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Conga Caliente
Poncho Sanchez
Conga Caliente
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Latin Music
 
  •  Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (10) - Disc #2

The veteran, California-born Chicano conguero Poncho Sanchez proved you don't have to be Cuban or Puerto Rican to play authentic Afro-Cuban-derived music. On this CD, the Grammy-winning percussionist celebrates his 20-y...  more »

     
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All Artists: Poncho Sanchez
Title: Conga Caliente
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Concord Records
Release Date: 4/23/2002
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Latin Music
Styles: Latin Jazz, Latin Pop
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 013431212027

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The veteran, California-born Chicano conguero Poncho Sanchez proved you don't have to be Cuban or Puerto Rican to play authentic Afro-Cuban-derived music. On this CD, the Grammy-winning percussionist celebrates his 20-year anniversary as a bandleader, following his long stint with vibes master Cal Tjader. This collection combines two previously released recordings--the first nine tracks of 1988's Fuerte and several cuts from La Familia. On all the tracks, Sanchez's articulate and thunderous conga cross-rhythms bear the imprint of the great Mongo Santamaria, especially on the cha-cha-grooved "Ixtapa" and Clifford Brown's Cubop-coded "Daahoud." Like all good Latin musicians, Sanchez is equally at home playing dance music, as evidenced by his funny cover of the James Brown-boogaloo-influenced Dyke and the Blazers hit "Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man" and Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta classic "Cuidate Compai." This set shows that Poncho Sanchez is the real deal. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

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jo2jazz | San Francisco, Ca United States | 08/02/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I love anything Poncho has cut. It just doesn't get any better than his works."