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Featured in this issue of the Descarga Review:
- EDGARD NEVAREZ Y LA TROPICA Back On The Block - Canta: Javi Marero
Oomph, brotha-man... here's the beef. You of little faith did not see this one coming, did ya? This is straight-up classic salsa at its pristine best. Puerto Rican trumpeter Edgard Nevárez has done a remarkable job in assembling a first-pick crew of pros here. Tommy Villarini, José Jugo, Quique Doménech, William "Cachiro" Thompson, Edwin Clemente, Charlie Sierra and others. Singer Javier "Javi" Marrero steps up and does an arguably flawless job here. Nevárez ends the project on a high note ...a pumped up plena entitled "No Vale La Pena." Zero filler here, just 100% clave-packed power. Listen to "Mi Fe" to get the faith back, man. Back on the block, where Salsa is king.
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Yet another year has roller-coastered by and it is time, once again, to hand out the coveted Best of the Year Editor's Picks awards to those worthy of the honor. With the addition of Top Reissues lists as well as a DVD Picks listing, there are over 70 prime titles included this year. So here goes...
The Best of 2008. A year of music.
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Interview:
Meñique: The Correct Biography
(La Correcta Biografia De "Meñique, Sonero Añejo" Miguel A. Barcasnegras)
by John Child
Panama has produced a number of world class Latin singers, including Azuquita, Rubén Blades, Carlos El Grande and Gabino Pampini. In 1968 Miguel Ángel Barcasnegras "Meñique" became one of the first panameño vocalists to break onto the international scene when he journeyed with Kako's band to New York, then the headquarters of the world Latin music industry. There he went on to work with such luminaries as Arsenio Rodríguez, Tito Puente, Willie Rosario, Santos Colón and Charlie Palmieri, among others. Although he's a dyed-in-the-wool exponent of classic salsa, in 1983/4 Meñique contributed vocals and compositions to the Noche Caliente albums that spawned the salsa romántica craze. Here he speaks to John Child about his notable career, which began in Panama City at the beginning of the 1950s. The piece is followed by a selective discography of Meñique's solo albums and recordings featuring him as a lead vocalist. [read]
Interview:
Henry Fiol ...I Am What I Am
by John Child
Although a child prodigy in the visual arts, the multitalented artist Henry Fiol explains to John Child why he has dedicated his life to creating "Corazón Music", a unique blend of Cuban, New York, jazz, Brazilian, doo-wop and American pop elements and flavours, and why he has made his 11th solo album De Cachete (Corazón CD 116, 2008) available as a free download. In addition to discussing De Cachete, Henry talks in depth and with candour about his career and artistic development, sharing with comparable zeal his loves and hates in relation to such topics as charanga flute, rumba, the conjunto sound, timbales, trap drums, timba, bachata and reggaetón, and issues a warning about the danger of the latter musical genre. A thread running through the conversation is the story of Henry's exploration of his dual Latino and Italian-American heritage, and the ultimate realisation of his true identity. After the interview, Henry told John: "I have no doubt that this interview will become the best interview I've ever done in English, 'the quintessential Henry Fiol interview', if you will." The piece is accompanied by a discographic profile. [read]
Profile:
Juanito Márquez: JUANITO, sencillamente
by Raul Fernández
When you meet and talk with Juanito Márquez you are impressed by his humility, his gentle demeanor, his sencillez. Most people would not guess that they are in the presence of a true musical giant. His significant contributions to the development of Cuban popular music have been largely unnoticed by music fans, even Cuban music writers, though not so by his fellow professional musicians. Juanito Márquez represents an exception among Cuban popular musicians of the 20th century in that he excelled in three separate branches of Cuban music. He composed some Latin jazz tunes that became standards of the style; wrote the music and lyrics of several notable boleros including one of the classics, “Alma con Alma”; and contributed significantly to the evolution of Cuban dance rhythms (pilón, Mozambique, pa’ cá) in the 1960s. The story of Cuban music from 1950 to 2008 is inseparable from the musical labors of Juanito Márquez... [read]
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