Joe Cuba - A Man And His Music: El Alcalde del Barrio '2010

Tracks list

Exhaustive and exhausting (because you wont be able to stop dancing), A Man &
His Music—El Alcalde del Barrio presents the first major retrospective of
the 240 albums recorded by Joe Cuba, the Father of Latin boogaloo, and was
released in February 2010 to commemorate the one year anniversary of his
passing.

Gilberto Navarro was born in early 1930s Spanish Harlem. Inspired by the storied
Latin percussionist Sabu, he taught himself to jam on congas and eventually
wound up in the neighborhoods legendary Latin ensemble La Alfarona X. A promoter
gave Navarro his Joe Cuba stage name; his body of work and the adoration of
Latin and dance music fans for that work gave him his nickname, The Mayor of the
Barrio (El Alcalde del Barrio).

Cubas lyrics and music deftly and synergistically create the ultimate boogaloo
party, and youll discover way too much fun dancing among these 34 tracks to
fully detail. The first track on this compilation asks Do You Feel It? and the
subsequent music answers with such potent, powerful Latin and Latin boogaloo
grooves that you cant help but feel it! Different sections of a very large
group—including, from its sound, little children—shout out the
Bang bang and Beep beep lyrics to Bang Bang, and as dumb as that may read on
paper, it sounds brilliant in your ears: Bang Bang was one of if not the very
first Latin singles to pass one million sales. Those ears wont be able to tell
where the piano ends and the vibes begin, and where the vibes end and the
percussion begins, in El Pito (Ill Never Go Back to Georgia). It all sort of
melts together into a musical stream, and sparkles beneath a magical, glorious
Latin sun.

La Calle Esta Durisima shines no less brilliant, especially when Tommy Berrios
vibes bounce Caribbean beats off its wall of Afro-Cuban percussion, and Berrios
solo to close Y Joe Cuba Ya Llego dances like Snoopy rocking his doghouse top.

To be honest, I wish I could share more about other tunes, such as Macorina, for
which I have very few useable notes because, by that time, I just had to get up
and dance. Even so, A Man & His Music reveals a truth that Spanish Harlem has
known for decades: Joe Cuba led some hellacious Latin boogaloo bands, was
himself a ferocious entertainer, and it seems completely impossible to listen to
his music without wanting to dance or at least smile—wildly.

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Tracklisting:
01. Joe Cuba - Do You Feel It (Remix) (4:11)
02. Joe Cuba - Hey Joe, Hey Joe (5:07)
03. Joe Cuba Sextette - Bang! Bang! (4:08)
04. Joe Cuba - Its Love (3:18)
05. Cheo Feliciano - El Pito (Ill Never Go Back To Georgia) (5:35)
06. Joe Cuba - My Man Speedy! (2:24)
07. Joe Cuba - Psychedelic Baby (Youre Psychin Up My Mind) (3:15)
08. Joe Cuba Sextette - A Thousand Ways (3:02)
09. Joe Cuba Sextette - Aint It Funny What Love Can Do (2:25)
10. Joe Cuba and His Orchestra - Swinging Mambo (2:34)
11. Joe Cuba Sextette - Wabble-Cha (2:28)
12. Joe Cuba - Im Insane (2:25)
13. Joe Cuba Sextette - Ariñañara (3:03)
14. Joe Cuba Sextette - La Calle Esta Durísima (3:01)
15. Joe Cuba - Macorina (2:35)
16. Joe Cuba - Los Dos (3:18)
17. Joe Cuba - Y Joe Cuba Ya Llegó (6:11)
18. Joe Cuba - Interlude Boom Boom Lucumi (Live) (6:14)
19. Joe Cuba - A Las Seis (2:44)
20. Joe Cuba - Remember Me (2:44)
21. Joe Cuba - Aunque Tú (3:22)
22. Joe Cuba and His Orchestra - Temptation (2:13)
23. Joe Cuba Sextette - La Malanga Brava (3:42)
24. Joe Cuba and His Orchestra - Joe Cubas Mambo (2:44)
25. Joe Cuba Sextette - To Be With You (2:53)
26. Joe Cuba Sextette - Hecho Y Derecho (2:48)
27. Joe Cuba - Componte Cundunga (2:21)
28. Joe Cuba and His Orchestra - Pregón Cha Cha (2:38)
29. Joe Cuba Sextette - Como Ríen (2:57)
30. Joe Cuba - Jimmies Jump (2:34)
31. Joe Cuba Sextette - Bochinchosa (3:25)
32. Joe Cuba Sextette - Mujer Divina (4:41)
33. Joe Cuba Sextette - This Is Love (3:19)
34. Joe Cuba Sextette - Mambo Of The Times (2:11)

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