Alfredo De La Fe – Latitudes


Released 2000

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Produced by Alfredo De La Fe

Available at Descarga, Amazon, etc


1. Latin New York 6:23 (Alfredo De La Fe)
2. Asomate A La Ventura 4:37 (Alfredo De La Fe Sr.)
3. Xiomara 4:45 (Chucho Valdez)
4. Somos El Nuevo Milenio 6:02 (Alfredo De La Fe)
5. Sandra Mora 4:45 (Traditional)
6. Hilda 4:55 (Alfredo De La Fe)
7. Descarga Melao 4:24 (Alfredo De La Fe)
8. Que Manera 4:38 (Manolo De Valle)
9. Ge Ge 5:00 (Cesar Correa)
10. Muneca 4:40 (Eddie Palmieri)
11. Batusalsa 4:38 (Alfredo De La Fe)

Arrangements by Cesar Correa & Alfredo De La Fe.

Latitudes reflect the journey Alfredo De La Fe took from his native Cuba to New York in the 60s and 70s then to Colombia in the 80s. Musical influences ranging from Eddie Palmieri and Tipica 73, both of whom Alfredo De La Fe worked with in the 70s, to Tito Puente in the 80s to Colombian Cumbia is explicit in this album. By the time of this album’s release in London, Alfredo De La Fe had relocated to Italy.

Muneca made salsanewyork.com list.

All songs in this album apparently was re-released in 2006 by Discos Fuentes in the CD "Esta Es Mi Salsa" with two bonus tracks. Check Prodland or Amazon for this CD.

Musicians:

Alfredo De La Fe / Violin, Viola, Cello, Congo Vocals (11)
Cesar Correa / Piano, Accordion (11), Solo Synthesizer (9)
Eduardo “Dudu” Penz / Electric Bass, Baby Bass, Brazilian Percussion & Chorus (11)
Rodrigo Rodriguez / Timbales, Maracas, Guiro, Guira (1), Rap Vocals (5,11), Quinto (3), Chorus and Lead Vocals (2,5,7,11)
Luis Aballe / Conga, Bongos, Cowbell (4)
Nene Vasquez / Bongos, Cowbell, Conga (4), Quinto (1)
Leonardo Govin / Lead Trombone
Don Randolph / Trombone
Carmine Pagano / Trombone
Elvio Ghigliordini / Flute, Baritone Saxophone
Ruth Mery Carvajal / Chorus
Jose Rodriguez / Chorus
Armando Miranda / Chorus, Lead Vocals (3,4,5,8,10)
Carlos Irarragorri / Tres (2,4)
Bruno Genera / Djembe (11)
Francesco Manzoni / Trumpet, Flugelhorn (9)
Gilson Silveira / Brazilian Percussion (11)
Amik Guerra / Trumpet (11)

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