Felix Guerrero - Rapsodia Cubana - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The 1940's was a fertile period for Cuban music. Inspired by recent advances in American jazz, several influential conjuntos appeared, such as Conjunto Casino, Sonora Matancera, Conjunto Matamoros and Conjunto Azul led by Chano Pozo, dominating the airwaves and Havana's vibrant club scene with a densely rhythmic and more sophisticated melodic approach. With all these bands needing arrangements, a great Cuban school of arrangers emerged and Felix Guerrero, who studied with the great Nadia Boulanger, was their major figure. Guerrero's students included Bebo Valdes, Arturo InchChicoInch O'Farrill and Armando Romeu. Recorded in Havana in the early 1950's, InchSerenata CubanaInch features maestro Guerrero at the piano leading his orchestra through a rich, tropical set featuring compositions by Julio Gutierrez, Frank Dominguez and others. Finally available in the digital domain - all selections newly remastered.

One of the great bandleaders and highly influential arrangers from Cuba's golden age in the 1950's - a professor of music in Havana into his 90's - rare late 50's sessions from the famed Sonotone tag

Vinyl LP edition pressed at 45rpm. Includes four page insert. Lee Mendelson Film Productions (LMFP) is thrilled to announce the - for the first time ever - from recently rediscovered tapes - the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack to It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, the timeless 6th animated Peanuts® special, from writer and creator Charles Schulz, director Bill Melendez and producers Melendez and Lee Mendelson. Originally the special aired in September 27, 1969 on CBS-TV. The album includes the original recordings that comprise the cues from the Special across twenty-six tracks, plus another 6 alternative tracks that have never been released or heard before. Guaraldi lovingly created the soundtrack for the summer camp adventure where Charlie Brown and his gang face off against the girls camp lead by Peppermint Patty. The large jazz combo album also includes the best rendition of Guaraldi classic, Love Will Come (Nova Bossa) as well as the first use of additional percussion in Victor Feldman.