Ivan Cáceres Y Su Bongolandia
Roots Of Acid Salsa - Con Los Voces De Luisito Carrion & Ruben Roman
CD
(Bongolandia Productions 12003),
Released 2003;
Produced by Ivan Cárceres
Editor's Pick:
We receive promos of debut releases all the time, and I listen to them all. Well, most. Some of them are good, many of them are fair, and some shouldn’t have been made. Every now and then, however, there is the BIG surprise -- a truly great release. Iván Cáceres y Su Bongolandia’s “Roots of Acid Salsa” is such a release -- a slammin’, well orchestrated, beautifully arranged, funky, hard-core salsa CD where each individual track is important to the overall whole.
Mr. Cáceres, a fiery, talented bongocero, has acknowledged many influences in the liner notes including Frankie Dante and Orquesta Flamboyán, to which he pays tribute to on “Medley La Flamboyán (Para Frankie Dante).”
Lead vocalists Luisito Carrion, Rubén Román and Mr. Cáceres do remarkable work here, raising the level of sabor even higher.
‘El Merecumbe,’ a terrific number, is being touted as *the* hit on this CD. But there are a lot of fine tracks here: any number of them could be used to vastly raise the level of radio airplay quality. This is a DJ smorgasbord. Hands down, my vote for pick of the month -- and will, most probably, make my top ten list for 2003.
A must have.
Very Highly Recommended. (BP, 2003-10-08)
Song titles include:
Campana Mayoral
Vous Le Vous Dancer
No Pare El Carnaval (Don't Stop The Carnival)
Esclavo De Amor
Medley La Flamboyan
Changui Compay
Merecumbe
Ni Pito Ni Flauta
Okere
Musicians include:
Ivan Caceres Leader, bongos, cowbell, campanas africanas, chekere, vocals, coros
George Padilla Tumbadoras, bata
Tito De Gracia Timbales
Pedrito Perez Bass
Ricky Rodirguez Piano
Willie Sotelo Piano, sintetizadores y director musical
Oscar Rios Tres
Guillermo Calderon Trompeta
Frankie Perez Saxo y flauta
Jorge Diaz Trombon
Ramon Rodriguez Coros
Osvaldo Roman Coros
Ruben Roman Voz
Luisito Carrion Voz y coros
Category: Salsa/Son
=> Salsa
=> Puerto Rico
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