Orq. Sabor De Cuba "A Bailar Con Sabor" - (sin Bebo Valdés) 1961

Orq. Sabor De Cuba - "A bailar con sabor"
1961 vinyl LP/LD

This is 'Orquesta Sabor De Cuba', which was formally Bebo Valdés' band, after Bebo left Cuba, the band kept the same name.
With 'Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar' in the band on trumpet and 'Pio Leiva' singing on several songs.

1. Sans Souci Cha cha chá
2. Las claves
3. Todo tuvo que cambiar
4. Que locura
5. Jekete
6. Palo
7. Colapso
8. Cha cha cha del panadero
9. Sabor cubano
10. Improvisando cha cha cha
11. Francisco Guayabal
12. Sin caña y platanal

From originl vinyl LP.
It took me an hour and a half to "clean" up the sound and balance the left and right audio tracks on all 12 songs using 'Goldwave V.5'

1. "Sans Souci Cha Cha Cha" 

2. "Las calves" 

3. "Todo tuvo que cambiar" 

4. "Que locura" 

5. "Jekete" 

7. "Colapso" 

8. "Chachacha del panadero" 

9. "Sabor cubano" 

11. "Francisco Guayabal" 

12. "Sin caña y platanal"
 

In memoriam: Gregório Hernández, "El Goyo"

Gregório Hernández, "El Goyo"

Nov 17, 1936 - Jan 8, 2012
*** Iba ayé ba yé t'orún ***

Filmed by Barry Cox in La Habana, Cuba.
Guaguancó with Santa Cruz - El Negro -
El Goyo - Miguel Angel Messa Cruz - Juan De Dios
and Mario Jauregui playing a true sized "Requinto".

Video: Cuba Cantarla, bailarla, tocarla (1982)

Documentary featuring Juan García Reyes and Gonzalo Ascencio (Tio Tom).
Also has scenes featuring Amado Dedeu, Guillermo "El Negro" Triana, Carlos Aldama, Mario Dreke "Chavalonga" and others.

In memoriam: Guillermo "El Negro" Triana Crespo

Guillermo "El Negro" Triana Crespo

photo: Barry Cox

*** Iba ayé ba yé t'orún ***
February 10 1940, La Habana, Cuba.
June 8th 2011, La Habana, Cuba.

"En Nosotros" Generoso Jimenez, Peruchin, El Negro Vivar - Cuba

"En Nosotros - Instrumental"
Vinyl LP on EGREM/Areito
1964-'66

Musicians include:
Generoso "Tojo" Jimenez: trombone & Arr.
Pedro "Peruchin" Justiz: piano.
Rafael Somavilla: piano, arr. & comp.
Adolfo Guzmán: piano, arr. & comp.
Rolando Baró: piano, arr. & comp.
Alejando "El Negro" Vivar: trumpet.
Emilio Peñalver: tenor saxofone.
Osvaldo Peñalver : alto/sop. saxofone.

Great tuba on both tracks:

2. El Manisero

6. Domitila Donde Vas

Compilations: "50 Aniversario Del Triunfo de La Revolucion" 2 CD's 2010

"50 Aniversario Triunfo de La Revolucion"
Compilations: 50 songs. The Tumbao label
A 2 CD digipak.

The music label 'Tumbao' based in Spain is well known for it's
effort for over more than 15 years, for aquiring, remastering,
reissuing and therefore preserving many varied forms of
secular and non secular Cuban music, as well as the many
historically important artists/musicians/bands/orchestras.

The "Tumbao Cuban Classics" series with consistently
creative and artistic graphic design work has provided
music to listeners who may otherwise would never have
had a chance to hear classic Cuban music, unless they had
been collecting it for years or knew someone who had it.

We must of course acknowledge 'René Lopéz Sr.' and
'Andy Kaufman' for being among the first to reissue "Cuban Classics originally from 78rpm's onto vinyl LP's in the mid 1970's on the 'Cariño' and 'Cubitas' record labels respectively.

Many people I know have heard and have some of these 50 recordings, but many more have no idea that these recordings exist.
Tumbao took their time in searching for and compiling the materiel on these two CD's titled "50 Aniversario Del Triunfo de La Revolucion".

Whether listeners relate to the "ideology" presented is up to
the listener, but without a doubt... the musicians, bands, orquestas that are playing the music on these 50 recordings are superb.
Alejandro 'El Negro' Vivar, Ibrahim Ferrer, Pio Leiva
Orq. Chepin, Carlos Embale, Daniel Santos,
Rolando La' Serie and yes....... Celia Cruz.

CD #1
13. Vinieron A Salvar A Cuba
Orquesta Mayia.
Vocals: Carioca y Ibrahim Ferrer.
Hesmerido "Lolo" Ferrera: bateria
Ritmo Pilón - 1959.

