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See Larger Photo Buy This CD Title I Love Salsa Subtitle Essential Danceclass Hits Artist Various Artists Format: CD Cat. No.: MANTCD004 Barcode: 698458200426 Playing Time: 71.41

I Love Salsa - the essential salsa dance class hits featuring 13 massive latin tracks from Colombia, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Miami and more... “These are the must-have tunes of every savvy dance teacher and the perfect soundtrack for novice and accomplished dancers alike” See Reviews

Track List 1 Africando - Tierra Tradicional 2 Johnny Polanco - La Receta 3 Choco Orta - Y Que De Mi 4 Grupo Niche - Etnia 5 Melcochita - Rumbera Mayor 6 Tolu - Animo Y Aliento 7 Carlos `Patato' Valdes - Descarga En Faux 8 Africando - Aicha 9 Willy Chorino - El Manisero 10 Chichi Peralta & Son Familia - Procura 11 Los Hijos De Los Celebres (singer Ismael Rivera Jr) - Bomba Medley / Oriza / A Bailar Mi Bomba / El Bombon De Elena 12 Yeska - Fideo 13 Proyecto Uno - El Tiburon 13 Proyecto Uno - El Tiburon         Sleevenotes   No, ‘I Love Salsa’ isn’t just another salsa compilation. It’s been put together with a specific, two-fold purpose. First and foremost, it’s a selection of classic salsa rhythms plus, for the sake of diversity, a couple of less familiar Hispanic Caribbean tempos and dances. The salsa cuts were chosen with two criteria in mind: they had to have a clear, accessible, regular tempo, as well as a memorable melody, a committed performance, or something similar to make them stand out from the thousands of salsa records that are released worldwide every year. And second, I’ve tried to answer the prayer of many an overworked Latin dance teacher: ‘How can I get my hands on just one CD that I can teach to without running backwards and forwards to the DJ booth to hit the ‘forward’ button every time a tune finishes, as well as recomend to my students for those all-important home practice sessions?’ With those aims in mind I’ve taken pains to sequence this set logically: the first group of tracks are basically sales rhythms, albeit varying in pace, tempo, sentiment and orchestration. For instance, ‘Tierra Tradicional’ is everyone’s idea of classic, Cuban ‘son’-derived, mid-tempo conjunto salsa; whereas, say, the Johnny Polanco tune has a slightly more freestyle, jazzier feel, especially in the latter half, and is an ideal vehicle for teaching salsa ‘on the twos’ (as opposed to the more ‘tipico’ on-the-one style). Then there’s the mid-tempo jazz-cha descarga by Ritmo Y Candela, included to help you develop your ‘bass ear’. Every savvy Latin dance teacher today has a few extra strings to his or her bow: that’s why there’s a Puerto Rican bomba medley, a West Coat ‘Ska-lsa, a Dominican bachata, and a merengue-house favourite. Finally, I’ve always made a careful note of the tunes that salsa students find intriguing for one reason or another: if I had a penny for every time a salsa newcomer has asked ‘What’s THIS?’ after hearing ‘Aicha’ or ‘Y Que De Mi’, I’d be on a beach somewhere in Brazil now. THE TRACKS 1. Africando; Tierra Tradicional 8. Africando: Aïcha Africando are the brainchild of Senegalese record producer and Cubanophile Ibrahim Sylla, who persuaded several of the legendary 70's Senegalese salsa singers and musicians to record several phenomenally well-received Afro-Salsa albums. ‘Tierra Tradicional’ is the archetypal mid-tempo Cuban salsa groove, whilst ‘Aicha’, a French chanson-inspired composition, was originally a hit for Paris-based Algerian Rai star Khaled. The core band on these tracks is the cream of New York’s salsa session players. 2. Johnny Polanco: La Receta Johnny Polanco and his band are a mainstay of the Los Angeles/Hollywood/West Coast ‘clubs and parties’ scene, and are a first choice for ‘A’ list Hollywood party-throwers who want the real-deal salsa sound. A major asset of this swinging neighbourhood combo is the singing and songwriting talents of New York refugee Ray Ramos, who penned this ‘salsa dura’ opus. 3. Choco Orta: Y Que De Mi Colombian singer-songwriter Choco Orta enjoyed great success with this tune recently in the States. Previously very hard-to-find (even in the specialist import shops) in Europe but a perennial favourite at my now-defunct ‘Manteca’ sessions. 