Latin America: Musica Viva [Import]

Track Listings

1. Tayta Salasaca

2. El Siquisiri

3. El Cafetero

4. As Vezes Choro

5. Danse

6. Llijlla

7. El Inca Atahualpa

8. El Ahualulco

9. Toro Barroso

10. Aires De Mi Tierra

11. Popurri Folklorico

12. Mazurca

13. Pajaro Carpintero

14. Negra Del Alma

15. Merci Bon Dieu

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
A collection of traditional and contemporary instrumental melodies from South America, Mexico and the Caribbean, culled from the famed Music of the World label featuring esteemed performances by Marc Ribot, Aires Colombianos Pepe Santana, Gonzalo Mata and many more.A truly exciting and solid introduction to traditional music of the Latin American region. 2005.

Latin America: Musica Viva,Various Artists,Latisphere,Latin,Latin Pop/Rock Collections

Tracks:

Watusi
Bantu
007
Do You Dig It
Soul Drummers
Hard Hands
Together
Right On
Acid
Abidjan
Power
Other Road
Lucretia the Cat
Cocinando
Arrepientete

Tracks:

Que Viva la Musica
Petola
Indestructible
Hijo de Obatal
Guarare
Vale Mas un Guaguanco
Ya Vez
Tu Propio Dolor
Fuerza Gigante
Rhythm of Life
Manos Duras
Prestame Tu Mujer
Aguadilla

Customer Reviews:

Emusica off to a Latin start with Fania catalog.......2007-01-23

Fania's catalog has been so mismanaged nay just plain neglected over the past 30 years (i once bought a copy of a willie colon lavoe cd - te mato- and it sounded like total distortion ... there had clearly been a problem with it and yet there it was) I have high hopes that things will improve now that Emusica bought the catalog but this Barretto compilation gives me some cause for concern. I do not understand the philosophy behind this compilation... it seems fania just wanted to include 1 or 2 tracks from each album with no concer for what they were including... Why would you include the same number of tracks (and shorter as they were done earlier) from seminal albums such as Acid, Together and Hard Hands as you would from Barretto's latter day efforts which had nowhere the impact and to these ears sound like more standard fare salsa. In fact the first cd is the one with the different rhythms etc... but they neglected some incredible stuff including some tracks he recorded with fania all stars which he wrote and should have been part of this compilation (i'm thinking of some tracks from the live at the red garter cds).. meanwhile the second cd is mainly post 72 Barretto and most tracks sound fairly similar...It just does not pack the same punch... Since CD1 has 15 minutes empty space and CD2 has another 15 or so they could have easily included more from early era Barretto... The liner notes are pretty shoddy affair with for example in the english notes riverside records honcho orrin keepnews (who anybody that knows anything about music knows who he is) is mispelled orrin keepnuevo as if they did a spellcheck in spanish or something and replaced "news" with "nuevo"...lame...barretto deserves a 100% treatment.. the notes tell us what album the songs come from but provide no dates, session players or anything else!!! the session players deserve better!... silly.. this is the typical mishandling of art by people who traditionally own latin music catalogs.. if they really want to do for fania what blue note did with its back catalog, which is what they've claimed, they got a long way to go.... also, there is no explanation of what happened when barretto's musicians left him around 72 to form their own group Tipica 73.. I give this four stars because the music is just great (although in my opinion too much 70s stantard salsa) and not enough early bugalu etc from the 60s... in fairness i should also say the sound is pretty good with two notable exceptions which are tracks 6 and 10 both coincidentally (not!) from "hard hands" which sound shoddy and buzz.. clearly an inferior source was used for these as they do not sound at all as good as the rest.. they should have just used a mint lp which they could have found on ebay for a bill... as mentioned the song selection is questionable and the liner notes leave a lot to be desired..it just seems like an opportunity was wasted to give barretto the 100% class act compilation he deserves... final quibble: to call this comp "a man and his music" is probably not the right way to go because barretto was very much about jazz too which is not represented here...

THE LATE GREAT RAY BARRETTO.......2007-01-07

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND BUY ALL OF RAY BARRETTO'S ALBUMS, THEN BUY THIS ONE. IT IS A GREAT COMPILATION OF HIS MUSIC FROM THE FANIA AND TICO LABELS. I GUARANTEE YOU WILL LOVE THIS CD!!!!!! LONG LIVE RAY BARETTO!!! SOME OF IT MAY SOUND A BIT DATED (60'S AND 70'S), BUT IT IS GREAT MUSIC NEVERTHELESS.

A superb tribute to an all-time Salsa legend........2006-08-07

The late great Ray Barretto's recordings for the Tico and Fania labels represent an extremely important chapter in the history of Salsa and this compilation offers a fine (if incomplete) overview of his illustrious career. Hopefully, Emusica Records (Fania's new owner) will reissue all of Ray's Tico and Fania CDs. Most of his major hits and trademark tunes are here and no self-serving Barretto fan should be without this great compilation.

Average customer rating:

A Que Viva La Musica
Ray Barretto
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000FOPRSG
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

Watusi
Bantu
007
Do You Dig It
Soul Drummers
Hard Hands
Together
Right On
Acid
Abidjan
Power
Other Road
Lucretia the Cat
Cocinando
Arrepientete

Tracks:

Que Viva la Musica
Petola
Indestructible
Hijo de Obatal
Guarare
Vale Mas un Guaguanco
Ya Vez
Tu Propio Dolor
Fuerza Gigante
Rhythm of Life
Manos Duras
Prestame Tu Mujer
Aguadilla

Average customer rating:

Latin America: Musica Viva
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Latisphere
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Latin Pop | Compilations | Latin Music | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00008Y4CA
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

Tayta Salasaca
El Siquisiri
El Cafetero
As Vezes Choro
Danse
Llijlla
El Inca Atahualpa
El Ahualulco
Toro Barroso
Aires De Mi Tierra
Popurri Folklorico
Mazurca
Pajaro Carpintero
Negra Del Alma
Merci Bon Dieu

Album Description

A collection of traditional and contemporary instrumental melodies from South America, Mexico and the Caribbean, culled from the famed Music of the World label featuring esteemed performances by Marc Ribot, Aires Colombianos Pepe Santana, Gonzalo Mata and many more.A truly exciting and solid introduction to traditional music of the Latin American region. 2005.

Album Details

A Collection of Traditional and Contemporary Instrumental Melodies from South America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Culled from the Famed Music of the World Label featuring Esteemed Performances by Marc Ribot, Aires Colombianos Pepe Santana, Gonzalo Mata and Many More.a Truly Exciting and Solid Introduction to Traditional Music of the Latin American Region.

Latin Music:

Latin Music

latin music

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