Perez Prado - Now!Twist Goes Latin / Exotic Suite Of The Americas (1962)

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Artist: Perez Prado
Title: Now!Twist Goes Latin / Exotic Suite Of The Americas
Year Of Release: 1962
Label: RCA-Victor
Genre: Jazz, Latin Jazz, Mambo, Twist
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 55:28
Total Size: 413 MB(+3%) | 136 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1962 - Now! Twist Goes Latin
01 Ti-Pi-Tin Twist 2:14
02 The Twist Of Hava Nageela 2:13
03 Sway (Quien Sera) Twist 2:01
04 Saigon Twist 2:15
05 La Raspa Twist 2:37
06 Venezuela Twist 2:10
07 Patricia Twist 2:37
08 St. Louis Blues Twist 2:36
09 Sabra Twist 2:17
10 Cachita (Oyeme) Twist 2:07
11 Anna Twist 2:30
12 Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Twist 2:08
1962 - Exotic Suite Of The Americas
13 Exotic Suite Of The Americas 16:22
(Theme Of Two Worlds - Amoha - Criollo - Theme Of Two Worlds
Uamanna Africano - Blues In C Major - Theme Of Two Worlds)
14 Midnight In Jamaica 2:15
15 Mama Yo Quiero 2:06
16 Son Of A Gun 2:00
17 Jacqueline & Caroline 2:16
18 El Relicario 2:10
19 I Could Have Danced All Night 2:07

In Exotic Suite, Prado demonstrates a talent for composing and conducting strings that recalls Les Baxter's seminal "Le Sacre du Sauvage." The strings very strongly handle the melody and mellower passages, representing North America, one presumes. (In "Voodoo Suite" there are less affecting drum and horn solos.) The changes between movements mostly are seamless. The drums, representing Central and South America, have much of the bombast of Tito Puente's powerful "Dance of the Headhunters." The inclusion of "Blues in C Major" is the only objection, but it serves to reinforce the one-America theme. The "filler" on side two is far better than on Voodoo Suite. The sensational "Son of a Gun" is a Cuban "son"; on this and the next album Prado meshes this rhythm with the twist. Twist Goes Latin is at least the quintessential Latin-twist album and an asset to any twist collection. The two-minute tunes breeze by, and the titles are well-chosen. "Patricia" and "Cherry Pink" get their updates, as do "St. Louis Blues" and "Quien Sera." "Hava Nagila" is another standout. But the ultimate is the organ duel in "Cherry Pink"; in the stereo version the organ solos in each channel. Okay, it's a little silly. But it rocks. Subsequent Prado albums also feature the twist gone Latin; here it happens for all twelve tracks.

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