CINCO DE MAYO

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, we interview octogenarian Lalo Guerrero—-composer of “Cancion Mexicana” and zoot-suit swing and collaborator with groups such as Los Lobos—and young hot Panamanian jazz pianist Danilo Perez, who blends avant-garde with the traditional music of his home country.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Watermelon Man Arthur Lyman
Sonic Sixties, Rykodisc

Watermelon Man Mongo Santamaria
Skin On Skin – The Mongo Santamaria Anthology, Rhino

Watermelon Man Big Mama Thornton
The Way It Is, Mercury

Down In Mexico The Coasters
50 Coastin' Classics, Rhino

Frenesi Eydie Gorme
Wild Cool and Swingin Too, Capitol

Volver Elidaes Ochoa
Sublime Illusion, Higher Octave

Blue Shadows Jimmie Dale Gilmore
One Endless Night, Rounder

Instrumental: Drunk La Cucaracha Carl Stalling
The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2, Warner

La Cucaracha The Ardoin Family Orchestra with Dewie Balfa
A Couple Of Cajuns, Sonet

Mala Cara Pedro Isidro
Orquestras Tejans, Arhoolie

Evangeline Los Lobos
How Will the Wolf Survive, Warner

INTERVIEW: Lalo Guerrero

Instrumental: Martinique Martin Denny
Exotica: The Best of Martin Denny, Rhino

Blues on Central Avenue Joe Turner and Freddie Slack
Jazz in L.A. 1921-1956 Vol 1, Rhino

Give me the Flowers While I Live Jack Dupree
Deep Blue: The Rounder 25th Anniversary Blues Anthology, Rounder

Wildwood Flower Mother Maybelle Carter
Fifty Years Of Country Music From Mercury 1945-1995, Mercury

Acony Bell Gillian Welch
Revival, ALMO

HOUR TWO

Ain't That Good News Sam Cooke
The Man & His Music, RCA

Boy from Ipanema Peggy Lee
Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too, Capitol

Bright Mississippi Thelonius Monk
Monk's Dream, Columbia

Instrumental: Out Walked Bud / In Walked Bud Double Naught Spy Car
Comb in Blue Water, 11 Ft. Pole

Harlem River Drive Theme Harlem River Drive
Nu Yorica!, Soul Jazz

Molino Molero Susana Baca
Susana Baca, Luaka Bop

INTERVIEW: Danilo Perez

Instrumental: Cat O'Nine Tails Combustible Edison
The Impossible World, Subpop

Spanish Joint D'Angelo
Voodoo, Virgin

Hang On Sloopy Gilberto Sextet
The Groovy Sounds of The Gilberto Sextet, Cotique

Cuando, Cuando, Que Sera? Cal Tjader
Talkin' Verve Roots Of Acid Jazz, Verve

Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender

Across the Borderline Willie Nelson
Across the Borderline, Columbia

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