Machito - El Padrino (2011)

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Artist: Machito
Title: El Padrino
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Fania Records
Genre: Latin Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue)
Total Time: 02:19:34
Total Size: 800 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1
01. Tanga (3:35)
02. Wild Jungle (2:46)
03. Bimbi Si (with Graciela) (2:36)
04. Guantanamera (with Graciela) (3:26)
05. El Abanico (with Graciela) (2:26)
06. Ebony (2:25)
07. Oyeme Mama (with Graciela) (3:08)
08. Carabunta (3:45)
09. Volcan (with Graciela) (3:32)
10. Barbarabae (2:54)
11. Beeree Bee Cum Bee (with Graciela) (3:10)
12. Quimbombo (2:48)
13. Tennessee Waltz (2:53)
14. El Guardia con el Tolete (with Marcelino Guerra) (3:05)
15. Cannonology (2:30)
16. Azulito (4:12)
17. El Santo en Nueva York (3:21)
18. Cooking Cooking (3:18)
19. No Down Payment (2:49)
20. How Deep Is the Ocean, How High Is the Sky (3:36)
21. Relax and Mambo (3:10)
22. Ay Jose (with Graciela) (3:14)
23. Au Revoir (2:59)

CD 2
01. Ahora Si (with Graciela) (5:00)
02. Latin Cornbread (2:30)
03. Doug's Room (4:44)
04. Brazilian Soft Shoe (with Herbie Mann) (2:23)
05. Si-Si, No-No (with Graciela) (3:32)
06. Lloriqueando (2:29)
07. Song of Lisbon (3:19)
08. Remember Me (Recordare Tu Boca) (with Graciela) (3:08)
09. Coisa Nova (2:13)
10. Cuba (2:43)
11. Yo Soy la Rumba (3:37)
12. Rumba Ace (2:48)
13. Mambo a la Savoy (2:54)
14. El Bejuco (with Graciela) (2:54)
15. In Havana (Pa'lla Pa'ca) (2:32)
16. I Care (3:32)
17. Bananas (with Graciela) (2:51)
18. Love Chant (with Herbie Mann) (3:15)
19. Congo Mulence (3:01)
20. One Note Samba (3:15)
21. Jammin' with Machito (5:16)

Machito led one of the two or three finest mambo orchestras during the classic period (the late '40s and early '50s), and his innovations only continued during the '50s and '60s, when he recorded the sides heard on this Fania compilation. Almost perfectly divided between music from the late '50s and the '60s, El Padrino may lack all of his early mambos (the heart of his legend), but nonetheless, it includes plenty of great material, none better than his torrid 1965 number “Tanga,” which leads off this compilation, and while it's been collected numerous times in numerous contexts, it doesn't drag at all. Machito's exploration of all manner of Afro-Cuban rhythms and forms during these years is best heard on his classic (and focused) Latin LPs like Asia Minor and Kenya, but for the listener who wants all of it now, El Padrino is the place to find the most. -- John Bush

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