14. El Chévere Guevara
García Escobar y su Conjunto
Guaracha - 1959

16. Ya Soy Feliz
Orquesta Chepín Choven
Vocal: Ibrahim Ferrer
 Hesmerido "Lolo" Ferrera: bateria
Ritmo Pilón - 1959.

24. Los Chivatos
Conjunto de Arty Valdés
Vocal: Cascarita
Guaracha - 1959


CD #2
3. Yo Soy Cubano
Papin y sus Rumberos
Vocal: Pascual Herrera quinto: Ricardo Abreu
Rumba Guaguancó - 1959

7. También La Tumbé
El Septeto Nacional
Vocal: Carlos Embale
Trumpeta: Lazaro “El Jabao” Herrera
Guajira Son - 1959

9. Guajiro Ya Llegó Tu Día
La Sonora Matancera
Vocal: Celia Cruz
Son Guajira - 1959)

10. Reforma Agraria y Guaguí
Harry Lewis y su Banda
Guaracha - 1959

13. Son Humanista
Conjunto Luis 'Lilí' Martínez Griñán
Vocal: Vicente Sánchez
Son Montuno - 1959


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This one is not included in the 2 CD's
Este no está incluido en los CD's 2
Revolucion En La Cintura
Orq. Neno Gonzalez
Voz de: Candita Vazquez





Similar themed materiel can be found on the excellent
vinyl LP: "Carnaval 1960 - 61"

CD1:

1. Guillermo Portabales: Rebeldía del guajiro (Guajira, 1948)
2. Trío Yara: Así canta el cubano (Guajira, 1952)
3. Ramón Veloz: Ay, pobre Cuba (Lamento Guajiro, 1952)
4. Evelio Rodríguez, Conjunto de Ñico Saquito: Que viva mi bandera (Punto Cubano, 1953)
5. Daniel Santos y su Conjunto: Sierra Maestra (Marcha, 1957)
6. Quinteto Rebelde, canta Rubén de la O.: Eso que tiene Fidel (Bolero Son, 1958)
7. Quinteto Rebelde, canta Rubén de la O.: Soy fidelista (Guaracha, 1958)
8. Quinteto Rebelde, canta Rubén de la O.: Respeto a Che Guevara (Bolero, 1958)
9. Quinteto Rebelde, canta Rubén de la O.: Que se vaya el mono (Guaracha, 1958)
10. Cascarita con el Conjunto de Arty Valdés: Guaguancó del 26 (Guaguancó, 1959)
11. Rolando Laserie y su Orquesta: Fidel ya llegó (Guaracha, 1959)
12. Ibrahim Ferrer y Carioca y Orquesta Mayia: Muchas gracias Fidel (Conga, 1959)
13. Ibrahim Ferrer y Carioca, Orquesta Mayia: Vinieron a salvar a Cuba (Son Montuno, (1959)
14. García Escobar y su Conjunto: El Chévere Guevara (Guaracha, 1959)
15. Chepín Choven y su Orquesta Oriental: Habana-Camilo (Danzón, 1959)
16. Ibrahim Ferrer con Chepín Choven y su Orquesta: Ya soy feliz (Son Montuno, 1959)
17. Bimbi y su Conjunto: Como dice Fidel (Guaracha, 1959)
18. Daniel Santos y su Conjunto: Victoria de la juventud (Conga, 1959)
19. Celina y Reutilio: Que viva Fidel (Son Guajiro, 1959)
20. Carlos Quintana con Chepin y su Orquesta Oriental: Canto al patriota (Son Montuno, 1959)
21. Evelio Rodriguez Conj. de Lily Martínez: Del Escambray a La Habana (Son Montuno, 1959)
22. Rodobaldo Cabana Libre y sus Milicianos: Ya te fuiste so cotorrón (Guaracha, 1959)
23. Tony Mariño y su Orquesta: Oh, caridad (Guaracha, 1959)
24. Cascarita con el Conjunto de Arty Valdés: Los chivatos (Guaracha, 1959)
25. Trío Los Piratas: Héroes de La Sierra Maestra (Corrido, 1959)
(**not all the rhythms are listed correctly in the CD notes)

CD2:

