Angel Canales
Sabor Con Angel Canales
CD
(Fania Codigo 509118),
Released 1975;
Re-Issued 2011
Produced by Joe Cain
Arranged by Edy Martinez
Editor's Pick:
**Classics Revisited**
"Angel's singing style and showmanship made people turn around to listen and watch him perform rather than dance," said Louie Cruz, who wrote arrangements for Angel Canales, during a conversation with me for the Descarga.com piece Louie Cruz: To The Best His Knowledge. "He had a very good band that played the tunes the same way he sang - with lots of dynamics. They succeeded in establishing a sound and style like him: 'different'." While effectively Canales' first solo album (he is prominently pictured on the front cover), this 1975 recording for Alegre Records is actually named after the band Sabor with a sub-billing on the rear cover reading "Sabor con Angel Canales". Sabor had been Mark "Markolino" Dimond's band, debuting on his 1971 stone classic Brujeria on Vaya Records with Canales on lead vocals. A drug addict, Dimond was not taking care of business, so Sabor walked out on him. Besides Canales, trombonists Ricardo "Richie" Montañez and John "Fudgy" Torres (who also assumes the mantle of musical director), conguero Antonio Tapia and bongo player Louie Rivera remained with Sabor for this album and continued to be core members of Angel's band into the '80s. José Madrid (1945-2005), a Colombian pianist who recorded in New York with Andy Harlow and Mongo Santamaría, replaced Dimond. This album pretty much set the mould for Canales' unique hard driving and complex jazzy sound. The liner note writer, Jaime Torres Torres, credits Colombian pianist Edy Martínez, who wrote seven of the eight arrangements, as the architect. The album spawned the hits "Sabor Los Rumberos Nuevos" (arranged by Louie Cruz), "Lejos De Ti" and "El Cantante Y La Orquesta". Canales composed half the tracks, including "Sol De Mi Vida", co-penned with John Torres and featuring a haunting solo from Madrid.
Very Highly Recommended. (John Child, 2011-07-14)
Song titles include:
Sabor Los Rumberos Nuevos 4:18
Sol De Mi Vida 6:26
La Hiedra 4:54
Perico Macona 3:27
Hace Tiempo 4:40
Lejos De Ti 4:13
No Te Acostumbre 3:18
El Cantante Y La Orquesta 3:41
Musicians include:
Juan Torres Musical director and trombone
Ricardo Montanez Trombone
Tom Malone Trumpet
Emerito Benitez Baritone sax and flute
Jose Madrid Piano
Eddie Testo Bass
Antonio Tapia Conga
Gadier Quiñones Timbales
Aldemaro Luis Rivera Bongo
Category: Salsa/Son
=> Salsa: Classic 1960s Or 1970s New York
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