Live at Birdland

Live at Birdland Artist: Tito Rodriguez
Label: Palladium Sp
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD


UPC: 842732810102
EAN: 0842732810102
ASIN: B0006Z2LFQ


Release Date: 2004-11-16

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Genuine Latin Jazz.......2006-07-18

I've always considered "Latin Jazz" a pretense. Real jazz is about improvising with DEPTH and FEELING. And these two factors are often missing from fare dished out by salsa bands (the main pretenders to the title) whose soloists seem to believe that playing LOUD, the more to shatter your eardrums, and going up and down the musical scales FAST (in fact, faster than Speedy Gonzales) is what jazz improvisation is all about. And, of course, we must not forget the endless, monotonous riffing.

Tito Rodriguez at Birdland is one of the very rare examples of real Latin Jazz. With top-notch jazzmen like Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer (chummily billed as `Bobbie' on the cover), Al Cohn and Bernie Leighton as soloists, who can miss? These guys know their business. Their solos mesh with the music and the rhythm with warmth and emotion. And all of them are excellent--especially Clark Terry, still in his early years. My only gripe is that the rhythm section plays without time breaks--as if on auto pilot. Jazz drummers use these breaks to avert monotony and jump to greater heights at the end of the break.

But this is a minor complaint to this otherwise excellent CD. If you want to know what genuine Latin Jazz is all about, you cannot afford to miss this disc.

Music CD:

  1. Reventón Navideño ~ Los Flamers
  2. Sonandole Al Mariachi ~ Mariachi Sonidero
  3. 15 Exitos de Acerina ~ Acerina Y Su Danzonera
  4. Los Mejores Danzones ~ Acerina Y Su Danzonera
  5. 20 Exitos Con Mariachi ~ Chayito Vald%C3%A9z
  6. 20 Exitos Con Banda ~ Chayito Vald%C3%A9z
  7. 20 Super Flamazos, Vol. 2 ~ Los Flamers
  8. Exitos de la Reyna del Tex Mex Selena ~ Karaoke
  9. Coleccion De Oro: Descarga Tropical ~ Super Banda G
  10. El Sabor de Siempre: 20 Exitos ~ Grupo Miramar, Jose Barette

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

12 Exitos Rancheros ~ Aida Cuevas, Rocio Banqueles

Salsa en Movimiento ~ Gilberto Santa Rosa

Dr. Tomorrow's Cyberspace Univ ~ Dr. Tomorrow's Cyberspace Univ

Ladder of the Soul ~ Paul Baker

The Word Through Music

I'm the One That Love Forgot ~ Manhattans

Soul Jubilee ~ James Brown

Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump ~ De La Soul

Melvin Flynt Da Hussler ~ Noreaga

Live at Birdland ~ Tito Rodriguez