Search - Johnny Rodriguez :: 1936-1940

To balance the reviews, if you like 1930's latin vocalists..

Yves F. Smierciak | Chicago, Illinois United States | 11/21/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I do understand that many people have made the sort of mistake the other people who reviewed this CD did (I have had done so in the reverse with this artist as a matter of fact), and were upset. However, if you like 1930's latin recordings, this is another excellent reissue on one of the greatest reissue labels of the hertitage of the 1920-1950 era of music, Harlequin records. My rating here (and it would be 4 but one song "Damelo Todito" is a favorite of mine)is that if you like Pedro Flores, the Daniel Santos' recordings from the early 1940's on the various RCA Victor reissue series or the reissue of Arhoolie's "Lamento Borincano" (not to mention similar Cuban artists like Marchin or Trio Matamoros), you will enjoy this music (as I do),it's romantic,has nice guitars and occasional trumpets and some tracks have excellent bongo based grooves (in fact some Bueno Vista fans may like this CD as well, just remember the sound quality is not like current CD's and you might enjoy this CD as well), but if you are looking for the more current Johnny Rodriguez, heed the warning others gave"

Classic Latin-American dance music from the 1930s

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 06/08/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Obviously, this is not an album from the 1970s country singer, Johnny Rodriguez, who hadn't been born when these recordings were made. Rather, these are killer-diller Latin-dance recordings made in the 1930s, as Latin-American music was making a splash in Europe and seeping into the American jazz repertoire. All of the similar releases I've purchased on the Harlequin label have been great, and this is no exception. A priceless historical collection of great, old Latin-American music. (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue music reviews)"