| Santos, John Quintet / Perspectiva Fragmentada |
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| Album: | Perspectiva Fragmentada | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Santos, John Quintet | Added: | Oct 2008 | |
| Label: | Machete Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-11-30 | Pull Date: | 2009-02-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Feb 1 | Jan 18 | Jan 4 | Dec 21 | Dec 14 | Dec 7 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 01, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Visan | 4. | Feb 28, 2012: | Rebop Visan | |
| 2. | Sep 30, 2012: | Jazz Iz and Den Som Visan, Not In Our Name | 5. | Jul 07, 2010: | Morning Glory (sittin' in for Public Noize Racket) Dos Esquinas | |
| 3. | Jul 01, 2012: | Jazz Izzz Visan | 6. | Jan 31, 2009: | Music Casserole Visan |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2008-12-01 | ||
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Latin Jazz based on rumba, mambo, son, danzon, bembe, bomba, mozambique, bata & polo. Each song has a nice write up and is dedicated to past artists of that style. All tracks are very good. John Santos lives in the SF Bay Area. 1: 5:05 mellow Latin Jazz, minimal male chorus, flute thing 2: 6:21 an afro-son, 1940's Havana, male call, chorus response, nice percussion, cool dance tune 3: 4:31 a descarga, basic salsa, great dance tune, flute & sax 4: 4:43 danzon, 19th Century Cuba, African Euro mix, slow cha cha cha, with flute & violin. 5: 5:18 a Cuban rumba de cajon, tribute to the defenders of the drum, mid tempo, with flute, ramps up 1/2 way through, with fast piano 6: 8:35 New Orleans inspired dirge on Hurricane Katrina, with straight ahead Coltrane style sax and then slow flute 7: 3:33 two bata rhythms with a cha cha cha, with piano, nice baby bass. 8: 4:08 a funky mid 60's Cuban rhythm, fast timbales, nice fem chorus 9: 7:18 a danzon with some rumba & abakua, slow, with violin, flute & piano, nice short percussion jam at the end. *10: 7:19 a funky bomba, tenor sax with bass & percussion, male vocal/ wail, fem chorus response, nice groove, trumpet 11: 3:42 fast Latin Jazz ***12: 6:47 fast Latin Jazz with percussion dominating, with piano & flute D Farrell 11/2008 | ||
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