Machito & His Afro-Cuban Salseros - Greatest Hits [Import]

Track Listings

1. Sopap De Pichon

2. Si Si No No

3. Camaguey (Pineiro Tenia R

4. Caso Perdido

5. Noche De Farra

6. El As De La Rumba

7. Tibiri Tabara

8. Quimbombo

9. Carambola

10. Adoracion

11. Asia Minor

12. Paella

Machito & His Afro-Cuban Salseros - Greatest Hits,Machito & His Afro-Cuban Salseros,Fania,Latin

Tracks:

Oro, Incienso Y Mirra
Three-Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods: Calidoscopico
Three-Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods: Pensativo
Three-Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods: Exuberante

Customer Reviews:

Chico O'Farrill as major composer.......2001-03-07

Latin Jazz has never gotten the credit it deserves (did you hear Ken Burns mention it?), and Chico O'Farrill is unjustly left off most lists of our greatest 20th Century composers. The O'Farrill - Gillespie partnership goes back to the 1940s, and this album finds both of them, well after the era they made their names in, still at an absolute zenith of their creative ability. I would compare this to the Gil Evans - Miles Davis collaborations.

Good Solid Disc.......2000-04-27

Dizzy Sounds Good Here.His Music is without Category.that is Genius&Legacy.His Work Still is Mind-Blowing.He is One Of The Greatest Musicians ever in any Style of Music.He Combines Many Elements really well Here.

This one is REALLY GREAT so don't listen to the naysayers.......1999-12-03

I have over 30 Diz pieces and have seen him a few times. This one, while more contemporary in that is an orchestral arrangement by Chico O' Farrill, is REALLY tremendous and along with Bahiana are my two favorite later Diz albums. It ain't bebop, it's latin and if you are listenin' to it wantin' bebop, you should put on a bebop album. I happen to really love any of Diz's latin/afro-cuban albums. You can also hear latin songs on even his earliest Bluebird recordings and they are fantastic.

Excellent.......1999-10-15

I disagree with the listener who thought that this had a "Tonight Show" band sound. Especially as to the first piece (which was the entire 1st side of the vinyl album when it came out), the arrangement and performances are varied and exciting. Dizzy's playing is excellent as well. I have found that many people who are rock fans with little exposure to jazz respond well to the first piece on this album, and think that it is quite exciting and interesting. Dizzy had made umpteen albums with his bop soloing over an acoustic quartet, and this album was an admirable attempt to give him a different style to play in.

Not TYPICAL Dizzy Afro-Cuban!.......1999-10-14

However, I liked the CD very much. Though the CD was not what I expected from Dizzy Gillespie, because it can sound sort of contemporary in a "Hawaii 5-0" theme song kind of way, it is a wonderful album and is still a welcome addition to your Dizzy collection.

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Hot!
Not what I expected.
A "MUST HAVE" MACHITO CD !!

Kenya: Afro-Cuban Jazz
Machito
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000042OQU
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

Wild Jungle
Congo Mulence
Kenya
Oyeme
Holiday
Cannonology
Frenzy
Blues A La Machito
Conversation
Tin Tin Deo
Minot Rama
Tururato

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Frank Raul Grillo, also known as Machito, was the leader of The Afro-Cubans, a fiery definitive Latin-jazz big band. Not only did they sport a topnotch percussion section, featuring Candido Camero, Jose Mangual, and Uba Nieto, but they worked the arrangements of Mario Bauza, the father of modern Afro-Hispanic jazz in the U.S. This outstanding album, recorded in 1957, the same year that Tito Puente cut his historic Top Percussion sessions and Israel "Cachao" Lopez laid down his influential descargas. Named in honor the African country, Kenya, with pianist Rene Hernandez and A.K. Salim contributing compositions and arrangements, swings with the ancestral anthems that fueled the best Afro-inspired dances. "Wild Jungle" is a roaring rumba capped by special guest Doc Cheatham's zesty trumpet solo. The title track is an elegant Palladium-style lullaby graced by tenor saxophonist Ray Santoz's Lester Young lilt, and the Florida-born Julian "Cannonball" Adderley's Charlie Parker-like alto-sax riffs fly on "Oyeme," with another American, trumpeter Joe Newman. On the bata-drum-driven blues "Congo Mulence," Adderley and Newman create inspired solos off of the clave, highlighting the wonderful Afro-American and Afro-Cuban musical language Machito spoke and swung so well. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Customer Reviews:

