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SpanishEnglishDiscography - Non-Timba

Non-Timba

Pre-Timba

cuban music, musica cubana
1986 - Abriendo el Ciclo

1. Presentación (Cortés)
2. Se Terminó El Carnival (Cortés)
3. Sí Miro El Reloj (Cortés)
4. Si No Sabes Bailar El Son No Te Metas (Cortés)
5. Video Tape (Cortés)
6. Ansiado Amor (Cortés)
7. Ponle El Biberón (Cortés)
8. Despedida (Velazco)

personnel:
vocals: Raúl Santoys, Orestes "Puchungo" Roque, Luis Tellez
bass: Diego Valdés & Feliciano Arango
piano & keyboards: Hernán López-Nussa & Miguel Nuñez
tumbas: Raúl Oviedo, José Oriol
pailas: Calixto Oviedo, Osmany Sánchez
bongó: Eduardo Lavoy
trumpets: Juan Munguía
alto sax and flutes : Germán Velazco
bari sax and flutes: Carlos Averhoff
guitarras: Angel Sánchez, Carlos Morales
violines: Pedrito Fajardo, Pedro Fundora, Inna Valdés, Pablo Rivera, Boris del Río, Raúl Bermudez, Joaquín Pelaez

1987 - A Través del Ciclo

1. Presentación (Cortés)
2. Pa’ Afuera, mi Compay (Cortés)
3. Facildades O Dificultades (Cortes)
4. Recoge el Bulto Y Vete (Cortés)
5. La Música (Cortés)
6. Interpreta mi Silencio (Cortés)
7. Suspende Los Comentarios Que Yo Soy El Más Chévere (Cortés)
8. Despedida (Velazco)

personnel:
vocals: Pedro Calvo, Tony Calá, Raúl Santors, Orestes "Puchungo" Roque
bass: Omar Hernández
piano: Miguel Armas
tumbas: Jorge Alfonso
pailas: Calixto Oviedo
keyboards & piano solo: Gonzálo Rubalcalba
trumpet: Juan Munguía
alto sax: Germán Velazco
flute & baritone sax: Carlos Averhoff
trombone: Lázaro González
violines: Dagoberto González, Omán Pedreira, Andrés Collazo, Julian Corrales, Augusto Diago

Latin Jazz

1986-1988 The Nueva Generación/Todos Estrellas Period - Here are the contents of the 4 LP’s released by the immediate precursor of NG La Banda, "Nueva Generación". Unfortunately, these were only released as LP’s, but all of "Siglo 1 NG" and the first song of "Abriendo el Ciclo" can be found on the CD "Todo el Mundo Baile con NG La Banda".

cuban music, musica cubana
1985 -- Siglo I A.N.E

1. Elegua Soyu (Cortés)
2. Songo Bluosongo (Cortés)
3. Siglo 1 A.N. E. (Cortés)
4. Aseyo Yemaya, Asesu (Cortés)
5. Danzon Para Las Estrellas Marinas (Cortés)
6. Coherente Africana (Cortés)

personnel:
vocals: Anabell López
bass: Diego Valdés
piano & keyboards: Miguel Armas & Miguel Nuñez
congas: Juan "Wickly" Nogueras
pailas: Raúl Oviedo
drums: Conrado García, Osmany Sánchez
trumpet: Juan Munguía
alto sax : Germán Velazco
flute & saxes: Carlos Averhoff
guitarras: Angel Sánchez, Carlos Morales
violin: Dagoberto González

cuban music, musica cubana
1986 -- Siglo II NG, N.E.

1. Guaracha Para los Dedos (Cortés)
2. Canción de José Lázaro (Cortés)
3. Changó Changó (Cortés)
4. Montuno de Monte Afuera (Cortés)
5. Punto Neutro (Velazco)
6. Siglo 11 de Nuestra Era (Velazco)

personnel:
vocals: Aymee Nuviola
bass: Diego Valdés & Feliciano Arango
piano & keyboards: Miguel Armas & Miguel Nuñez
congas: Juan "Wickly" Nogueras
percussion and congas: Raúl Oviedo
drums: Conrado García, Osmany Sánchez
trumpet: Juan Munguía
alto sax : Germán Velazco
flute & saxes: Carlos Averhoff
guitarras: Angel Sánchez, Carlos Morales
violin: Dagoberto González

cuban music, musica cubana1987 - Solamente con Amor - Carlos Averhoff - Carlos Averhoff is the leader and Tosco produced and wrote most of the tunes. This has some really slamming Latin Jazz with the incredible Roberto Vizcaíno, Gonzálo Rubalcalba and Horacio "El Negro" Hernández.

1. Isy (Velazco)
2. Aida (Cortés)
3. Quinteto No. 1 (Cortés)
4. Inesperado Son Rock (Cortés)
5. Solamente con Amor (Cortés)
6. Tres Palacios (Velazco)
7. Quinteto No. 2 (Cortés)
8. Enarmonía en Mambo (Cortés)

personnel:
flute & saxes: Carlos Averhoff
flute: José Luis Cortés
bass: Felipe Cabrera & Feliciano Arango
piano & keyboards: Gonzálo Rubalcalba
congas: Juan "Wickly" Nogueras
percussion and congas: Roberto Vizcaíno
drums: Horacio "El Negro" Hernández
trumpet: Juan Munguía
alto sax : Germán Velazco
vocals: Anabell López
guitarras: Angel Sánchez, Carlos Morales
violin: Dagoberto González

1996 - Nuestro Hombre en La Habana -This is wild experimental Jazz. There are four long tracks. The personnel is the full group of NG, but there’s not much singing.

cuban music, musica cubana1997 - Latin Fever - This is hard-driving mainstream Latin Jazz with Miguelito Armas on piano, Calixto Oviedo on drums and Feliciano Arango on bass. For the Timba fan beginning to explore Latin Jazz it’s a great place to start.

Other artists produced and backed up by NG (there are many more)

1988 - Salseando con Malena Burke y NG La Banda - traditional Cuban music.

cuban music, musica cubana1999 - Odalgia - "La Culebra" - A younger singer with a strong voice. The album won an award at Cubadisco. There’s some Timba here, but a lot of more traditional material. There’s an interview and a lot of great information on this collaboration, and about NG La Banda in general, on salsaweb.com.

Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 07:31 PM