Emilio Peñalver standing next to José "Chombo" Silva.
Emilio Peñalver between "El Negro" Vivar and "Peruchin". (The above photos of musicians are not from this LP)
The 'Peñalver' brothers: Emilio Peñalver tenor Saxophonist and Osvaldo Peñalver alto saxophonist were just two of several first call studio session players in Havana in the 1950's especially during the era of the "Cuban Jam Sessions" / "Descargas Cubanas", as well as many other recording sessions.Emilio Peñalver played on the classic "Panart Cuban Jam Sessions" LP's as well as on Cachaos "Jam Sessions In Miniature" also on Panart.Both brothers played together on Walfredo De Los Reyes classic "Los Mejores Musicos De Cuba" LP. The Hermanos Peñalver together in this big band. (Tipo jazz band)
Chico O'Farril, Obdulio Morales, Rene Hernandéz,Rafael Somavilla, Alberto Iznaga and "Peruchin".
With many of the "first call" studio musicians
in Havana during the 1950's and early 1960's.
"Ay Caramba!"
1957
Antobal's Cuban All Stars
Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar: trumpet Nilo Argudin: trumpet Leonardo Timor Jr.: trumpet Generoso "Tojo" Jimenéz : trombón Antonio Linares: trombón Amado Valdés: alto saxofón Santiago Peñalver: alto saxofón Emilio Peñalver: tenor saxofón Pedro Chao: tenor saxofón Oswaldo "Mosquitin" Urrutia: baritone saxofón Pedro "Peruchin" Justiz: piano "Felo" Hernandez: bajo Marcelino Valdés: bongoes & Guiro Guillermo "Barretico" Barreto:Drums & timbales Girardo Rodriguez: tumbadora "Justico" Antobal: maracas Raul Azpiazu + Gina Martin: vocals
5. Este E' Mi Mambo (Piano solo: "Peruchin") 12. Ya Empezó
"Agua! Agua!"
1959
Antobal's Cuban All Stars
(cover photo with "Killer Joe" Piro in front of the girl)
Obdulio Morales: director Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar: trumpet Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros: trumpet Domingo Corbacho: trumpet Generoso "Tojo" Jimenéz : trombón Antonio Linares: trombón Santiago Peñalver: alto saxofón Amado Valdés: alto saxofón Emilio Peñalver: tenor saxofón Emilio Chao: tenor saxofón Oswaldo "Mosquitin" Urrutia: baritone saxofón Pedro "Peruchin" Justiz: piano "Felo" Hernandez: bajo Guillermo "Barretico" Barreto: drums & timbales "Oscarito" Valdés (Jr.): bongo y Güiro Giraldo Rodriguez: tumbadora "Justico" Antobal: maracas Roberto Cordero: vocales
1. Agua! Agua!
(Piano solo: "Peruchin")
7. Los Timbales (Guillermo Barreto: timbal)
Mango Mangüé
1959
Antobal's Cuban All Stars
(Cover art by Alarcón)
Obdulio Morales: director Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar: trumpet Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros: trumpet Domingo Corbacho: trumpet Generoso "Tojo" Jimenéz : trombón Antonio Linares: trombón Edilberto 'Eddy' Escrich: alto saxofón Rafael Quesada: alto saxofón Emilio Peñalver: tenor saxofón Emilio Chao: tenor saxofón Emilio Peñalver: flute Oswaldo "Mosquitin" Urrutia: baritone saxofón Pedro "Peruchin" Justiz: piano "Felo" Hernandez: bajo Guillermo "Barretico" Barreto: drums & timbales Oscar Valdés Sr.: tumbadora Oscar "Oscarito" Valdés (Jr.): bongo y Güiro Roberto Garcia: quinto "Justico" Antobal: maracas Roberto Cordero: vocales
CD Reissue with 'Mango Mangüé' LP
plus second additional Antobal LP added.
Excellently remastered, great sound.
(Out of print)
"That Latin Beat" Antobal's Latin All Stars
Vinyl LP on the Dot label
The LP cover of Los Mejores Musicos De Cuba showing a tumbadora made by the great Cuban drum maker 'Candido Requena' with a painting of Santa Barbara on it.
