa bass hook that never lets us go, solo's by David Torres,
piano and Tony Lujan, trumpet. "Josefina" is a great
crowd pleaser in a Cha-Cha rhythm. "Uno Mas" is another
flag waver of the hot salsa kind. "A-Train Mambo" is
a Latinized freight engine that makes your feet move and features
Bobby on a beautiful muted solo. "Sola Naci" features
Cuban singing star Candi Sosa on her own composition with another
fabulous arrangement by Paul Lopez. Three originals by Billy
Mitchell, "Serengeti" in 6/8, "It Could Only Be
You" and "Love In The Redwoods" completes a trilogy
of some American/Latin brew that's a swinging good time. Paul
contributes his bolero, "Sylvia" that will take your
breath away along with his arrangement of the wonderful Mexican
bolero "Noche." Irving Berlin's "Blue Sky's"
in salsa continues Paul's magic. And to round out this package
Clare Fischer's "Pensativa" is called upon in a Bossa
Nova rhythm and the magic continues.
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