Hot!.......2007-05-23

This recording doesn't come close to showing its age. Sound quality is fabulous, and the sizzling Cuban beats and hot musicianship will have you up and dancing.

Not what I expected........2006-11-02

I was a little disappointed in this. I thought the CD would have an African flair, or at the very least, would sound "latin". I thought it sounded more like just big band jazz, but with no latin sound. For example, Machito's "Tanga" I really love, but there was nothing remotely like this on this CD.

A "MUST HAVE" MACHITO CD !! .......2006-05-24

As it says above, truly a "MUST HAVE" CD for any lover / true collector of Afro-Cuban-Be-Bop Jazz. One of, if not "the best" recordings of the perfect combination of Afro-Cuban and 1957 Be-Bop!
AWESOME big band arrangements by pianist Rene Hernandez and A.K. Salim! Doc Cheatham in the Trumpet section, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley plays a KILLER Be-Bop alto-sax! And of course the percussion mastery of 'Candido Camero', 'Jose Mangual', and 'Ubaldo Nieto'
The beauty of the Kenya sessions is that they were done in 1957... when hard Bop and Afro-Cuban ruled! This CD for under $7.00 is a steal! Rated 10 stars! **********

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Soul of Machito
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Explosivo
I think I bought the wrong CD

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Release Date: 1991-07-30

Tracks:

Mi Ritmo Llego
Desilusion
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Guaguanco A Mexico
No Seras Para Mi
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So Salsero

Customer Reviews:

Explosivo.......2002-03-08

Del abuelo de la Salsa es bien poco lo que no sea dicho.
Solamente tomar en cosideracion la constelacion de estrellas que conforman esta grabacion y el sonido es algo que deleita el gusto de cualquier salsero que busca "SALSA GORDA"
Si la gente de color busca en "James Brown" el abuelo del "SOUL"
muchos cantantes tienen en su escuela personajes como Machito, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri entre otros.
No tengo quejas de ninguna de las canciones.
Unas por la letra, otras por el Ritmo y el resto la combinacion de los dos elementos.

I think I bought the wrong CD.......2001-03-30

Some of the songs in this CD are good, but most of them are not. Song number 2 and 3, Desilusion and Despierta Boricua are great, but the rest are bad. Maybe you want to buy another CD rather than this one.

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Afro Cubans 1941
Machito
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ASIN: B000050UPS
Release Date: 2004-11-16

Tracks:

Sopa de Pichon
Chacumbele
Rumbantela
Naguee
Parabola Negra
Muerto Se Fue de Rumba
Tingo Talongo
Yambu
Rescando Siempre Rascando
Intermezzo
Paella
Que Vengan Los Rumberos

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Vacation at the Concord
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ASIN: B00026B1SM
Release Date: 2004-06-08

Tracks:

Guaglione
Cocktails For Two
Patricia
El Aji Caribe
Me Lo Dijo Adela (Sweet And Gentle)
Mambo La Concord
The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing)
Torero
Estacy
Cha-Cha-Cha Loco
Rico Vacilon - Cha-Cha
Cotillion Mambo

Average customer rating:

Outstanding!
THE BEST LATIN MUSCI HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Big 3: Live at the Blue Note
The Palladium Orchestra
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ASIN: B0008GIV7K
Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

Cuban Fantasy
Piniero Tenia Razon
Que Bonito Es Puerto Rico
Mambo Inn
Babarabatiri
Palladium Days
Cayuco
Complicacion
Mama Guela
Chre
Avisale a Mi Contrario
Moldo de las Locas
Oye Como Va

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding!.......2006-01-12

Absolutely, without a doubt, the best I have heard in years! Everyone and anyone, regardless of their music preference, will take the hat off after listening to this masterpiece.
Bravo!

