Latin Tinge: Tito Puente and Nati Cano
For National Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the “Latin tinge” in American music. We’ll hear a classic interview with the late Nuyorican bandleader and King of the Timbales, Tito Puente, who tells us about the roots of tropical Latin jazz in Spanish Harlem. Then, it’s off to the West Coast, where we visit the Los Angeles club of the late, great bandleader Nati Cano. As leader of Mariachi Los Camperos, Nati Cano was a central figure in the Mexican Mariachi scene of East LA. All this, plus music from Dizzy Gillespie, Lalo Guerrero, Los Lobos, Buena Vista Social Club, Freddy Fender, Professor Longhair and more.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: El Cayuco Tito Puente
Dance Mania Vol. 1, BMG
Night in Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings, RCA
Los Chucos Suaves Lalo Guerrero
Pachuco Boogie, Arhoolie
Kiko & the Lavender Moon Los Lobos
Kiko, Slash
Havana Moon Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, MCA
Dos Gardenias Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club, Nonesuch
Puerto Rico Los Pleneros de la 21
Conjunto Melodia, Schanachie
Instrumental: On Broadway Tito Puente and His Latin Ensemble
The Best of the Concord Years, Concord Records
SEGMENT: Tito Puente
Instrumental: Sabre Dance Lalo Schifrin
Mambomania, Verve
Girl from Ipanema Antonio Carlos Jobim & Astrud Gilberto
The Man from Ipanema, Verve
Tropicalia Beck
Mutations, Geffen
Okiedoke Machito & his Orchestra featuring Charlie Parker
The Original Mambo Kings- an intro to Afro-Cubop, Verve
End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes recording,
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Hip Hug Her Chico O'Farrill
Mambomania Talkin Verve, Verve
Acapulco Rock Freddy Fender
Canciones de Mi Barrio, Arhoolie
96 Tears Question Mark & the Mysterians
96 Tears , ABKCO
Johnny Charasquis Steve Jordan
The Return of El Parche, Universal
Rosa Majeur Queen Ida
Zydeco, Crescendo
Mama Inez Storyville Stompers
Feel So Good, Rugulator
Instrumental: Dr. Jazz Jelly Roll Morton
Birth of the Hot, RCA/Bluebird
SEGMENT: Jelly Roll Morton
Rum and Coca Cola Professor Longhair
Big Chief, Rhino
La Linda Guarjira Ramon Veloz
Guajira y Son Vol. 2, Rodven
Tanguedia I Astor Piazzola
El Nuevo Tango De Buenos Aires, Milan
Will O' the Wisp Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Sketches of Spain , Columbia
Instrumental: Las Delicias Beto Villa
Tejano Roots: Orquestas Tejanas, Arhoolie Records
SEGMENT: Nati Cano
La Bamba Los Pregoneros del Puerto
Music of Veracruz: The Sones Jarochos of Los Pregoneros del Puerto, Rounder
La Cucaracha Orquesta Pajaro Azul
Texas-Mexican Border Music Vol. 1, Folklyric
End Bed: Night in Tunisia Sonora Poncena
Latin Spectrum , BBE