 | Agua de Cuba by Francisco Aguabella
Buy used from: $8.99 no synths, no radio-friendly-standards...hard core latin jazz from one the old-school masters...after more than 50 years he is now sponserd by Dockers Pants and hangs around the bay area
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 | Skin & Bones by Johnny Blas
Buy used from: $18.31 cali-rican jazz...one of so-cal's finest...besides his tight rythmn section, uses unique four trombone line-up
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 | Concepts in Unity by Grupo Folklorico Y Experimento
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $8.89 a colaboration of some the finest puerto rican and cuban musicians from losaida to the islands...baila mi gente!
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 | Red Beans by Victor Hernández Cruz
Buy used from: $0.90 VHC is a jazzista de las palabras...has excellent essays about clave, slasa, latin jazz and even a poem celebrating the grupo folklorico...he is a reflection of what is most beautiful in the americas.
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 | Spanish Grease/Uno Dos Tres 1-2-3 by Willie Bobo
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $2.38 willie bobo had one of the most underated jazz units in losaida...besides the few forced boogaloo numbers this 2-for-1set showcases '60's latin jazz,there's even a tom jones cover of "it's so unusual"
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 | Soul Sauce by Cal Tjader
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.88 another great example of '60's latin jazz...set includes donald byrd, kenny burrell,willie bobo,richard davis..afro-blue is a classic, bonus tracks are amazing, everyone solos...some of cal's finest..
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 | Cuban Roots Revisited by Cuban Roots
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $2.98 wonderful re-recording of an obscure latin jazz recording from the 1960's...a collection of some great young and old musicians...the weinstein brothers are incredible...omar sosa's piano is amazing...
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 | Footprints by Bobby Matos & His Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble
Buy used from: $5.33 another of so-cal's finest...tight-as-hell...and danceable...
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 | At the Point, Vol. 1 by Papo Vazquez
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $5.98 |
 | At The Point, Vol. 2 by Papo Vazquez
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.88 one of puerto rico's finest jazzistas...the pirates and troubadors are disciples of the old-school...papo was part of manny oquendo's libre...manny is the art blakey of latin jazz
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 | Ocho II by Ocho
Buy new: $22.98 / Used from: $11.99 these guys live on harlem river drive...some of the greatest latin-soul-funk you'll ever here...
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 | The Legend of Cuban Percussion by Patato
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.00 great collection of one his recent solo records and two of his sessions with ritmo y candela...some tracks feature an african vocalist...patato has even appeared on the Cosby Show...hey, hey,hey!
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 | Peligroso by Dave Pike
Buy used from: $8.39 one of latin jazz's forgotten masters of the vibes returns...smokin'...
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 | Soul of the Conga by Poncho Sanchez
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.73 one his finest...the tracks with the ortiz brothers are like funky-jazzy-cuban-folk...the other tracks feature a hammond B-3...another of so-cal's masters
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 | Afro-American Latin by Mongo Santamaria
Buy used from: $5.99 one of mongo's greatest sets...this was recorded during the late sixties...another great example of non-commercial '60's latin jazz...
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 | Los Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico by Los Pleneros de La 21
the pleneros are forgettable, but the conjunto melodia is amazing...jibaro jazz from losaida is like django reihnhardt, grant green and ramito all in one...que sueno es la vida de la mujer...
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 | Habana by Roy Hargrove's Crisol
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.40 who said gringo's can't play latin jazz...a wonderful collection of some modern latin jazz masters...feautures david sanchez without the glossy studio production of his solo recordings...
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 | Jazz on the Latin Side Allstars, Vol. 1 by Jazz on the Latin Side Allstars
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 | Jazz on the Latin Side Allstars, Vol. 2 by Jazz on the Latin Side Allstars
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.74 this is heavy...great double live set from too many masters to name...a celebration of so-cal's latin jazz DJ jose rizo...
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 | Salsa Dura by Jimmy Bosch
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.78 another disciple of manny oquendo...jimmy is everywhere: jazz,bomba,plena,bolero,cha cha cha....everywhere...
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 | The Best of Dance Mania by Tito Puente
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $3.77 el rey!...this is some of the latin jazz icon's greatest recordings...sounds as good today as it did fifty years ago...includes francisco aguabella and vocals by a young santitos colon...
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 | Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum by Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum
Buy used from: $6.95 very intimate recording...only guitar,cello,piano and voices...beautiful...
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 | Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann/My Kinda Groove by Herbie Mann
Buy new: $14.97 / Used from: $5.28 this 2-for-1 features some great latin jazz,bossa nova and brazillian folk forms all through a jazzy interpretation...herbie was one the most inovative jazzistas of the '60's and '70's...
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 | Latin American Suite by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.43 nothing needs to be said...
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 | McCoy Tyner & the Latin All-Stars by McCoy Tyner
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.92 features many of puerto ricos's finest modern jazz men...somewhere in heaven john coltrane is dancing the mambo...
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