4. Grupo Niche: Etnia Colombia’s official No.1 salsa orchestra play their anthem. You can’t survive a Colombian party without this classic in the record box. 5. Melcochita: Rumbera Mayor Peruvian sonero Melcochita is a man of diverse talent: for many years he was a favourite comedian on Peruvian TV and radio. Here his unmistakable ‘viejico’ style is augmented by New York’s finest players in an irresistible ‘rumba buena’. 6. Tolu: Animo Y Aliento Formed in Los Angeles by ex-Weather Report percussionist, the Peruvian Alex Acuna, and by Colombian sax/clarinet maestro Justo Almario Tolu are an occasional group whose offering here – a yearningly soulful mid-tempo salsa-jazz piece – is reminiscent of Eddie Palmieri’s current sound over in New York – ‘salsa romantica, pero con cojones.’ 7. Carlos `Potato' Valdes: Descarga En Faux Ritmo Y Candela are a recording group of peerless Afro-Cuban jazz musicians led by the all-Cuban percussion triumvirate of Changuito, Patato Valdez and Orestes Vilato. As with the rest of this compilation, there are two reasons for its inclusion: first, it’s a shining example of how good Afro-Cuban music can be in the right hands, and secondly the best Latin dance teachers will always teach you to listen to the bass, subconsciously ‘editing out’ the accompaniment. No matter how fast or slow a piece of Latin music, you’ll never get entirely lost if you can master this basic technique. 9.Willy Chrino: El Manisero Willy Chirino is one of Miami salsa’s golden boys – as skilled a composer as he is a singer, he breathes new life into this old Cuban chestnut. This is a favourite at Manteca marketing honcho Steve’s dance class and the opening song at his wedding party – what better recommendation? 10. Chichi Peralta & Son Familia: Procura Formerly the percussionist in superstar Juan Luis Guerra’s backing group, 4.40, Chi Chi Peralta shows how Latin music can be romantic, melodic, danceable and NOT cheesy all at once. One for close dancers who’ve mastered the merengue, lambada, or zouk-love dance styles. 11. Los Hijos De Los Celebres: Bomba Medley – Oriza, A Bailar Mi Bomba, El Bombon De Elena The strongly African bomba – from Puerto Rico – has been around almost a century, during which it’s enjoyed alternate periods of being in and out of style. 50’s bandleader Rafael Cortijo was the man to bring it to wider international attention, whilst Cortijo’s original vocalist, the late Ismael Rivera, is inextricably linked with bomba in the hearts of all ‘Boricuan’ music lovers. This medley of three famous bombas is sung by Ismael’s son, a well-known salsero in his own right but sounding eerily like Dad here. Another merengue-type dance but much slower, less showy – and very, very sexy. 12.Yeska: Fideo There’s a large current following among the West Coast Mexican-American youth for ske, bluebeat, reggae – even for UK-type ‘two-tone’ punk-ska, à la Specials. This cut is from the jazzier end of the spectrum. From the album `Skafrocubanjazz’ – an imaginative and highly danceable hybrid of styles. 13. Proyecto Uno: El Tiburon If you’ve never heard this Proyecto Uno house-merengue thumper about the ‘shark’ who prowls around the babes-in-the-dance with a nil success rate, then you’ve been going to country and western clubs for the past five years. Right from the opening accapella horn riff (lifted from 70’s soul classic ‘Got To Be Real’ by Cheryl Lynn) you can’t stop. Often used for the all-important end-of-lesson ‘warm-down’. Round-Off Latin dance classes are nothing new:there were teachers working the famous New York Palladium when the mambo craze broke in the early 50s, many of the teachers having moved across from teaching the previous dance crazes: jitterbug, jump-jive, lindy-hop and the like. But there has never before been such a proliferation of interest in Latin dance as there is today – and in Europe as well as the Far East, the USA, and Australasia. Here’s where you can start.

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