while were at it, (and nu yorica is excellent) try africando: Trovador
and africando II...african musicians get lost in nyc in the early 70s;
meet salsa guys and put out explosive album...should be a movie....tom w
np: dub syndicate - research and development
On Mon, 6 Jan 97 12:37:00 CST "Otto Koppius"
<o.r.koppius@student.utwente.nl> writes:
quoted 36 lines On Thu, 2 Jan 1997 23:57:34 -0500 (EST),>On Thu, 2 Jan 1997 23:57:34 -0500 (EST),
>Pedro Cevallos <pceval01@fiu.edu> wrote:
>
>>1. Are these old records still available? If so, where?
>
>I don't have any specific adressesses or stores, but my guess would be
>that
>New York definitely has specialized Brazilian stores , given its large
>
>latin population.
>
>>2. Has anybody ventured into the realm of Acid-Jazz-Samba-Novabossa?
>
>Yeah! Although only for the past few months, so I'm just scratching
>the
>surface of The Latin Treasure (TM applied for *grin*).
>
>One of the must-haves IMO is the double CD 'Nu Yorica: Culture Clash
>in New
>York City', subtitled 'Experiments in Latin music 1970-1977'
>Even though these tracks are 20+ years old, these guys can teach
>today's
>artists a thing or two about funkiness and building a groove! Some
>names:
>Eddie Palmieri, Joe Bataan (anyone remember Rap-O Clap-O? :) ), Harlem
>
>River Drive and the aptly titled Grupo Folklorico Y Experimentales
>Nuevayuercino.
>
>Added bonus: a very informative booklet!
>
>Adios,
>
>Otto
>
>