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Gilberto & Musicabana Orchestra Cha Cha Cha LP Mercury MG 20164 Latin exotica
Sold Date:
January 20, 2015
Start Date:
January 9, 2015
Final Price:
$16.98
(USD)
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Mercury MG 20164 mono vinyl LP (1957) Gilberto and the Musicabana Orchestra Cha Cha Cha
Campesino/Mangos/Suave Cha Cha Cha/Mudable/Facil-Para-Bailar/Jannat//Molique/Manequilla/Cha Cha Cha Carnival/Cha Cha Cha En Boogie/Chevere/A-Lo-Ultimo
Who is Gilberto? The liners claim he wrote Dizzy Gillespie's "Manteca,"
as well as "Tropicana" and "Tin Tin Deo." Evidently he was an electrical
engineer who studied music as a hobby, and eventually he became an
arranger and composer of note. The dozen tunes on Cha Cha Cha are
credited to Mario Turner, however (perhaps his first trumpet, as was to Gillespie). So much for liner notes from circa-1957 Mercury.
The recording is remarkable for getting the conga down well, and at the
high end, the trumpets blare more than sufficiently. The second side is
stronger, and indeed the whole album is rather progressive, loud, and
even daring for the label and year. On a couple of tracks the band even
may be said to cook. Compare to Xavier Cugat's lively, pre-1958 records
for Mercury. ~ Tony Wilds, Rov
Appears to be the only one of this album currently for sale online.
