Santana Speaks: with Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, and Los Lobos

We celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with prominent voices of Latin American music. Carlos Santana speaks about playing music from the streets of Tijuana to the stage at Woodstock, launching his career in San Francisco, and his hopes for a global society explored on his new album Africa Speaks. We’ll hear from the late Tito Puente, el Rey de los Timbales, who tells about the roots of tropical Latin jazz in Spanish Harlem and how he brought his instrument, the timbales, to the foreground by moving them from the back to the front of the stage. Steve Berlin and Cesar Rosas from Los Lobos talk about their mix of American pop and Mexican traditions, and we remember Celia Cruz, la Reina de Cuba, who we spoke to in 2001 about her musical beginnings in her beloved homeland, Cuba.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Batuka Santana

Santana III , Columbia

SEGMENT: Santana

Bessie's Blues John Coltrane Quartet

John Coltrane: The Impulse Story, Impulse

This Little Girl of Mine Ray Charles

The Ray Charles Story: Vo1. 1, Atlantic

Instrumental: Afro Blue Mongo Santamaria

Afro Roots, Fantasy

SEGMENT: Santana pt. 2

Corazon Espinado Santana feat. Maná

Supernatural, Arista

Instrumental: Adobo Criollo Mongo Santamaria

Mongo'70, Atlantic

Breaking Down the Door Santana w/ Buika

Africa Speaks, Concord

Mi nina Lola Buika

Mi nina Lola, Dro Atlantic, S.A.

SEGMENT: Santana pt. 3

Song of the Wind Santana

Caravanserai, Columbia

Black Magic Woman Santana

Abraxas, Columbia

End bed: Naima Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlan

Love, Devotion and Surrender, Columbia

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: El Cayuco Tito Puente

Dance Mania Vol. 1, BMG

SEGMENT: Tito Puente

Okiedoke Machito & his Orchestra featuring Charlie Parker

The Original Mambo Kings-Afro-Cubop, Verve

La Guarachera Celia Cruz with Tito Puente

Fania Classics: Celia Cruz & Tito Puente, Fania Records

Instrumental: Our Day Will Come Willie Bobo

Spanish Grease, Verve

SEGMENT: Celia Cruz

Descarga Cachao Cachao

Cachao Master Sessions Vol. 1, Sony

Las Caras Lindas Flor de Toloache with Pedrito Martinez

Las Caras Lindas, Chulo Records

La Bamba Los Pregoneros del Puerto

Music of Vera Cruz: The Sones Jarochos of Los Pregoneros del Puerto, Rounder

Instrumental: Mariachi Suite Los Lobos

El Cancionero Mas y Mas , Rhino

SEGMENT: Los Lobos

One Time One Night Los Lobos

By the Light of the Moon, Slash / Warner Brothers

Mexico Americano Los Texmaniacs

Cruzando Borders, Smithsonian Folkways

Across the Borderline Freddy Fender

Freddy Fender: The Golden Voice of the Texas Gulf Coast, Gazell Records

Closing Bed: Viva Seguin Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.

Viva Seguin: Tejano Conjunto Pioneer's Original Hits: 1947-1951, Arhoolie

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