Louie Ramirez - A Different Shade of Black (1976) [Salsa][mp3 320][h33t][schon55]

Louie Ramirez - A Different Shade of Black Year: 1976 Vinyl, LP, 33 1/3 RPM Label: Cotique Quality: 320 Kbps Louie Ramirez was way ahead of his time as always when he pulled together this masterful blend of latin, funk and disco for Cotique. Check out the line up - Dupree, Edwards and Jenkins of session supergroup Stuff with Purdy keeping it in the pocket and Ramirez and Rodriguez holding down the latin side of things. Mix these elements with loads of strings, hissing high hat, some girlie backing vocals and a bit of 70's cheese and you have a monster latin disco set with two stand out dancefloor bombs: "Barrio Nuevo" does it for me every time with the intro timbale roll sliding into a not quite cha cha cha of guiro, vibes and strings which breaks out into mambo / mozambique styled sections for vibes and rhodes solo spots - it's all about the tension and release. His [Ramirez] version of 'Do It Any Way You Wanna' passes the original version and leaves it in the dust. The Ramirez take on the tune has a much more aggressive tempo and an absolutely dynamic arrangement. The opening shock of strings, giving way to the drum breakdown, then on to the familiar riff really grabs your ears in a way that the People’s Choice version never really achieves. It’s really mind blowing when you place the versions side by side, that the Louie Ramirez record, with its amazing blend of latin, funk and disco wasn’t a hit. ~ Larry (Funky16corners) Personnel: Drums - Bernard Purdy Guitar - Cornel Dupree Congas - Arthur Jenkins Percussion - Johnny Rodriguez Piano - Paul Griffin Saxophone - Bob Porcelli Vibraphone, Timbales - Louie Ramirez Bass - Gordon Edwards, Rasan Jemmott Mfalme, William Salter Backing Vocals - Erik Alexander, Liz Lampert, Susan Skye Louie Ramirez - A Different Shade of Black Tracks: 01 A1 Salsa 02 A2 You Need A Man 03 A3 A Different Shade Of Black 04 A4 Latin Rhapsody 05 A5 Laura 06 B1 Do It Any Way You Wanna 07 B2 School 08 B3 Bad Luck 09 B4 Barrio Nuevo 10 B5 If I Should Lose You

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