Soul Jazz Records Presents - GIPSY RHUMBA: The Original Rhythm of Gipsy Rhumba in Spain 1965-74 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Newly remastered and repackaged, Soul Jazz Records' Gipsy Rhumba was first released to much-critical acclaim around the world in 2012, the album is a stunning mix of Latin, Funk, Flamenco and Rhumba rhythms. The album is being released on deluxe double vinyl, complete with large text and rich photography across two inner sleeves. The album is like no other and remains the first album ever outside of Spain to seriously focus on the history of Gipsy Rhumba, one of the most interesting musical culture clashes ever that first took place in the early 1960s. In the Catalan region of Spain, Gypsies primarily known as the creators of Flamenco, came up with a fascinating hybrid style - Gipsy Rhumba - which blended together Latin and Rhumba music of Cuba and the Caribbean together with their own Flamenco as well as the emerging Rock and Roll from America. The album tells this unique story of how this Latin-tinged music came about in the heart of Spain's gypsy community. The album comes with extensive sleevenotes, exclusive and stunning photography from the celebrated French photographer Jacques Leonard. The album is put together by two of Spain's most important Gipsy Rhumba specialists - compiler David El Indio and sleevenotes by Jose Manuel Gómez (Gufi). REVIEWS InchA capsule of supercharged clapping and joyous vocalsInch THE GUARDIAN InchMust-have... You all know Gipsy Kings' blend of flamenco and Latin rhythms but where did this convergence of Latin music styles occur? This compilation demonstrates how mid-1960's Barcelona hot-housed gypsy musicians who employed the rumba rhythm Gipsy Rhumba unearths a forgotten corner of Europop.Inch THE SUNDAY TIMES 'A victory for gipsy party music A collection worthy of conquering the world' DAGENS NYHETER, Sweden Album Tracks 1. Rabbit Rumba - Nuestro Ayer 2. El Noi - Labios Morenos 3. Los Gitanos Polinais - en El Fondo Del Ma

Soul Jazz Records' Brasil album was recorded in Rio de Janeiro in 1994 with a host of legendary Brazilian musicians and has remained one of the key defining early releases from the record tag. Out-of-print for over 20 years the album has now been fully digitally re-mastered for this new 2018 edition.The album was recorded at the height of the first wave of interest in Brazilian music in London in the 1990s led by Gilles Peterson and Brazilian music obsessive Joe Davis.Singer-songwriter Joyce had been a living legend in her native Brazil ever since the Bossa Nova movement of the 1960s and had made her first record when she was just 20, and described by Antonio Carlos Jobim as 'one of the greatest singers of all time.' Joyce Moreno agreed to be involved in the project to record an album in Brazil produced with a UK sensibility and Tutty Moreno's group signed up as the house-band for the project. Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records) and Joe Davis then flew to Rio de Janeiro, searching out studios and rehearsal spaces.During this time in Brazil more artists signed up for the project including legendary figureheads of the Brazilian music Sivuca and trombonist Raul de Souza. Other key figures included singer/guitarist Celia Vaz who worked extensively as arranger with the legendary Quarteto Em Cy and drummer Dom Um Romao; Wanda Sá, who played in Sergio Mendes' original seminal bossa nova group Brasil 65; and legendary saxophone/flautist Teco Cardoso whose bio reads like a who's who of Brazilian music; and the percussionist Pirulito whose stunning display of self-made instruments allowed him to magically create the massive sound of Rio's Samba Schools live inside the studio. The album was recorded over one hot summer and mixed in London.Over 20 years on and Soul Jazz Records' Brasil album manages to capture both an important cross-cultural musical moment in time betwee

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