Latino Con Soul

by Ray Barretto

Latino Con Soul cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: United Artists
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:11
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Capitalizing on the white-hot New York City boogaloo craze, legendary conguero Ray Barretto delivers a masterful fusion of heavy Afro-Cuban rhythms and American R&B. The album is propelled by deeply syncopated montunos and swinging, jazz-inflected horn charts that effortlessly bridge the cultural divide between Spanish Harlem and urban soul clubs. It is an essential, foundational text in the evolution of modern Latin dance music.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, percussive, dance, vocal, Spanish language, soulful

Tracklist

  1. Bilongo (4:43)
  2. Love You (Eras) (2:55)
  3. Trompeta Y Tromb贸n (6:09)
  4. Boogaloo Con Soul (5:16)
  5. Do You Dig It (2:27)
  6. El Picor (3:40)
  7. Lo Mismo Que A Usted (4:42)
  8. Fuego Y Pa' Lante (4:53)
  9. Happy Birthday Everybody (2:21)

Credits

  • Ray Barretto - primary artist, arranged by, conductor, written-by
  • Sam Feldman - lacquer cut by
  • Adalberto Santiago - vocals
  • Pete Bonet - vocals, written-by
  • Just铆 Barreto - written-by
  • Solange Lopez - written-by
  • Harris - written by
  • Dino Ramos - written-by
  • Henry Jerome - producer

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