Latin Jazz Music

There are 16 songs of which 5 were actually hits. This is
the minimum criteria for me to buy, so I guess thats good enough!

The sound is amazing. This album contains the exact elements I was searching for in the early Ballroom Masters of the Latin Beat. Innovative and moving in it's complex and rich orchestration. Great listening music. Easy to see why he was considered progressive and an innovator.

There are 16 songs of which 5 were actually hits. This is
the minimum criteria for me to buy, so I guess thats good enough!

The sound is amazing. This album contains the exact elements I was searching for in the early Ballroom Masters of the Latin Beat. Innovative and moving in it's complex and rich orchestration. Great listening music. Easy to see why he was considered progressive and an innovator.

This CD is among the earliest Tango music ever recorded --- 1926 marks the beginning of recordings made electrically. I love this album. I wish I could see the Tango dancing that people did to this music--although this was strictly a studio band created to make records. First, the sound on this transcription is very strong and pleasant. I would have been happier with less filtering, because even in 78 recordings from this time there is tremendous vitality to the captured sound (listen to the Sony reissue of Louis Armstrong's Complete Hot 5 and Hot 7s). But the engineers have done a decent job here. What is striking about this album is the sheer charisma of the compositions, and the pathos of the performances. Orquesta Tipica Victor preserves the romantic glissando style of the strings that became popular in orchestras in the late 19th century Romantic era. The conductor Anselmo Carabelli's impeccable musical taste puts the romantic style to very effective use, showing why the era was so in love with the technique. Another notable aspect of the performances is the pulsing, driving rhythm, which reveals unmistakably the "mantra" of Tango that master Tanguera Susana Miller speaks of in her dance lessons. The orchestra rises to overwhelming power at many moments in the album. What is inexplicable about this album is that so many of the pieces are so utterly irresistible. The melodies are scrumptious. I wondered what composer is writing such catchy pieces, only to discover that almost every track is by a different composer. This album represents 21 of the 225 sides recorded by the band during 1926-1931. So I don't know whether it was the director of the orchestra or the producer of the album who chose these compositions, but they have concentrated some of the most infectious pieces I've heard from the tango repertoire. After hearing the recordings of Pugliese, De Angelis, D'Arienzo, Di Sarli, Biagi, Troilo, etc. for the umpteenth time, this album will be a breath of fresh air.

I LOVE DESI ARNEZ' MUSIC VERY MUCH I MISS HIS SINGING ON I LOVE LUCY ....

Scotland has offered many Pretenders to the throne, but few as absurd as this mega-schmaltzy Elgin-born pianist, who was advertised (in Portugal) as "the king of samba". Inglez worked his way up through Edmundo Ros' latin dance orchestra and, as the war came to an end, started his own band. This disc of UK light programme fodder features 24 tracks of instrumental treacle which would do Melanchrino or Montovani proud. Only for the uber-Easy Listening fanatic.