Afro-Latin Party

Putumayo Presents | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Putumayo World Music
• ASIN: B0007LPMCS
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,060 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #4 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Cuba > Rhumba
  • #13 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Afro-Cuban
  • #19 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Cuba > Salsa

Track Listings

1. Betece - Africando

2. Ritmo Con Ache - Jose Mangual Jr.

3. Cuentame Que Te Paso - Pepe & The Bottle Blondes

4. Babalu - Ska Cubano

5. Mandali - Africando

6. Morenita - Cubismo

7. Demal - Africando

8. Cogele El Gusto - Chico Alvarez

9. La Grev' Bare Mwen - Ronald Rubinel's Salsa Kolor

10. Samba Luku Samba - Ricardo Lemvo

Editorial Reviews

Croatian salsa, Cuban ska, and Oregonian mambo!?!? These are three of the unlikely gems listeners will find on Afro-Latin Party. What started out as an effort to provide the perfect soundtrack to a Latin dance party became a tribute to the global appreciation and realization of the musical ricochet between Cuba and Africa.

Central to the Afro-Latin phenomenon is Africando, who provide three songs on Afro-Latin Party, each with a different African lead singer. In the 1960s and 1970s, the biggest names in African music—including such heavyweights as Youssou N’Dour and Salif Keita—were performing Latin music, thanks to recordings that came over from abroad. Cultural exchange between Cuba and the socialist governments in Mali and other parts of West Africa was a regular phenomenon. Performers like the Fania All Stars and Celia Cruz toured Africa and became musical icons.

In 1992, legendary Africando founders Ibrahim Sylla and Boncana Maïga traveled to New York to record with top local salsa musicians, many who were taken by surprise by these Africans performing and their phonetically learned Spanish lyrics. Interestingly, many of the band members on the three Africando tracks here, also play on other tracks on Afro-Latin Party.

Customer Reviews

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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wear your dancing shoes!, May 24, 2005

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AfroAmericanHeritage (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

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The editorial reviews here explore the ethnomusicology of this disc, now let me share a gut reaction: wear your dancing shoes! This CD arrived in my mailbox on a dark winter day when I was engaged in the dreary task of cleaning my kitchen. By the third song sunlight seemed to have flooded the room, and I was dancing around with my scrub rag in hand! I guarantee it will transport you. This is my favorite new CD of the year.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Afro-Cuban Music With a Solid Groove, November 28, 2010

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M. Lehr (USA) - See all my reviews
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This album is one of the better Putumayo offerings - and that's saying something IMO. The selection of Afro-Cuban music is reasonably varied but without exception, these pieces have a solid groove. As others have said, you may easily be moved to dance. I would add that this is great music for letting your imagination run free.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes everyone happy, April 20, 2008

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Even at a luncheon at work... got compliments from the most interesting places for this happy, danceable music