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1	Buena Vista Social Club (1997) more music like this by Buena Vista Social Club This album is named after a members-only club that was opened in Havana in pre-Castro times, a period of unbelievable musical activity in Cuba. While bandleader Desi Arnaz became a huge hit in the States, several equally talented musicians never saw success outside their native country, and have had nothing but their music to sustain them during ... see all copies from $6.78! new only from $16.52!
2	Lagrimas Negras (2004) more music like this by Bebo & Cigala Lágrimas Negras (Black Tears) is a collaborative effort between the octogenarian Cuban piano master Bebo Valdés and the reigning Spanish flamenco cantador, Dieguito El Cigala. Recorded for Fernando Trueba and Nat Chediak's Calle 54 label, the sessions took place in Madrid between September and December 2002. Maestro Valdés (born in 1918), the ... see all copies from $6.75! new only from $6.75!
3	King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente (2002) more music like this by Tito Puente Tito Puente was never one for half measures, and even in death there's no modesty involved, as the label calls him King of Kings. It might be an exaggeration, but only a slight one, and it gets the attention. Still, as the saying goes, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and there's a hearty meal here, albeit one missing one or two choice ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $12.69!
4	Conversations (2007) more music like this by The Rodriguez Brothers The Rodriguez Brothers' debut recording as co-leaders blends elements of Latin jazz and post-bop in fine fashion, with each of them contributing several infectious originals. The Latin flavor is a little more discrete in Michael Rodriguez's driving opener, "Rowdy Rod," showcasing his fiery trumpet and a fine solo by bassist Carlos Henríquez. ... see all copies from $15.28! new only from $15.28!
5	Afro [Special Packaging] (2002) more music like this by Dizzy Gillespie Pairing Dizzy Gillespie with Cuban arranger/composer Chico O'Farrill produced a stunning session which originally made up the first half of a Norgran LP. O'Farrill conducts an expanded orchestra which combines a jazz band with a Latin rhythm section; among the participants in the four-part "Manteca Suite" are trumpeters Quincy Jones and Ernie ... see all copies from $9.68! new only from $13.40!
6	Putumayo Presents: Latin Jazz (2007) more music like this by Various Artists It goes without saying that the entire history and stylistic diversity of Latin jazz cannot be encapsulated on one ten-track CD. But like all of Putumayo's compilations, that was the task the label was faced with: representing the chosen genre adequately and accurately while understanding that much more would necessarily be omitted than included. ... see all copies from $13.37! new only from $13.37!
7	Una Sangre (One Blood) (2004) more music like this by Lila Downs Una Sangre (One Blood), Lila Downs' fourth album for the Narada label, is her most restless. Downs is best known to American audiences for her appearance in the film Frida (about the legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo) and her major contribution to the film's soundtrack. She has long been in the trenches knitting the indigenous music of her ... see all copies from $4.88! new only from $7.51!
8	At Newport (1957) more music like this by Dizzy Gillespie This CD features Dizzy Gillespie's second great big band at the peak of its powers. On the rapid "Dizzy's Blues" and a truly blazing "Cool Breeze," the orchestra really roars; the latter performance features extraordinary solos by Gillespie, trombonist Al Grey, and tenor saxophonist Billy Mitchell. In addition to fine renditions of "Manteca" and ... see all copies from $4.29! new only from $9.92!
9	To Bird with Love: Live at the Blue Note (1992) more music like this by Dizzy Gillespie To Bird with Love: Live at the Blue Note was taken from a month that Dizzy Gillespie was featured at the Blue Note in New York, virtually at the end of his playing career, the 74-year-old trumpeter is quite erratic on this set of bop standards. However, his supporting cast (heard from in different combinations) includes such major players as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44!
10	Calle 54 (2001) more music like this by Original Soundtrack One exciting thing about asking a label like Blue Note to provide a jazz soundtrack is the depth of catalog there is to draw from. And if that's Latin and Brazilian jazz, all the merrier. Obviously, it will be interesting to see how these 12 tunes match up to the images of the movie, but on its own, this disc is a great sampler of top-notch music ... see all copies from $11.42! new only from $15.41!
11 view cover	Dance Mania (1958) more music like this by Tito Puente Dance Mania is probably Puente's best-known album, appearing as it does in several reissue forms and having inspired subsequent More Dance Mania and Dance Mania '80s titles. Part of the reason is that it's his first major album of dance music, in stereo, on RCA. As with most of the rest of his work for the label, it more than lives up to ... see all copies from $6.15! new only from $9.90!
12 view cover	Top Percussion (1957) more music like this by Tito Puente A stunner from Puente's golden age, this 1957 recording brought together Tito, Mongo, Willie Bobo, Aguabella, and Julito Collazo on percussion with vocalists that included Mercedita Valdez, in seven wonderful cuts of traditional and (then) contemporary Afro-Cuban skin-on-skin. Then as an unexpected gift, there is a seven-minute Latin-jazz suite ... see all copies from $7.08! new only from $9.00!
13 view cover	Inner Voyage (1999) more music like this by Gonzalo Rubalcaba After taking the jazz world by storm with his exciting debut CD on Blue Note in 1991, Gonzalo Rubalcaba continued to delight his fans throughout the decade with one great recording after another. "Yolanda Anas," "Joan," and "Joao" -- each one a tribute to one of his children -- are intimate musical portraits that have a childlike simplicity, but ... see all copies from $6.73! new only from $6.73!