THE BEST LATIN MUSCI HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-11-25

The Palladium Ballroom on 53rd Street and Broadway was the hearf of Mambo & Latin music and the home of Machito, Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez.

The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra is the bain-child of Machito's son Mario Grillo. It was decided to approach the Puente & Rodriguez families to represent the music of the Palladium era. Margaret Puente and Tito Rodriguez Jr. were delighted to offer their original charts for use, along with the Machito scores.

Joe Madera began writing augmented charts to enable the bigger group to perform these pieces of Americana Music History and the ball was now in motion. The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra was born.

'the most thrilling music by far came from a sensational, relatively new band, called the Big 3 Palladium Orchestra....The Big 3 already may rank as the most brilliant large Latin jazz ensemble this side of Havana.' - Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

'Recorded live at the Blue Note Club, this group just sizzles. The original arrangements swing in a very sophisticated way mixing the old with the new. A great release, every aspect of the music on the album is sheer class with some real, tasty, jazzy solos...' The Beat

'the Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, with it's screaming horn section, frenzied rhythm section, and its high-octane, bone-crunching arrangements is, by far, the most hard-core tribute record I have heard in a long time. A guaranteed dance-club floor burner.'

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this guy is now an icon in jazz latino

Machito!!!
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Manufacturer: Timeless Holland
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ASIN: B00000DG27
Release Date: 2000-01-01

Tracks:

Elas De La Rumba - Machita And His Salsa Big Band
Quimbobo - Machita And His Salsa Big Band
Piniero Tenia Razon - Machita And His Salsa Big Band
Caso Perdido - Machita And His Salsa Big Band
Manicero - Machita And His Salsa Big Band
Sambia - Machita And His Salsa Big Band
Yerbero - Machita And His Salsa Big Band

Tracks:

Buenas Noches Che Che - Machito And His Salsa Big Band
Tibiri Tabara - Machito And His Salsa Big Band
Oye La Rumba - Machito And His Salsa Big Band
No Seras Mio - Machito And His Salsa Big Band
Dale Jamon - Machito And His Salsa Big Band
Mambo Inn - Machito And His Salsa Big Band

Tracks:

Bailan Cha Cha Y Gua Guanco - Machito
Guantanamera Pensativa - Machito
Buscando La Melodia - Machito
Ronnie Scott Mambo - Machito
Mi Cancion Es Para Ti - Machito
Guaganco - Machito
Sopa De Pichon - Machito

Customer Reviews:

this guy is now an icon in jazz latino.......1999-06-30

machito, graciela his sister vocal on boleros plus the great assitence of musician like tito puente , hernandez and mario bauza . made one of the perfecr example of the latino big band and help to popularaise latin music in the all wolrd, and believe it or not in hollywood during the 50s my recomendation is listenningf and enjoy this album

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good and proper

Ritmo Caliente
Machito & His Afro Cubans
Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets
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Sopa De Pichon
Chacumbele
La Rumbantela
Nague
Parabola Negra
El Muerto Se Fue De Rumba
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Rascando Siempre Rascando
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Bop Champagne
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How High The Moon
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Ay, Que Mate
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Si Si, No No
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Asia Minor
Un Poquito De Tu Amor
Tumba El Quinto
Jungle Drums
Vive Como Yo
Babarabatiri
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U-Bla-Ba-Du
El Sopon
Gone City
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Vaya Nina
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Mambo Jambo
Mambo Is Here To Stay
Finalizaun Amor
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Album Description

Throughout his long career, Machito stayed at the forefront of musical events, from the rumba era via mambo & cha cha cha to the salsa era. Here the concentration is on Machito & his Afro-Cubans' exciting fusion of Afro-Cuban music, with bebop the revolutionary new jazz of the 1940s. Machito & his Afro-Cubans were way ahead of their time, inspiring dancers & listeners in equal measure. This set is made up of 73 tracks & comes with a 40 page booklet with the story & session detail for all tracks. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slip-box. Proper. 2002.

