This CD combines two Fantasy LPs "Ritmo Caliente" and "Mas Ritmo Caliente" from 1950s.
Fantasy
ASIN B000000XF8
Available at many places including Amazon (clips) and Descarga (other reviews).
1. Cubano Chant 6:17 (Ray Bryant)
2. Goza 1:53 (Eddie Cano)
3. Panchero Mambero 2:22 (Rivera-Cano)
4. Alegres Timbales 1:09 (Tempest Storm)
5. Mambo Moderno 3:25 (Richard Wyands)
6. Afro Corolombo 1:25 (Cal Tjader)
7. Ritmo Caliente 2:05 (Cano)
8. Lamento De Hodi 3:00 (Jerome Richardson)
9. Mambo Inn 2:46 (Sampson-Woodlen-Bauza)
10. Buhulto 1:35 (Al McKibbon)
11. Alegres Congas 1:00 (W. Frumkin)
12. Mueve La Cintura 2:30 (Tjader)
13. Bernie's Tune 2:35 (Miller-Stoller-Leiber)
14. Perdido 7:01 (Tizol-Lengsfelder-Drake)
15. Armando's Hideaway 2:32 (Armando Peraza)
16. Cuco On Timbales 1:40 (Tjader)
17. Tumbao 3:10 (Tjader)
18. Ritmo Rumba 0:53 (Peraza)
19. Big Noise From Winnetka 4:15 (Bauduc-Crosby-Rodin-Haggart)
20. Poinciana Cha Cha 3:38 (Simon-Bernier)
21. Mongorama 6:20 (Mongo Santamaria)
22. Ritmo Africano 1:37 (Peraza)
23. Perfidia Cha Cha 8:12 (Alberto Dominguez)
It's a very pleasant record to listen to in my opinion, but there probably isn't very much for Salsa dancing - better for Cha Cha, however. Two possible Salsa tracks as could be guessed from the song titles are Mambo Moderno (melody is driven by flute with other instruments being piano, bass, conga and Tjader on timbales), which probably will come across as artsy or mellow to many, and Mambo Inn (played by a quartet of piano, bass, conga and Tjader on vibraphone supplying the melody). Poinciana Cha Cha (played by a sextet of piano, bass, conga, bongos, timbales and vibraphone) in my opinion has nicer and clearer beat compared to the version recommended by salsanewyork.com (Poinciana - Cal Tjader from a Verve 1963 recording and incorrectly described done by Cal Tjader and Eddie Palmieri by salsanewyork.com). Perfidia Cha Cha is also perfectly danceable as Cha Cha albeit rather long.
Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo appear only on tracks 14, 21 and 23. These three tracks also feature a larger set of musicians - nine musicians in full lineup of percussion as well as saxophones and flute - compared to the rest of the songs played by quartet, quintet or sextet of musicians. Liner notes provided with the CD has additional information.
Musicians tracks 1-13 (originally released as Ritmo Caliente (Fantasy 3216), recorded in 3 sessions 1954-1955)
Jerome Richardson / flute
Richard Wyands / piano, maracas
Al McKibbon / bass, conga
Armando Peraza / conga, bongos
Eddie Cano / piano
Manuel Duran / piano
Cal Tjader / vibraphone, timbales
Musicians tracks 14-23 (originally released as Mas Ritmo Caliente (Fantasy 3262), recorded in 3 sessions 1957)
Vince Guaraldi / piano
Al McKibbon / bass
Luis Kant / conga, gourd, cowbell
Armando Pereza / conga, bongos
Armando "Cuco" Sanchez / timbales
Jose "Chombo" Silva / tenor saxophone
Gerald Sanfino / flute, alto saxophone
Bobby Rodriguez / bass
Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria / conga
Willie Bobo / timbales
Eugene Wright / piano
Al Torres / drum
Bayarde Velarde / timbales, bongos
Cal Tjader / vibraphone, timbales
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