The 1960 classic compilation of previous different music sessions featuring the masters: Peruchin, Cachao & Orestes Urfé on acoustic bass, Tata Güines, Walfredo De Los Reyes, Richard Egües, many others including the saxophonists Osvaldo Peñalver & Emillio Peñalver along with Estrich all three of them playing their ass's off. Originally out on the Cuban 'Gema' label which was owned by Alvarez Guedes, then reissued on the 'Rumba' label, and again reissued in 2004 on CD.
"Estampas Populares" Vinyl LP on Egrem/Areito mid 1960's
Same LP, alternate Egrem cover
An LP of instrumental compositions and music by the legendary 'Bienvenido Julián Gutiérrez'. The orchestrations on this kill, due to these studios sessions directed by four superb bandleaders:
You are correctly seeing the price in the upper right corner on the back of the album jacket... that's what this LP sold for. Long out of print and rare.
"Que Tienes Titina?" Raúl Planas singing with Carlos Barberias Orq. Kubavana Panart LP late 1950's
Planas is amazing, at the time of this recording, still a young man. Barberia's big band "Orq. Kubavana" kills with swinging arrangements! (including the boleros) The 'Peñalver' brothers in the Sax section.
1. A la quimbamba (Samba-Guaracha)
2. Cosas del alma (Bolero)
3. Nagüe (Rumba-Afro)
4. No lo digas (Bolero)
5. Yo soy cagueiran (Son Montuno)
6. No me pidas (Bolero)
7. Que tienes titina (Guaracha)
8. La cancion de dinero (Bolero)
9. Se acerca la comparsa (Guaracha-Comparsa)
10. Mi corazon tiene derecho (Bolero-Cha-cha-chá)
11. Bayamo y el Cha-cha-chá (Cha-cha-chá)
12. Despierta guajira (Guajiro-Mambo)
The original transfer from vinyl LP was a mess... now it sounds fabulous.
I spent an hour cleaning and trimming this with GoldWave v5.23
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With the Peñalver bothers on Alto y Tenor sax and Virgilio Vixama on Baratone Sax.
Two LP's by Mario Patterson Y Su Orq. Oriental.
The LP # LD 3100 is actually the very first LP that the newly formed Cuban label 'EGREM' put out in 1964. Egrem = "Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales", was for years the only "state owned" record company. Formed from the nationalized Panart label in 1964, it’s still the biggest, owning a huge catalog of classic Cuban recordings going back to the Forties. The cover photo showing a "Fidelista" dressed in green army fatigues, helping the "the people" loading cut sugar cane onto a cart in the cane field.
1. Si Fatima 2. Rigodon 3. Porque Estoy Convencido 4. Carino Falso 5. El Guateque De Juan Tomas 6. Juro Perdonar 7. El Cantante Del Amor 8. Pague La Lata 9. En Mi Guateque 10. Temor De Llegar 11. No La Lleves 12. Como Me Siento Ahora
Rigodon
"Santiaguera Bonita" Mario Patterson
"Santiaguera Bonita" came later and had the original version of *"Mañoño" that the N.Y. Salsa band 'Tipica '73' would do a cover version of in 1973.
1. Santiaguera Bonita
2. Mañoño * 3. Y Te Quiero ... Te Quiero 4. Hay Fiesta En El Monte 5. Gladys, Tutu Y El Nino 6. Y Ya Para Que 7. De Donde Viene Compadre 8. Baracoa Canta 9. Lo Veras, Alla Tu 10. Villaya 11. Siempre Vives En Mi 12. Y Chirrin Chirran
"Cool Latin Jazz" 'Francisco "Paquito" Hechavaria'
'Paquito Hechavarria' swings on piano and vibraphone throughout these 21 songs.
"Cachao", 'José Fajardo', 'Alejando "El Negro" Vivar','Osvaldo Peñalver', 'Rolando Aguiló' and several other great Cuban musicians no longer alive. Really swinging, funky tunes, many with shades of 1970's "Paquito and Fly out"with the "Miami crew", including 'Nelson "Flaco" Padrón' Also includes several things from 1957 done with 'Rolando Aguiló'. Not found easily, but available at"Lily's" in Miami for $13.98 ($1.00 less than Museo Del Disco)
1. Tumbao Paco 2. Si Dios Fuera Negro 3. Mambru Descarga (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas) 4. What I Did For Love 5. Orfeo Negro 6. Descarga A Nelson 7. Chorus Line 8. Tumbao 9. Mañana De Carnaval 10. Yo Soy Un Barco (El Barco) 11. Drume Negrita (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas) 12. El Collar De Clodomiro 13. Conga Descarga (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas) 14. Almendra (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas) 15. A Mil 16. Descarga En Sax (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas) 17. La Pachanga (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas) 18. Batu 19. Bodas De Oro (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas) 20. Descarga Para Piano Y Trompeta (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas) 21. On The Radio
3. "Mambru Descarga" (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas 1957)
20. "Descarga Para Piano Y Trompeta" (Rolando Aguiló y Sus Estrellas 1957)
10. "Yo Soy Un Barco" (with 'Nelson "Flaco" Padrón')
12. "El Collar De Clodomiro" (with 'Nelson "Flaco" Padrón')
A great compilation of three groups from the late 1950's through the early and mid 1960's. on a CD which has been out for several years.
