Santana Speaks: with Celia Cruz, Tito Puente and Los Lobos
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 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: Vol. 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 Records
Breaking Down the Door Santana w/ Buika
Africa Speaks, Concord
Mi niña Lola Buika
Mi niña 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 McLaughlin
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 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 Border, Smithsonian Folkways
Across the Borderline Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender: The Golden Voice of the Texas Gulf Coast, Gazell Records
End Bed: Viva Seguin Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
Viva Seguin: Tejano Conjunto Pioneer's Original Hits: 1947-1951, Arhoolie