Info:
Artist: Various
Album:  Afro-Cuban Jazz Essentials
Year: 2021
Genre: Pop, Jazz
Format/Quality: .mp3 320 kbps

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Charged with jubilant African-rooted rhythms and an exploratory melodic force, Afro-Cuban jazz is the original Latin jazz. This hodgepodge of disparate stylistic configurations emerged from the lively block parties of immigrant New York in the ‘40s as a Caribbean-inflected art form that twists and turns in every corner—whether that’s with Dizzy Gillespie’s riveting trumpet riffs or Eddie Palmieri’s piano-pounding antics. Through the ‘60s and ‘70s, the feisty Fania All-Stars—a tropical music collective featuring the likes of Tito Puente and Ray Barretto— elevated the genre further with a more robust sound and piercing, hard-knocks storytelling.

Tracklist:
01. Tito Puente - Oye Como Va
02. Eddie Palmieri - Cafe
03. Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo - Lágrimas Negras (feat. Omara Portuondo)
04. Idania Valdés & Bebo Valdés - Sabor a Mí
05. Ray Barretto & New World Spirit - Work Song
06. Mongo Santamaria - Sofrito
07. Anga Diaz - Gandinga, Mondongo Sandunga
08. Ibrahím Ferrer - Perfume de gardenias
09. Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca Theme
10. Kenny Dorham - Afrodisia
11. Gato Barbieri - El Sublime
12. Cal Tjader - Soul Burst (Guajera)
13. Willie Bobo - La Descarga Del Bobo
14. Chucho Valdes - Ochún
15. Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Mi Gran Pasion
16. Harold López-Nussa - Conga Total / El Cumbanchero
17. Aldo López Gavilán - Pan con timba
18. Alfredo Rodriguez - Guantanamera
19. Iván ”Melon” Lewis - Montuniana
20. Tito Puente - Para Los Rumberos
21. Celia Cruz - Bemba Colorá
22. Cachao - Malanga Amarilla
23. Vicentico Valdes - Me Faltabas Tú
24. Buena Vista Social Club - Veinte Años
25. Bebo Valdés - Danza Lucumi
26. Eddie Palmieri - Congo Yambumba
27. Chico O'Farrill - Havana Special
28. Chucho Valdes - Como Traigo La Yuca
29. Gato Barbieri - Fiesta
30. Dizzy Gillespie - Jungla
31. Latin Connection - Philadelphia
32. Soft Sugar Productions - Cubop
33. Mario Bauza - El Mareito
34. Mongo Santamaria - Mi Guaguanco (Album Version)
35. Mario Bauza - Mambo Inn
36. Tito Puente, Celia Cruz - La Guarachera
37. Herbie Mann, The Bill Evans Trio - Lover Man
38. Giovanni Hidalgo - Footprints
39. Cal Tjader, Eddie Palmieri - Picadillo
40. Michel Camilo - Song For My Father
41. Joe Henderson - El Barrio
42. Dave Grusin - Mambo Lido (Havana/Soundtrack Version)
43. Chucho Valdes - Congadanza
44. Gato Barbieri - Encuentros
45. Willie Bobo - Roots
46. Cuban Jazz Legends feat. Peruchin nieto, Tata Güines, Changuito - Mulata Rumbera
47. Cuban Masters, Jose Fajardo - Toca la Flauta Fajardo
48. Ray Bryant - Cubano Chant
49. Buena Vista Social Club, Ibrahím Ferrer - Bruca Maniguá (feat. Ibrahim Ferrer) (Live)