Bobby Matos - Сharanga Сhango (2006)

Tracklist

01 - nadie baila como yo
02 - poem for cachao
03 - mi alma latina
04 - chango's charanga
05 - oye mi querida
06 - kimbisia
07 - madrigal
08 - cuando baila ramon
09 - silverlake songo
10 - mi alma latina partII
11 - return to spanish harlem

Bobby Matos - timbales (#1-11), clave (#1,3,10), quinto (#1,11), bongo (#1,3,10), coro (#1-3,5,6,8-11), guiro (#6,8), congas (#7,8);
Larry Harlow - piano (#1,3,9,10);
Leo Chelyapov - clarinet (#1,3,10);
Eliseo Borrero - bass (#1-3,5,7-10), vocals (#1,3,5,10);
Robertito Melendez - congas (#1-6,9,10), coro (#6), bongo (#7,8);
Frank Fontaine - flute (#1,3-5,7,10), baritone (#1,7,8), tenor (#3,7,10), soprano (#7) sax, guiro (#2), percussion (#9);
Dan Weinstein - trombones (#1,3,7-10), violin (#1,4,7,8), viola (#1,7);
Jud Matos - guiro (#1,3,4,7,9,10), clave (#2,5,8);
Ismael "East" Carlo - coro (#1,3,5,6,10), vocals (#2,7);
Victor Cegarra - piano (#2,5);
Michael Turre - flute (#2,6), baritone sax (#5);
Denise Cook - coro (#2,5), vocals (#8);
Rogelio Mitchell - coro (#2,5,8);
Theo Saunders - piano (#4,7,8);
John B. Williams - bass (#4);
Jacques Voyemant - trombone (#5);
Antoine Caito - bongo (#6);
Manny Silvera - bass & coro (#6);
Steve Baxter - trombone (#6);
Louis Taylor - tenor sax (#6);
Elliott Caine - trumpet (#7);
Andy Harlow - flute (#8);
Tony Middleton - vocals (#11);
Ray Armando - congas (#11);
Ralfi Marzan - bongo (#11);
Mauricio Smith - tenor sax (#11);
Steve Pulliam - trombone (#11);
Al Bryant - trumpet (#11);
Al Dorsey - piano (#11);
Victor Venegas - bass (#11);
Cotch Black - percussion (#11);
Lea Scott, Tasha Thomas, Maxine Anderson - background vocals (#11)

“ Within every Latin jazz band, lurks a dance band, a Charanga or Conjunto anxious to escape. Mambo, Salsa, and all the Afro Latin dance forms have been influenced by Jazz. Latin Jazz bands also play dance music. And the dancers always request more, constantly asking us to play and record more dance music. So our Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble transforms into “ LA CHARANGA CHANGO” . And this recording is for all of those dancers, and the dancer inside all of us.
With a little help from friends like Larry Harlow ( our very special guest artist), we recorded new songs and arrangements, remixed and re-mastered a few older tracks, re-presented two of most danceable tracks , and resurrected two rare collector’s items , “Kimbisia”, ( a dance track from the out of print CD “Footprints”), and “Return To Spanish Harlem”, (an extremely rare boogaloo single from 1969-70). So, let’s dance.”