1. Celina y Reutilio: Décimas de La Revolución (Décimas Guajiras, 1959)
2. Conjunto Artemiseño: Revolución cubana (Guajira, 1959)
3. Papín y sus Rumberos: Yo soy cubano (Guaguancó, 1959)
4. Luís Caney y su Orquesta: ¿Miedo para qué? (Son Montuno, 1959)
5. Cuarteto Los Ricardo: Se te acabó la guapería (Guaracha, 1959)
6. Evelio Rodríguez con el Conjunto de Lily Martínez: Ponte a trabajar (Guaracha, 1959)
7. Carlos Embale con el Septeto Nacional: También la tumbé (Guajira Son, 1959)
8. Luís Caney y su Orquesta: Se va el caimán (Cumbia, 1959)
9. Celia Cruz con la Sonora Matancera: Guajiro ya llegó tu día (Son Guajiro, 1959)
10. Harry Lewis y su Banda: Reforma Agraria y Guaguí (Guaguancó guaracha, 1959)
11. Carmelina Barbieri Conjunto Tienda del Pueblo: Ya empezó la molienda (Son Guajiro, 1959)
12. Joseíto Fernández y su Conjunto: Tierra y Libertad (Guajira Son, 1959)
13. Conjunto Lily Martínez, canta Vicente Sánchez: Son humanista (Son Montuno, 1959)
14. Felipe Dulzaides y sus Armónicos: Cuba, Cuba, Cuba (Canción Swing, 1960)
15. Arty Valdés y su Conjunto: Se ha perdido una estrella (Guaguancó, 1960)
16. Orquesta Copacabana de Cárdenas, Joaquín Hernández: Héroe de libertad (Bolero, 1960)
17. Pio Leyva con la Orquesta de Joaquín Mendivel: Rumba de mi Patria (Son Montuno, 1961)
18. Rodobaldo Cabana Libre y sus Milicianos: Edúcate cubano (Guaracha, 1961)
19. Pio Leyva con su Orquesta: Los obreros se divierten (Son Montuno, 1961)
20. Ñico Saquito, Conjunto con Alberto Aroche: ¿Qué es lo que pasa en Cuba? (Guaracha, 1961)
21. Harry Lewis y su Banda: Pelotón, atención (Guaguancó, 1961)
22. Carlos Puebla y sus Tradicionales: Cuba no está sola (Guaracha, 1962)
23. Carlos Puebla y sus Tradicionales: Conmigo eso sí no va (Guaracha, 1962)
24. Carlos Puebla y sus Tradicionales: ¿Y a nosotros qué? (Guaracha, 1962)
25. Ramón Veloz: Sin bandera (Bolero, 1962)
(**not all the rhythms are listed correctly in the CD notes)

Lets see if it gets listed in the
Cristóbal Díaz-Ayala - FIU archives.. jajaja!

LP cover art: Humberto Cané "Yeyo y Cané" RCA Victor 1955

"Yeyo y Cané"

Humberto Cané
10" inch vinyl LP RCA Victor Mexico 1955
Humberto Cané:
born, Matanzas, Cuba 1918.
died age 82, Los Angeles, Calif. 2000.

Multi-instrumentalist and band leader Humberto Cané organized one of the most highly regarded bands in the musical history of Mexico, specifically in the genres of Mambo and Cha Cha. In 1947 Cane's group backed Benny More in the recording of a now famous 10-inch LP at the outset of the popularization of Cha-Cha-Chá and Mambo. Previously recording with Conjunto Matamoros, it is thought that his collaborations with 'El Barbaro del Ritmo' had helped spawn his particular soneo style.
Humberto Cané was the son of Valentin Cané, the founder of the group Sonora Matancera.

Humberto Cané con Sonora Matancera
(José Rosario Chávez "Manteca" arriba direcha)

"Negro Bonito"
Vicentico Valdés with El Conjunto de Humberto Cané .
Recorded in Mexico, 1947

"Llegó La Rumba"
El Conjunto de Humberto Cané:
Recorded in México, 1952-1953

Antonio Diaz Mena "Eso Es Latin Jazz...Man!" 1963

"Eso Es Latin Jazz...Man!"
Antonio Diaz Mena
Vinyl LP on Audio Fidelity

Antonio Diaz Mena a.k.a. "Chocolate"
with Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar,
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros,
Carlos "Patato" Valdez, Victor "Papo" Allende,
*Jorge Tapia, Miguel Avila.
Ramón Quian Sardinas "Monguito" sings on "Gozando el Guaguancó".
English vocal on "What Kind Of Fool Am I" uncredited.
Superb arranging by Lalo Schifrin, Duke Pearson and Felipe Yanez.

1959, Cuban conguero *Jorge Tapia sitting lower right.
(*Heart attack, 1/17/2014  R.I.P. - D.E.P.)
Lou Peréz standing behind him.
In 1986,'87 I met Jorge Tapia at the Rumba in Central Park,
he invited me to his house, made me a watercress salad and we listened to Cuban music.