Conjunto Bolero de Enrique Peréz, Sonora Nacional And Estrellas Juveniles, the band that Esteban Regueira formed. (with the help of Arsenio Rodriguez before he left Cuba) Which included several former members of Arsenios band: 1949-1952 Esteban Regueira: singer and director. Guichi: singer and guitar. Oscar "Florecita" Velazco, Enrique Peréz and Armando Albertini: trumpets. Cabrerita, piano. Sabino Peñalver: bass. Tomas Carrillo, tres. Alberto: bongoes. Tata Güines: tumbadoras
1. Oiganla 2. El Callejón de los rumberos 3. Protesta Carabalí 4. Cajones Bullangueros 5. Barasuguayo 6. La Bendición 7. Cinco línias, cuatro espacios 8. El niño rey 9. Chano Pozo 10. Perdón 11. Lamento Africano 12. Tiembla la tierra 13. Aqui entre las flores
"Cajones Bullangueros"
Tribute to composer 'Calixto Callava'.Features the late master batalero and rumbero: 'Francisco Hernandez Mora' a.k.a. "Pancho Kinto".
Juan Campos Cárdenas a.k.a. "Chan".
Giovanni del Pino.
Pedro Celestino a.k.a. "Fariñas".
The late Jacinto Scull Castillo a.ka. "El Chori".
The late Calixto Callava a.k.a. "Callabas".
The late Marino Justo Marino Garcia a.k.a. "Marino".
Ricardo Campos Lastra a.k.a. "El Chiqui".
Orlando Lage Bouza a.k.a. "Palito". (The original group)
All Cajones, played in the Guarapachangueo style. Never commercially released, this was brought back from a trip to Cuba in 1991. "Cajones Bullangueros" is my favorite recording by them. I'm not really into the "newer generation" of this group after 1999.
"Del Yoruba Al Son" 1994. With a great synth. keyboard at the beginning of #11 and Tata Güines plays with them on #12. On Magic Music from Spain, used to be impossible to find, now easily found all over the net as .99 cent MP3 downloads.
2. Toque Bata (Ochun)
3. Toque Bata (Yemaya)
4. Toque Bata (Changó)
5. Toque Abakuá
6. Yambú
7. Guaguancó (Guarapachangueo)
8. Guaguancó (Guarapachangueo)
9. A Joseito Fernandez - Guaguancó (Guarapachangueo)
10. Rumba Columbia
11. La Soledad - Guaguancó (Guarapachangueo) **with band
12. La China Linda - Guaguancó (Guarapachangueo) **with Tata Güines & band
Cuban LP's and recordings which include particular "styles" and "forms" of (playing & singing) "Cuban" music that unfortunately have become, or are on their way to becoming lost art forms. As well as related materiel which may not be "directly" from Cuba.
Mostly LP's that are either long out of print and-or obscure and music from "my own personal collection".
Occasionally some Brasilian things will be added that are hard to find, even on the other great Brasilian blogs, many that are listed in my Blog links. And maybe some things that have nothing to do with Cuban or Brasilian music.
It takes time to do all this, scanning the covers, resizing and uploading, often changing & correcting the info.
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Professional musician / percussionist.
Living, working and teaching in Manhattan, N.Y.C., U.S.A.
Born and raised in Manhattan, N.Y.C.
Lived in New Orleans from 1972 to 1986.
Produced and hosted the first Cuban music radio program in New Orleans on WWOZ from 1980-1986.
Been back in N.Y.C. 39 years and planning on getting the hell out very soon.
"Instrumental" 
Emilio Peñalver between "El Negro" Vivar and "Peruchin".
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