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CROSSOVER DREAMS: LATIN MUSIC IN AMERICA
This week on American Routes we’ll sample the sabor latino in American music. Join us for conversation with Los Lobos on their mix of American pop and Mexican traditions. We’ll visit Los Cenzontles, a community arts center in San Francisco dedicated to the teaching of Mexican music, and drop by a Philadelphia radio show spinning salsa hits for the neighborhood. Then we’ll sit in with pianist and bandleader Oscar Hernandez of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra for some Nuyorican beats and salsa moves. Plus a special performance by San Antonio’s queen of the conjunto accordion, Eva Ybarra.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Do the Murray Los Lobos
Tin Can Trust, Proper - Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio Flaco Jimenez Jr.
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio, Arhoolie Records - La Bamba Ritchie Valens
The Ritchie Valens Story, Rhino - One Time One Night Los Lobos
Just Another Band from East L.A. Collection, Warner Bros. - SEGMENT: Los Lobos
Listen - Instrumental: Red River Road, Part One Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo
Songs of Wood & Steel, LCMAC - Soy Mexico Americano Los Cenzontles
Raza de Oro, LCMAC - SEGMENT: Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center
Listen - Volando en los Cafetales Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo
Songs of Wood & Steel, LCMAC - Hey Lupe (Hang on Sloopy) Los Straightjackets
Rock en Espanol Vol. 1, Yep Roc - Instrumental: On Broadway Tito Puente
The Concord Jazz Heritage Series, Concord Jazz - SEGMENT: Tito Puente
Listen - A Gozar Timbero Tito Puente & His Orchestra
Dance Mania, Vol. 2, RCA - Fiebre La Lupe
Con El Diablo En El Cuerpo, Codigo Music - Mango Mangue Charlie Parker with Machito and His Afro-Cuban Orchestra
Latin Jazz: La Combinacion Perfecta, Smithsonian Folkways - End Bed: Spanish Harlem Ben E. King
Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947 - 1974, Atlantic
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro) Cal Tjader
Latin Jazz: La Combinacion Perfecta, Smithsonian Folkways - Oye Como Va Santana
Dance of the Rainbow Serpent, Columbia/Legacy - Spanish Grease Willie Bobo
Latin Oldies: Vol. 3, Thump - SEGMENT: Sonido Differente with Jesse Bermudez, and Centro Musical
Listen - Manteca Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra with Chano Pozo
Latin Jazz: La Combinacion Perfecta, Smithsonian Folkways - La Banda Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe
Willie Colon: The Player, Fania - Instrumental: More Richie Ricardo Ray
Jala, Jala Boogaloo, Vol. II, Fania - SEGMENT: Oscar Hernandez
Listen - Subway Joe Joe Bataan
Subway Joe, Fania - La Fiesta Campesina Los Pleneros
Los Pleneros de la 21 / Conjunto Melodia, Shanachie - Instrumental: Viva Seguin Don Santiago Jimenez, Sr.
Viva Seguin, Arhoolie - La Crisis Duo Latino
Corridos & Tragedias de la Frontera, Arhoolie - Como un Errante Freddy Fender
Canciones de Mi Barrio: The Roots of Tejano Rock, Arhoolie - El Deber de los Dos Lydia Mendoza
First Queen of Tejano Music, Arhoolie - SEGMENT: Eva Ybarra
Listen - End Bed: The Peanut Vendor Nicholas Payton
Dear Louis, Verve