"Marta" two versions

"Marta"
Orq. Antonio Maria Romeu
Barbarito Diez: vocal
Moisés Simons: comp

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"Marta"
Cachao y Su Combo
Israel "Cachao" Lopéz: acoustic bass
Orestes Lopéz: piano
Andrés "Niño" Rivera Echevarria: tres
Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar: trumpet
Armandito Armenteros: trumpet
Guillermo "Barretico" Barreto: timbales
Federico Aristides Soto y Alejoà "Tata Güines": tres dos
Ricardo "Papin" Abreu: tumbadora
Rogelio "Yeyito" Iglesias: bongoes
Gustavo Tamayo: güiro

Profiles in greatness: 'Florecita' Oscar Velasco O'Farrill - "Selected works"

'Florecita'
1938

Cuarteto Hatuey
1930's
Left to right:
Armando Dulfo, Evelio Machín,
Francisco "Compay Segundo" Repilado
Top: 'Florecita'

'Florecita' with El Conjunto Arsenio Rodriguez
1951
'Florecita' with El Conjunto Arsenio Rodriguez
1956

Lately I've been listening to a lot of music that has 'Florecita' playing trumpet, it is most often Felix Chappottin and Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros who get all the attention and notoriety and they absolutely deserve it, as they are both uniquely great "Cuban trumpet stylists".
But rarely is the uniquely stylized trumpet playing of Oscar Velasco O'Farrill a.k.a. 'Florecita' given recognition.

There is a well known "music critic" who has stated: "Felix Chappottin was the Louis Armstrong of Cuba", I disagree, if arguably any comparison may be made to a "Cuban Louis Armstrong"... the title would be better associated with Oscar Velasco O'Farrill.
'Florecita' was older then Chocolate, older then Felix Chappottin, a generation before both of them.
It is common to hear trumpet players in Cuba "quote" or play like Chappottin and it is also common to hear trumpet players who are influenced by Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros.

But you never hear anyone sound like, play like, or imitate 'Florecita', as he had a style and a sound totally unique and "soulfully Cuban".

Listen to Chappottin's early playing and the influence of 'Florecita' is clearly apparent. 
There are many great trumpet players who were/are incredible "stylists": Enrique Hernández, Lazaro “El Jabao” Herrera, Juanito Rodger, Armando "El Gorilla" Albertini , Chappottin, Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros, "El Guajiro" Mirabal, Gilberto Azcuy... all fabulous players within the "Son tipico" style, as opposed to El Negro" Vivar's "Cuban jazz" style or Julio Cuevas who I like and have always thought of as the Cuban Harry James.
But..... for me, 'Florecita' Oscar Velasco O'Farrill was "the Man".

There are other posts on this blog that have 'Florecita'

playing, but this post has some "selected works" that you can

distinctly hear Oscar Velasco O'Farrill's "style" and "sound".

With Arsenio Rodriguez y Su Conjunto
Me Dijo Que Sí Y Le Dije Que No 1951
'Florecita' short trumpet solo

With Arsenio Rodriguez y Su Conjunto
Guaragüí 1951
'Florecita' short trumpet solo

With Arsenio Rodriguez y Su Conjunto
Avaca De Maíz 1956
Comp: Silvano Shueg
'Florecita' : short trumpet solo near end

With Arsenio Rodriguez y Su Conjunto
Dame Tu Yoyo Ma Belen 1956 
'Florecita' : 3 short trumpet solos


* * * * *

 With Alberto Zayas' y Su Grupo
Las Jardineras
'Florecita' : short trumpet solo
Bongoes: Rogelio 'Yeyito' Iglesias


* * * * *

With Cheo Marquetti
Fuegos En Los Bomberos
'Florecita' : short trumpet solo.
Coro: Carlos Embale

With Cheo Marquetti
Hay Comentario
'Florecita' : two short trumpet solos.


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With Miguelito Cuní & Niño Rivera
El Diablo Tun Tun
'Florecita' : Trumpet
Contradiccion
'Florecita' : Trumpet

With Miguelito Cuní & Niño Rivera
Con Amor Todo Se Olvida
'Florecita' : Trumpet

With Miguelito Cuní and Niño Rivera
Convergencia
'Florecita' : Trumpet

With Miguelito Cuní and Niño Rivera
Lo Mismo
'Florecita' : Trumpet

With Miguelito Cuní & Niño Rivera
Donde Va Chichi
'Florecita' : Trumpet


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From Festival In Havana
Ignacio Piñeiro: arranger/leader
Tumbando Caña 
 'Florecita' : Trumpet

From Festival In Havana
La Chambelona 
'Florecita' : Trumpet

From Festival In Havana
Tumba La Caña 
'Florecita' : Trumpet


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With Enrique Jorrin and Odilio Urfé
Conga Del Senador
'Florecita' : Trumpet

Donde Va Maria 
'Florecita' : Trumpet

Bilongo
'Florecita' : Trumpet

Rumba
'Florecita' : Trumpet


Video of "Florecita" Here