Heavy Smokin` - Orchestra Harlow

Titel : Heavy Smokin`

Artiest(en) : Orchestra Harlow

Genre : Salsa

Medium : CD

Jaar : 1966

Label : Fania

€ 17,90

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2010 Codigo remastered CD from 1972 lp. 1966 release - reïssue, zang Felo Brito, en Chocolate op trompet
Heavy Smokin` is the 1965 debut album for the Fania label legendary piano player and bandleader Larry Harlow. At the time, his orchestra included a swinging trumpet and trombone section with acclaimed Cuban trumpet player Alfredo `Chocolate`; Armenteros, lead trombonist Mark Weinstein, and lead vocalist Felo Brito. Harlow`s knowledge of traditional Cuban styles (guaguanco, son montuno, etc.) as well as his attention to songwriting and orchestration are all evident here. The album includes Rene Touzet`s bolero `Anoche Aprendi.` Other smokin` tracks are `La Juventud,` `Chancletas,` `Orchestra Harlow,` `Mi Guaguanco.` `Adios Mama` and `Rica Combinacion.` The liner notes, in both English and Spanish, were written by none other than Larry Harlow himself. Newly remastered.

1. La Juventud

2. Tu Tu Ratan

3. Maria La O

4. Anoche Aprendi

5. Chez Jose

6. Rica Combinacion

7. Mi Guaguanco

8. Orchestra Harlow

9. Chancletas

10. Solo Tu

11. Adios Mama

12. El Lorito Y El Carbon

Larry Harlow`s debut release in the Fania family, 1965`s Heavy Smokin` helped to establish him in the New York salsa explosion as an authoritative yet non-Latino voice, very uncommon in the day. Considering the youth of the movement, there was not a long enough time line to produce informed, qualified converts; most of the music was being made by native sons. Harlow, working as a bandleader and recording for the premier salsa label in the world, and affectionately dubbed "el judío marvilloso" (the marvelous Jew), had clearly won the respect not only of fans, but also of the most important movers and shakers of the day.

As a disciple of the great Arsenio Rodiguez, so much so that his nickname was designed to mimic Rodriguez`s title, "el ciegito marvilloso," Harlow`s attention to songcraft and arrangement is authentic and magnificent. The conjunto sound that Rodriguez branded is appreciable, and skillfully updated. Harlow`s horn lines and rhythm section figures are both in keeping with the stylistic direction of Fania and with the heritage-conscious influence of Rodriguez. Heavy Smokin` has the characteristic warm, fuzzy tone of mid-`60s Fania -- audible and pleasant, if not sharp. Unfortunately, Harlow`s deft piano figures are not as clear or pronounced as one might like. It would be nice to hear the pianist who captured the imagination of a genre that was in both its artists and audience ubiquitously Latino. What is audible is truly marvilloso

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