14 view cover	Havana Cafe (1991) more music like this by Paquito D'Rivera This excellent all-round session features Paquito D'Rivera on alto, clarinet, and soprano with his sextet, which is comprised of either Fareed Haque or Ed Cherry on guitar, the great pianist Danilo Perez, bassist David Finck, drummer Jorge Rossy, and percussionist Sammy Figueroa. The program has some strong group originals (such as "Havana Cafe," ... see all copies from $7.16! new only from $16.59!
15 view cover	Congo to Cuba (2002) more music like this by Various Artists The rhythms originated in West Africa and originally traveled to Cuba on the slave ships. Since then the music has gone back and forth across the Atlantic countless times, changing slightly on each occasion. This well-composed compilation shows how much Africa and Cuba have in common, kicking off with a smoking "Val Carretero" from Cuba's Chico ... see all copies from $4.93! new only from $13.20!
16 view cover	Afro-Cuban (1955) more music like this by Kenny Dorham Considered Kenny Dorham's finest recording of his all-too-short career, this re-reissue has been newly remastered and presumably now includes all of the takes from these nonet and sextet sessions of 1955. Considering the time period, this date remains way ahead of the Latin-tinged and hard bop music that would follow. It would be difficult to ... see all copies from $4.22! new only from $10.50!
17 view cover	Live at Jazz Alley (1990) more music like this by Mongo Santamaria This is as close to Latin purist Mongo as we have heard in recent years, an eight-piece salsa band -- including several members of the 1997 Tito Puente ensemble, like trumpeter Ray Vega, altoist Bobby Porcelli and tenorman Mitch Frohman -- playing a brace of Mongo classics and Latin jazz pieces live before a hushed crowd in Seattle's Jazz Alley. ... see all copies from $3.34! new only from $6.95!
18 view cover	A Toda Cuba Le Gusta (1997) more music like this by Afro-Cuban All Stars A lively, spontaneous record that manages to sound both relaxed and forceful at the same time, A Toda Cuba Le Gusta shows off the talents of many of Cuba's elder statesmen of Afro-Cuban jazz. Over gently pulsating conga grooves and low-register ostinatos, such luminaries as pianist Ruben Gonzalez and singer Manuel "Puntillita" Licea float dramatic ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $16.52!
19 view cover	Kenya: Afro-Cuban Jazz (1957) more music like this by Machito Classic Afro-Cuban jazz albums are not so plentiful that any can escape being called "essential." By 1958 the idiom had lost its original spontaneity and excitement, but new life had come from the recording possibilities of high-fidelity stereo. Kenya belongs to the style typified by Tito Puente's great work for Victor in this period. There are ... see all copies from $6.73! new only from $10.79!
20 view cover	Latin Spirits (2001) more music like this by Poncho Sanchez Much marketing ado will no doubt be made over the wonderful dream-come-true nature of the legendary conguero's pairing with jazz piano great Chick Corea, in a setting which brings the latter back to his roots playing with Mongo Santamaria in the '60s. And the two Corea-touched tracks are definite highlights. He wrote the jumpy, heavy-chorded jam ... see all copies from $14.58! new only from $16.89!
21 view cover	The Best of the Concord Years (2000) more music like this by Tito Puente The Best of the Concord Years collects 24 tracks over two discs from the final portion of Latin band leader and percussionist Tito Puente's career, which spanned six decades. During that time, Puente never strayed far from his jazz roots, as demonstrated by the inclusion of compositions by John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $17.57!
22 view cover	Trumpet Evolution (2003) more music like this by Arturo Sandoval Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is one of those cats who can never be predictable. He's either amazing -- actually, technically he always is -- or his records are putrid exercises in hollow proficiency with no soul. Trumpet Evolution, which is literally a journey through the great trumpeters from jazz's and orchestral music's past, is easily the finest ... see all copies from $2.69! new only from $5.27!
23 view cover	Monterey Concerts (1959) more music like this by Cal Tjader This CD (which reissues all of the music from the two LPs Concert by the Sea and Vol. 2) is the definitive early Cal Tjader album and one of the high points of his career. For a Carmel concert that was considered a preview concert for the 1959 Monterey Jazz Festival, Tjader was teamed up with flutist and altoist Paul Horn, pianist Lonnie Hewitt, ... see all copies from $7.56! new only from $10.35!
24 view cover	Afro-Roots (1958) more music like this by Mongo Santamaria A CD reissue of a mid-'70s repackaging of Mongo Santamaria's first two Fantasy albums, 1958's Yambu and 1959's Mongo, Afro-Roots is superb Latin jazz. Although these were Santamaria's first albums as a leader, the conga player had already worked with Pérez Prado, Tito Puente, and Cal Tjader, giving him absolutely impeccable Latin jazz credentials ... see all copies from $8.81! new only from $10.35!
25 view cover	The Sun of Latin Music (1973) more music like this by Eddie Palmieri & Friends con Lalo Rodriguez A master of the traditional and the progressive, the styles of the past and the bright, swinging future, Eddie Palmieri is one of the most influential Latino pianists of the 20th century. His extreme versatility and artistic vision are brilliantly displayed on The Sun of Latin Music. While most Latin jazz musicians fall into either staunch ... see all copies from $6.23! new only from $6.75!

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