Red Hot Ballroom [Soundtrack]

Alex Naar (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 2006)
• Original Release Date: July 1, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Avalon
• ASIN: B000HEVZ4E
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,892 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mujer Latina - Samba 3 : 48

2. Historia de un Amor - Cha Cha 3 : 32

3. Light My Fire - Rumba 3 : 26

4. Tango D'amour - Tango 3 : 41

5. Sabor a Mi - Rumba 3 : 50

6. Oye Como Va - Cha Cha 3 : 31

7. Beautiful Maria of My Soul - Rumba 3 : 56

8. Sobe Son - Samba 3 : 17

9. La Cumparsita - Tango 4 : 11

10. Besame Mucho - Rumba 4 : 41

11. Autumn Leaves - Cha Cha 4 : 27

12. Espana Cani - Paso Doble 4 : 39

13. Summer Samba - Samba 3 : 46

14. Hernando's Hideaway - Tango 2 :28

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This makes me want to dance!, September 7, 2007

By 

J. Wakefield (SLC, Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Hot Ballroom (Audio CD)

This is all instrumental Latin dance music. I like it! Alex Naar arranged each piece for a ten piece dance band. His arrangements are musically complex and interesting--even if you are not a dancer. His "La Cumparsita" is perhaps too far out-of-the-box for some dance crowds. But everything else works for me. The band has a tight, jazz-like quality as they interpret Naar's vision for Latin dancing. If there is a negative here, it is that some of the tracks are just too long for many dancers.

Here are the titles, durations, suggested dance, and (additional comments) for each track:

Mujer Latina, 3:49, Merengue (Not samba as suggested above)
Historia de un amor, 3:32, Rumba (This is too slow for cha cha, as suggested above)
Light my fire, 3:26, Rumba
Tango d'amour, 3:42, Tango
Sabor a mi, 3:51, Rumba or Bolero
Oye como va, 3:31, Cha cha
Beautiful Maria of my soul, 3:57, Rumba or Bolero
Sobe Son, 3:19, Samba
Cumparsita, La, 4:13, Tango (Musically interesting, but an odd arrangement for dancing)
Besame mucho, 4:42, Rumba
Autumn leaves, 4:29, Cha cha
Espana Cani, 4:41, Paso doble
Summer samba, 3:48, Samba
Hernando's Hideaway, 2:27, Tango

5.0 out of 5 stars Red Hot Indeed!!!!, October 23, 2011

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Kim J. Love - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Hot Ballroom (Audio CD)

I love all types of music for different moods. This instramental is fabulous. I may not be dancing with Richard Gere but my husband is a perfect dance partner in the kitchen.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I give it an 8 out of 10, October 24, 2007

By 

Dan Branscum "Dancin' Dan" (Whidbey Island - WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Hot Ballroom (Audio CD)

I liked it as music to dance to, which is what I hoped for when I bought it. Every song IS DANCEABLE, except maybe La Cumparsita. I didn't agree with the producers choice of best dance on a couple of tunes but I'll grant that choice is often in the ear of the dancer. I give it an "8"!