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PINCHUNO · 09-19-2006, 04:29 AM

Ralph Irrizarry. Nueva Manteca. Bryan Lynch. Conrad Herwig. Some Irakere records. The best mix of Latin Jazz (IMO) is having a good Latin rhythm section with seasoned jazz soloists. This may sound obvious, but there are soooooooooo many records out there where the soloists aren't really that well grounded in the jazz vocabulary and you keep hearing the same old tired "descarga" riffs and vamps. Horn phrases and piano montunos repeated ad nauseum. Unfortunately, the late, great Tito Puente recorded many such albums (I'm not talking about his salsa records, cool it!)and if it weren't for Mario Rivera on tenor and flute, most of these records would have been too dull for words.
"Jam Miami" is another example of this boring repetition. I'm sorry but Dave Valentin, should not have been allowed out to play that night. He only plays about 4 bars before he goes into his flute "sound effects" and multiphonics and why Sandoval insisted on murdering the timbales when he had 3 or 4 great percussionists playing behind him is beyond me.

09-19-2006, 04:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
PINCHUNO Pianissimo User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 57	Latin Jazz Ralph Irrizarry. Nueva Manteca. Bryan Lynch. Conrad Herwig. Some Irakere records. The best mix of Latin Jazz (IMO) is having a good Latin rhythm section with seasoned jazz soloists. This may sound obvious, but there are soooooooooo many records out there where the soloists aren't really that well grounded in the jazz vocabulary and you keep hearing the same old tired "descarga" riffs and vamps. Horn phrases and piano montunos repeated ad nauseum. Unfortunately, the late, great Tito Puente recorded many such albums (I'm not talking about his salsa records, cool it!)and if it weren't for Mario Rivera on tenor and flute, most of these records would have been too dull for words. "Jam Miami" is another example of this boring repetition. I'm sorry but Dave Valentin, should not have been allowed out to play that night. He only plays about 4 bars before he goes into his flute "sound effects" and multiphonics and why Sandoval insisted on murdering the timbales when he had 3 or 4 great percussionists playing behind him is beyond me.