  |
|
|
 |
|
CD |
| 2.823 Ft
|
|
| 1. | Sax Con Ritmo
|
| 2. | Peanut Vendor
|
| 3. | Bajo Numero Uno
|
| 4. | Taboo
|
| 5. | Malaguena
|
| 6. | Latin Fever
|
| 7. | Cumbanchero
|
| 8. | Hornacopia
|
| 9. | La Paloma
|
| 10. | Oye Negra
|
| 11. | Mama Yo Quiero
|
| 12. | Drum-A-Mania
|
Jazz / Latin Jazz
Jack Costanzo - Bongos, Leader, Percussion
Augie Alcaraz - Flute
Eddie Aparicio - Drums, Percussion
Eddie Cano - Piano
Jay Corre - Sax (Tenor)
Paul Lopez - Trumpet
Ray Rivera - Drums, Percussion
Tony Reyes - Bass
* Jessica Novod Berenblat - Reissue Design
* Miles Perlich - Reissue Producer
* Ray Stanley - Producer
* Ron McMaster - Remastering
* Ted Keep - Engineer
Typical of most Liberty products of the era, Latin Fever features a gorgeous, if perfectly lewd, jacket, which of course has no particular relevance to the musicians. Costanzo gets to reprise "The Peanut Vendor" ("El Manisero"), which was one of his three big spotlight numbers under Stan Kenton. Better are the five originals, however, including a deadly hip bass spotlight, "Bajo Numero Uno." (Sounds like a precursor to Perez Prado's seven-minute funk version of something that turns out in the last half-minute to be "Tequila.") Eddie Cano enjoys playing standards by Noro Morales and the Lecuonas in this group. While "Taboo" loses some of its exoticism with the bongos, it regains it with Alcaraz' flute. And "Malaguena" here is an excuse for a nearly eight-minute jam! Finally, "Drum-A-Mania" is a Mr. Bongo solo. Costanzo's enormous talent (or perhaps just the in-your-face mix of his bongos) is largely wasted on anything less than the beatnik jive of "Googie." Latin music requires much more subtlety, more sparseness than this. Of course, this is really just a bongo showcase; it is feverish, though. Playing Latinate Hollywood jazz (glued to the chart, commercial, and often cheesy) and promoting both bongos and stereo, Costanzo is perfectly suited to Liberty. Indeed, there are few others of his caliber on the parent label. Note that seven of the Latin Fever tracks are available on the ten-track LP Bongo Fever on Liberty's reissue-compilation label, Sunset.
--- Tony Wilds, All Music Guide
Jack Costanzo
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '00s
Born: Sep 24, 1922 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Latin Jazz, Latin Folk, Lounge
A premier percussionist and one of the few to emphasize bongos over congas. Costanzo taught himself both bongos and congas, and made three visits to Havana in the '40s to learn Afro-Cuban rhythms. He toured and performed with Stan Kenton in 1947 and 1948, then worked with Nat King Cole from 1949 to 1953. Costanzo continued to periodically play with both Cole and Kenton through the '50s, working with Kenton until 1957 while also heading his own. This group recorded in 19554 and 1957, later touring London in 1961. Costanzo also worked in the '50s with Peggy Lee, Prez Prado, Harry James, Charlie Barnet and Pete Rugolo.
---Ron Wynn, All Music Guide |
|
CD bolt, zenei DVD, SACD, BLU-RAY lemez vásárlás és rendelés - Klasszikus zenei CD-k és DVD-különlegességek |  | | Webdesign - Forfour Design |
|
|
