Latin Jazz & World Fusion Music CDs

When Creed Taylor left Verve/MGM for his own label under the auspices of A&M, he quickly signed Antonio Carlos Jobim and they picked up right where they left off with this stunningly seductive record, possibly Jobim's best. Jobim contributes his sparely rhythmic acoustic guitar, simple...

The album cover reads Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim. Also on board for this1963 session was a young singer, Astrud Gilberto, who will forever be connected with tenor saxman Stan Getz for her part in cementing the role of Brazilian music in the world of jazz with her...

This is a excellent single-disc sampler of what Mongo Santamaria was like before "Watermelon Man" catapulted him into the charts. Some of the Fantasy tracks sound like the musicians were just off the boat from Havana, and are a bit primitive in contrast to the brassy Santamaria of the...

Although he was never inactive, the 1980s found Tito Puente in a bit of a renaissance. His exciting Afro-Cuban jazz band had found a home on the Concord Picante label, and his music was increasing in popularity again. This particular CD has a stronger than usual repertoire, including "Take...

Poncho Sanchez's long string of recordings for the Concord Picante label are all easily recommended to fans of Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz. On this fine effort, Sanchez's octet welcomes guest Tito Puente (heard on timbales) to "Ti-Pon-Pa" and "Lover, Come Back to Me."...

Machito, one of the most revered artists in the history of Afro-Cuban music, lives up to his well-deserved reputation for giving 200 percent in concert on At the Crescendo. Captured live at Hollywood, CA's Crescendo (a legendary, long-gone Sunset Strip nightclub owned by record...

One of the major arranger-composers of Afro-Cuban jazz, Chico O’Farrill was both a pioneer of the idiom and a continually creative force up until his death in 2001. Born in Havana, O’Farrill was originally a trumpeter until it was obvious that his writing...

Vibraphonist Cal Tjader was quickly becoming one of the most important forces in Latin jazz when he recorded the infectious music on this CD reissue. Joined by pianist Manuel Duran, bassist Carlos Duran, and a couple of percussionists, Tjader performs Latinized versions of such standards as...

Here we have a summit meeting late in the careers of the pioneering titans of Afro-Cuban jazz -- Dizzy Gillespie fronting the Machito orchestra on trumpet, with Mario Bauza as music director, alto saxophonist/clarinetist, and organizing force, and Chico O'Farrill contributing the...

Jazz has utilized Latin rhythms on at least an occasional basis since virtually its beginning. W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues" from 1914 used a tango rhythm and "The Peanut Vendor" became a standard by 1931. The mixture of bebop and Cuban rhythms became a reality in 1947...

Atabaque; Amor Flamengo; Stairway To The Stars; Acertate Mas; Terra Seca; Speak Low; (orig. & alt. take); Inquietacao; Baa-Too-Kee; Carinoso; Tocata; Hazardous; Nono; Noctambulism; Blue Baiao.Laurindo Almeida, Guitar; Bud Shank, Alto Saxophone; Harry Babasin, Bass; Roy Harte, Drums.When one...