Album Details

Throughout his Long Career, Machito Stayed at the Forefront of Musical Events, from the Rumba Era Via Mambo and Cha Cha Cha to the Salsa Era. Here the Concentration is on Machito and his Afro-cubans Exciting Fusion of Afro-cuban Music, with Bebop, the Revolutionary New Jazz of the 1940's. This Set is Made Up of 73 Tracks and Comes with a 40 Page Booklet with the Story and Session Detail of all Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

good and proper.......2003-08-07

Like all of Briton's Proper labels 4 cd box sets this offers a helluva lot of music for a terrific price! And, as always, it's music recorded in the 40's and sound quality ranges all the way from murky to acceptable and some good. But, if you are a fan of Latin Jazz, or a Machito worshipper [how can ya love Latin Jazz and not worship Machito? He was the best!], you will want this box set. Just for historical reasons, it offers pretty much a conclusive assembally, and on the nightclub recordings from BirdLand in New York, the searing heat and powerful jazz makes it through even though the one mike recordings from the radio are frustrating.

Mucho Macho: Machito & His Afro-Cuban Salseros

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Machito & His Orchestra- "Mucho Macho"

Mucho Macho: Machito & His Afro-Cuban Salseros
Machito & His Afro-Cuban Salseros
Manufacturer: Pablo
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Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods

ASIN: B000000XNX
Release Date: 1991-09-03

Tracks:

Asia Minor
Un Poquito De Tu Amor
Tumba El Quinto
Jungle Drums
Llora Timbero
Vive Como Yo
Babarabatiri
Cleopatra Rumba (Desert Dance)
U-Bla-Ba-Du
El Sopon
Gone City
Babalu
Vaya Nina
Hall Of The Mambo King
Donkey Serenade
Mambo Jambo
At Sundown
Why Do I Love You
Mambo Is Here To Stay
Rose Room
Tea For Two
Finaliza Un Amor
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
St. Louis Blues

Amazon.com essential recording

One of the key innovators in Latin jazz, percussionist Frank "Machito" Grillo fused deep percussive grooves with high-intensity horn sections and work by some of the greatest soloists of his era. These 24 sides, made in 1948 and '49 for producer Norman Granz's Clef label, are among the most striking examples of the form. Perfect for both listening and dancing, tracks such as "Asia Minor," "Gone City," and "Mambo Jambo" are endlessly fascinating. The truest test of Mucho Macho, however, may be the cheesily titled number "Hall of the Mambo King" and the covers of "Tea for Two" and "The World Is Waiting for Sunrise," which are nearly as powerful as everything else here. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Machito & His Orchestra- "Mucho Macho".......2000-10-16

This is a great compilation most likely taken from mint condition 78 rpm singles recorded for Norman Granz' "CLEF" label in 1948 and 1949 in NYC. During those glorious years the Machito Jazz Band was at its peak,under the skillful musical direction of the great Mario Bauza, who at the time also lead the orchestra's trumpet section. The only flaw I find with this re-issue is that the sound quality needed improvement and didn't receive it. In re-issuing these priceless recordings, better masters should've been sought. Other than that it is perhaps the best compilation of Machito 1940's recordings. "Un Poquito de Tu Amor", "Asia Minor", "Cleopatra's Rhumba", "Llora Timbero", "Donkey Serenade',"St.Louis Blues",etc. are all masterpieces, the orchestration and musical arrangements and percussion are simply outstanding, but then that's what made the Machito Band outstanding and perhaps the best at that time. Don't miss this great CD.

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