Flaco Jiménez / Eddie Palmieri
This week, feel the Pan-Latin vibe with guests Flaco Jiménez and Eddie Palmieri. San Antonio native and king of the conjunto accordion, Jiménez recalls his father’s influence on his playing. And NuYorican jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri talks about reshaping Latin bands with his La Perfecta group in the early 1960s. Plus, hear how Latin music influenced American roots rock, jazz and even Cajun music.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Viva Seguin Flaco Jiménez
Ultimo Tornado, WEA
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio Flaco Jiménez
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio y Mas, Arhoolie
Wooly Bully Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Best of, MGM
One Time One Night in America Los Lobos
La Historia de la Banda del Este de los Angeles: El Cancionero, Rhino
La Pistola y La Corazon Los Lobos
La Historia de la Banda del Este de los Angeles: El Cancionero, Rhino
Evangeline Feufollet
Belle Louisiane, Feufollet
Mexican Special Rebirth Brass Band
Feel Like Funkin' it Up, Rounder
Pachuca Blues Beto Villa y Orquesta
Tejano Roots, Arhoolie
New Spanish Two Step Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose, Bear Family
Corrina Corina Freddy Fender
Canciones de Mi Barrio, Arhoolie
Vamos A Bailar Freddy Fender
Interpreta El Rock, Arhoolie
Pachuco Boogie Don Tosti's Pachuco Boogie Boys
Pachuco Boogie, Arhoolie
3 Cool Cats Ry Cooder w/ Little Willie G.
Chavez Ravine, Nonesuch
Instrumental: Spaced Nature Omicron
Cinematique, Shadow
INTERVIEW: Flaco Jiménez
Blues Stay away from Me Doug Sahm & Band w/ Flaco Jiménez
Doug Sahm & Band, Atlantic
He'll Have to Go Ry Cooder with Flaco Jiménez
Chicken Skin Music, Warner Bros.
End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Conmigo Eddie Palmieri
La Perfecta, Fania
El Cayuco Tito Puente
Tito Puente: 50 Years of Swing, RMM
Watermelon Man Mongo Santamaria
Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Story, 1958-1995, Rhino
Bossa Cubana Los Zafiros
Bossa Cubana, World Circuit/Nonesuch
Bodas De Oro Manuel Galban and Ry Cooder
Mambo Sinuendo, Nonesuch
El Son de Llama Orchestra Baobab de Dakar
Afro-Latino, Putumayo
Instrumental: Cuando, Cuando, Que Sera Cal Tjader
Talkin' Verve Roots Of Acid Jazz, Verve
Plena de San Anton Los Pleneros de la 21
Somos Boricuas: We Are Puerto Rican, Henry Street
Manteca Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra with Chano Pozo
Latin Jazz: La Combinacion Perfecta, Folkways
INTERVIEW: Eddie Palmieri
Instrumental: A Weeping Willow Tom McDermott & Evan Christopher
Danza, STR Digital
The Crave Jelly Roll Morton
New York, Washington and the Rediscovery, Smithsonian
Longhair's Blues-Rhumba Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic
Blues for Cuba Floyd Dixon
The Complete Aladdin Recordings, Capitol
Yama, Yama Orquestra de Enrique Pena
The Cuban Danzon, Arhoolie
Panama Kid Ory
Kid Ory’s Favorites!, Good Time Jazz
End Bed: Rum and Coca-Cola (version 2) Professor Longhair
Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino