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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Manteca by The Red Garland Trio from Manteca (1990, Fantasy) album
track #1
“Manteca” was co-written by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo in 1947. It was one of the first examples of Afro-Cuban influences being incorporated into mainstream jazz. The piece referred to racist tensions in America when Dizzy Gillespie is heard singing, “I’ll never go back to Georgia”. -quoted from wikipedia
Red Garland, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Arthur Taylor, drums
Ray Barretto, conga
Recorded in Hackensack, NJ; April 11, 1958
TitleMantecaArtistThe Red Garland TrioAlbumManteca -
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Lagrimas negras (M. Matamoros) by Bebo Valdes & Chucho Valdes from Juntos para Siempre (2008, Calle 54) album
track #11
Chucho can be heard on the left channel and Bebo on the right, corresponding to how they played - face to face - in the recording studio.
Bebo Valdes, piano
Chucho Valdes, piano
This abum is a dialogue, an embrace, and also the legacy of two artists that had to live apart from one another longer than both would have wished. In this record, Bebo and Chucho are, at last, together forever (Juntos para Siempre). -excerpt from the liner notes.
TitleLagrimas NegrasArtistBebo Valdes & Chucho ValdesAlbumJuntos para Siempre
About me
jazz, THE HIGH, and its infinity..
You could leave at any time into the freedom..
