Chango's Dance

Bobby Matos | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 1995)
• Original Release Date: September 1, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cubop Records
• ASIN: B000005O8D
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,663 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Elegua Suite

2. Chucho

3. Columbia Interlude

4. Highway One

5. El Nuyorican

6. Checkere Interlude

7. Oiganlo (Son Numero Seis)

8. Bata Interlude

9. So What/Impressions

10. Mozambique Interlude

11. Da Me Tu Amor

12. Chango's Dance

13. La Charanga

14. Yeza Interlude

15. My Diamonds

16. Conga Conversation

17. Manteca

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Afro-Cuban/Latin Jazz L.A.-style, September 16, 2000

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Melissa (Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chango's Dance (Audio CD)

This is a work of greatness. Little-known outside of die-hard salsa circles in Los Angeles and New York, timbalero Bobby Matos has played and recorded with Tito Puente and Machito's orquestra, among others. He is not a "showoff"-type player, preferring to guide the ensemble rather than solo on top of it. It is a big ensemble on this session, with two trombones, sax, piano, and many great percussionists (including Ray Armando, also an alumnus of Tito Puente's group). There are lots of Afro-cuban influences to be found here, from the call and response conversation between saxes and trombones on the title track, to the bata drum conversations ("Bata Interlude" and "Yeza Interlude"), and the other percussion interludes. There is a charanga, "Oiganlo Interlude/Son Numero Seis", with an interesting narrative interspersed between chorus vocals (the narration is more like a poetic affirmation of Cuba's close ties with Nigeria/Benin/and Togo tribal roots). Clearly the band has jazz chops to burn, and they show them on a Miles Davis/John Coltrane Medley of "So What/Impressions". This is an overlooked Afro-cuban, Latin jazz masterpiece of the mid-nineties.