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ROBERTO DELGADO Latino Dancing LP

February 28, 2008 |

Jorge Ben’s Brasilian classic ‘Mas Que Nada’ opens ‘Latino Dancing’ in a flurry of lively piano, drums, hammond organ and marimbas; it is obvious right away that this is going to be an excellent Delgado recording. The album is as more a melange of music done in upbeat Latin style than a collection of Latin tunes; included are a pair of Bacharach-David standards in ‘This Guy’s in Love with You’ and ‘The Look of Love’, a stomping arrangement of the Booker T. classic ‘Soul Limbo’, and Julius Wechter’s ‘Up Cherry Street’. The sole Delgado composition is ‘Peru’, an unusual composition using cowbell, flute, and fat trumpets over busy marimbas and drums, not as melodic as frenetic, setting the stage for the lovely closing ‘Summer Samba’. Horns and hammond, vibes and marimbas are used effectively throughout; overall the record is a percussive pleasure, abandoning the steady simplicity of other Delgado records for a more aggressive rhythmic underpinning to the songs. Alternatively brassy and bold or laid-back and groovy, played with enthusiasm and certainty, ‘Latino Dancing’ is recommended for all Delgado fans.


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