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.

Louie Ramirez - King Of Latin Vibes

Released 1991

Sugar Records

Produced by Sugar Records Inc.

Available at Descarga, Museo Del Disco


1. Good Night My Love 4:32 (Paul Anka)
2. Geisha Girl 3:55 (Louie Ramirez)
3. Suavecito 5:45 (Ignacio Piniero)
4. Baile De Ochun 6:25 (Louie Ramirez)
5. Seduction 6:58 (Louie Ramirez)
6. Bamboleate 5:25 (D.R.)
7. Midnight Sun 5:43 (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer)
8. Pare Cochero 4:34 (Marcelino Guerra)

Geisha Girl and Bamboleate were recorded live at the 1988 Montreal Jazz Festival. The other six tracks are studio recordings - presumably from late 1980s or early 1990s.

Arrangements by Ricky Gonzalez (1), Louie Ramirez (2,4,5,6,7), Willie Rodriguez (3,8).

My best guess is that three of the songs here made salsanewyork.com list - Geisha Girl, Bamboleate, and Pare Cochero (pending typos). It's a nice pleasant sounding album. Geisha Girl and Bamboleate have crowd noise, but they're not too bad. Baile De Ochun is re-working of Sid's Groove - one of several example of Louie Ramirez recycling his old songs.

Musicians:

Louie Ramirez / Vibes & Percussion
Ricky Gonzalez / Piano, Synthesizers, African, Percussion
Piro Rodriguez / Trumpet
Tony Barrero / Trumpet
Roberto Rodriguez / Trumpet
Joyce Toth / Trumpet
Delio Harrigan / Trumpet
Mario Rivera / Tenor & Soprano Sax
Pete Miranda / Baritone Sax
Willie Rodriguez / Bass
Edwin Ortiz / Bongos
Jimmy Delgado / Timbales
Carlos "Patato" Valdes / Conga
Felix Cruz / Conga
Jose Mangual / Percussion
Tito Allen, Adalberto Santiago, Sammy Gonzalez / Chorus
"Eon" Ray Orta, Jay Borrero, Robert Remming, Daniel Anderson / Background Vocals

Louie Ramirez & Ray De La Paz - Exitos

Released 2002
Arr. Louie Ramirez/Isidro Infante/Marty Sheller

Cobo 9055
ASIN 0031890552

Available at Descarga & Prodland

1. Mentirosa (H. Calello)
2. Lluvia (A. Alvarez)
3. Vale La Pena (D.R.)
4. El Titere (L. Ramirez)
5. Vamonos De Aqui (L. Ramirez)
6. Ladron De Tu Amor (L.G. Gonzalez - E. Hidalgo)
7. Presumida (D.R.)
8. Simplemente Una Ilusion (Urdaneta)
9. Noche De Salsa (L. Ramirez)
10. El Arca De Noe (D.R.)
11. Todavia (A. Manzanero)
12. Quiereme Y Veras (J.A. Mendez)
13. Yo Soy Aquel (M. Alejandro)
14. El Secreto (J. Garcia)

Four songs (Mentirosa, El Titere, Ladron De Tu Amor, Noche De Salsa) made salsanewyork.com honor roll. Louie Ramirez recorded El Titere in at least two of his previous albums without Ray De La Paz.

These songs were compiled from four Louie Ramirez & Ray De La Paz albums and one other Louie Ramirez album in which Ray De La Paz sang vocals in one song (El Titere). Source albums are listed below along with selected musicians involved.

Mi Fruto (1983) - El Arca de Noe, El Secreto
Con Cache (1984) - Lluvia, Vamonos De Aqui, Quiereme Y Veras, You Soy Aquel
Alegres Y Romanticos (1985)- Mentirosa, Ladron De Tu Amor, Todavia
Sabor Con Clase (1986) - Vale La Pena, Presumida, Simplemente Una Ilusion
Tribute to Cal Tjader (1986) - El Titere, Noche De Salsa

Notable musicians include:
Isidro Infante / keyboards
Jose Mangual Jr. / percussion (Mi Fruto, Sabor Con Clase, Tribute to Cal Tjader)
Paquito D'Rivera / also sax (Tribute to Cal Tjader also released under his name)
Papo Pepin / conga (except Jose Madera in Mi Fruto)