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