Jimmy Sabater – El Hijo De Teresa

Released 1970 Tico

Re-mastered 2008
Fania/E-Musica

Produced by Miguel Estivil

Available at Amazon, Descarga, etc

1. La Flauta 4:25 (Marcelino Guerra)
2. Now That You’ve Gone (Ahora Que Te Has Ido) 4:26 (Nick Jimenez)
3. Por Primera Vez 2:26 (Marcelino Guerra)
4. Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz) 3:13 (G. Redd, G. Brown, R. Westfield, R. Mickens, Ronald Bell, Robert Bell, W. Sparrow, D. Thomas – a.k.a. Kool And The Gang)
5. La Peleona 3:12 (Marcelino Guerra)
6. Dona Teresa 3:19 (Louie Ramirez)
7. Vida 2:56 (Louie Ramirez)
8. Wichita Lineman 3:37 (Jim Webb)
9. Yroco 2:49 (Justi Barretto)
10. El Albanil 3:18 (Marcelino Guerra)
11. Sufre Como Yo Sufri 2:59 (Mildred Sabater)

Arrangements by Louie Ramirez (1,3,5,6,7,9,10,11) & Martin Sheller (2,4,8).

This is a half Latin and half funk/R&B record.

Por Primera Vez made salsanewyork.com list. La Flauta and Vida sound pretty good too and are of nice pace for dancing.

Musicians:

Jimmy Sabater / Lead Vocals, Timbales
others?

my guesses include
Nick Jimenez / Piano
Louie Ramirez / Percussion

Louie's Grooves - Latin Soul, Jazz & Boogaloo from Louie Ramirez

Compilation released 2005

Vampi Soul

Songs originally released between 1961 and 1978.

Available at Amazon, Descarga, etc

1. Yroco 2:50
2. It's Now What You Say 3:00
3. Chin Chon Chow 2:50
4. Luisito's Mozambique 5:09
5. Times Are Changin' 3:10
6. Cooking With A&J 2:28
7. Azucar En Nueva York 4:17
8. Barrio Nuevo 5:59
9. The Oracle 4:54
10. Violent's Guaguanco 2:48
11. I Dig Rhythm 3:59
12. La Flauta 4:27
13. Rush Hour In Hong Kong 6:12
14. Descarga A&J 4:22
15. Don Maceo 2:54
16. Vitamina 6:17
17. Fat Papa's Descarga 4:01
18. Sid's Groove 2:59

Compilation of songs taken from following artists / albums.

Angel Rene & Johnny Rodriguez Orquesta - Cooking With A&J (1968) (tracks 6,10,14)
Charlie Palmieri - Either You Have It Or You Don't (1967) (tracks 4,17)
Jimmy Sabater - Solo (1969) (track 5)
Jimmy Sabater - El Hijo De Teresa (1970) (tracks 1,12)
Kako's New York After Hours Orchestra - Tribute A Noro (1963) (track 16)
Louie Ramirez & His Conjunto Chango - Vibes Galore (1966) (tracks 3,13,15,18)
Louie Ramirez - Ali Baba (1968) (tracks 8,11)
Louie Ramirez & Pete Bonet - The Beautiful People (1970) (track 7)
Louie Ramirez - Different Shades Of Black (1976) (track 8)
Sabu Martinez - Sabu's Jazz Espanole (1961) (track 9)

Louie Ramirez is credited for arrangement (1,12), musician (all songs), composer (all except track 1 (S. Mendez), 2 (B. Marin), 12 (M. Guerra), 16 (N. Morales) - I'm guessing Bobby Marin, Marcelino Guerra, and Noro Morales but not sure about S. Mendez).

Chin Chon Chow made salsanewyork.com list as Cha Cha. Other good songs for Salsa include Violent's Guaguanco and La Flauta.

Jimmy Sabater "Mo" Con Son Boricua

Released 2002

Cobo Records CCD-9053

Produced by Jose Mangual Jr & Jimmy Sabater

Available at Descarga, Prodland, Museo Del Disco, etc

1. Pa' Las Villas 5:16 (Rene Perez)
2. Salchicha Con Huevos 5:43 (J. Sabater)
3. De Enero A Enero 2:51 (Tito Rodriguez)
4. Desconfianza 4:04 (J. Guetirrez, J. Sabater)
5. Cuando, Cuando 4:03 (Renis, Boone)
6. Alafia 4:03 (J. Sabater)
7. Fue En Santiago 5:04 (B. Manrique, J. Sabater)
8. Bailando Con Sabater 5:38 (J. Sabater)
9. El Numero Seis 4:20 (R. Blades)
10. Boozaba Zoo Descarga 5:23 (Cobo Music)

Arrangements by Ricky Gonzalez, Hiram de Jesus, Alfredo Valdes Jr

The sound quality of the album is reminiscent of Jimmy Sabater's days of Joe Cuba Sextet. In fact, Alafia is one of the better known songs by the Joe Cuba Sextet. Salchicha Con Huevos is a remake of the same song from Jimmy Sabater's Solo album from the 1960s - both this version and the 1960s versions by the way made salsanewyork.com list as Cha Cha. A few other songs (Pa' Las Villas, Cuando Cuando for example) in this album are also quite suitable for Salsa dancing.

Musicians:

Ricky Gonzalez / Piano, Strings
Nick Marrero / Timbales
Jimmy Sabater / Timbales, Lead Vocals
Johnny Rodriguez / Bongos
A. J. Mantas / Vibes
Ruben Rivera / Bass
Ray Martinez / Bass
Jose Mangual Jr / Percussion
Walter Reyes / Conga
Jimmy Sabater Jr / Fluge
Jimmy Sabater Jr, Jose Mangual Jr, Ada Chabrier, Ricky Gonzalez / Chorus