Traditional Music from Panama

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Panama is a music lover's--and a musicologist's--dream: the tiny country sits among the Caribbean and Central and South America. While admixtures of music styles particular to these regions are almost guaranteed to be compelling in any form, this collection presents a twist. All the songs come from styles native to the still-rural Azuero Peninsula, where most of the 11 musicians and eight vocalists originate. The region's music unfolds across a percussive bed that reveals African cultural remnants and an overall Afro-Caribbean sense of rhythm. But across the rhythms, played on upright hand drums (the pujador and repicador) and smaller, higher-pitched stick-played drums (the caja), is the distinctly "Latin"-flavored mejorana, a five-string guitar that looks and sounds a bit like a ukulele. Atop the instruments is a shifting set of vocals, from the mournful solo Spanish singing to the wailing antiphony of a soloist and chorus, both of whom perform outside Western harmonic scales, often in a shouting style. Producer Nigel Gallop has captured a huge swath of music, amazingly played by the same set of musicians throughout. --Andrew Bartlett

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Average customer rating: Beautiful Music Los de Los Santos Authentic Panamenian Folklore! Magical! Authentic sounds from the Republic of Panama

Traditional Music from Panama Los del Azuero Manufacturer: Nimbus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Panama | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs of the Mestizos Panama: Latin, Calypso and Funk on the Isthmus 1965-75 Rendezvous in Panama Waterproof Panama Map by ITMB ASIN: B00000IJNZ Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

1. The Little Tree
2. The Little Cane Press
3. The Gathering
4. Untitled
5. Little Firefly From The Mountain
6. Gritos
7. Mountain Cumbia
8. The Pepper
9. The Date
10. Saloma
11. How Alone You Have Left Me
12. Untitled
13. Saloma
14. The Denesa
15. The Girl
16. Little Tamarind Leaf
17. Seed Of The Tomato Plant
18. Untitled
19. Dawn In Los Santos
20. Grito
21. The Little Widow Of La Miel
22. !Ay! Monkey Felipe Torres!
23. Julia Peels The Yucca
24. Mogollon

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Panama is a music lover's--and a musicologist's--dream: the tiny country sits among the Caribbean and Central and South America. While admixtures of music styles particular to these regions are almost guaranteed to be compelling in any form, this collection presents a twist. All the songs come from styles native to the still-rural Azuero Peninsula, where most of the 11 musicians and eight vocalists originate. The region's music unfolds across a percussive bed that reveals African cultural remnants and an overall Afro-Caribbean sense of rhythm. But across the rhythms, played on upright hand drums (the pujador and repicador) and smaller, higher-pitched stick-played drums (the caja), is the distinctly "Latin"-flavored mejorana, a five-string guitar that looks and sounds a bit like a ukulele. Atop the instruments is a shifting set of vocals, from the mournful solo Spanish singing to the wailing antiphony of a soloist and chorus, both of whom perform outside Western harmonic scales, often in a shouting style. Producer Nigel Gallop has captured a huge swath of music, amazingly played by the same set of musicians throughout. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Music.......2004-10-20

I am Panamanian- born and raised in the U.S. I've traveled to Panama and to the interior and heard traditional tipico music. When I purchased this I expected accordians and tipico style music. This is completely different- very ecelectic and unique at once. Some songs sound almost celtic, others African influenced and still others have a distinct Native sound. There are cries, drums, and strings trancending you to the Azuero Pennisula of Panama. Buy this CD if you want to experience the unique and beautiful folkloric music Panama has to offer!

Los de Los Santos.......2000-02-17

This music is bringing me memories back when I was only a kid, in the summer I spent school vacation time in the Panama country side and I heard this music before. I'm 58 now but with this music I feel like a 8 years old kid. I'm very pleased with this wonderful and original Panama's folclore music.

Authentic Panamenian Folklore!.......2000-01-01

This CD trully presents the authentic music from Panama. I am a panamenian and absolutely LOVE this CD!

Magical!.......1999-06-06

I when back to being a little girl..running in chase of birds and buterflies...dipping my feet on the cool water of a "quabra.." Oh my wonderful country with its beautiful, pure music..I feel so proud of our traditions, our folklore..if I could have only learned to appreciate you when I was there, but it takes distance to be able to see your wonders.."quiza fuiste tan chica para que yo pudiera llevarte toda entera dentro del corazon"

Authentic sounds from the Republic of Panama.......1999-05-02

The sounds heard in the samples are representative of the folkloric panamenian music. It sounds in the best tradition of the Azuero peninsula. Is a jewell for anybody interested in authentic sounds and interpretation from the Republic of Panama. The voices sound as the tradition recommends. The instruments (percussion and melodic) are really played in the most pure and traditional styles from that country, where I was born.

Average customer rating: Ethel Deserved Better Than This

12 Songs From Call Me Madam (1950 Studio Cast) With Selections From Panama Hattie (1940 Original Cast Recording) Ethel Merman , and Irving Berlin Manufacturer: Decca U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Call Me Madam The Golden Apple (1954 Original Broadway Cast) Allegro (1947 Original Broadway Cast) Bells Are Ringing (1956 Original Broadway Cast) Finian's Rainbow (1947 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000002OJO Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

1. Call Me Madam: The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball
2. Call Me Madam: Washington Square Dance
3. Call Me Madam: Lichtenburg (Cosmo's Opening)
4. Call Me Madam: Can You Use Any Money Today?
5. Call Me Madam: Marrying For Love
6. Call Me Madam: The Ocarina
7. Call Me Madam: It's A Lovely Day Today
8. Call Me Madam: The Best Thing For You
9. Call Me Madam: Something To Dance About
10. Call Me Madam: Once Upon A Time Today
11. Call Me Madam: They Like Ike
12. Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love
13. Panama Hattie: My Mother Would Love You
14. Panama Hattie: I've Still Got My Health
15. Panama Hattie: Let's Be Buddies
16. Panama Hattie: Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please

Customer Reviews:

Ethel Deserved Better Than This.......2001-06-22

There may indeed be no business like show business. RCA was a major backer of this musical, and fully expected to record the original cast album. Decca, Merman's recording label, wouldn't allow her to appear. The solution the two compnaies decided on was an original cast album on RCA featuring Dinah Shore doing Merman's numbers, and this mediocre studio album.

Decca was never a winner when it came to modern recording techniques. Merman's voice has no echo or reverb to enhance her performance. The arrangements are by Gordon Jenkins, which fit Ethel's style like it was a dress bought in a bargain basement. It is a shame that in the later years of her life, Ethel didn't choose to revisit this score and re-record it, as she did with Annie Get Your Gun twice.

The selections from Panama Hattie are a nice rarity, but they are taken from scratchy shellac originals. There are several compilations that include these numbers with no annoying extraneous noise.

Average customer rating: the ultimate Terrific A superb Porter songbook

Close Manufacturer: Stolen Moments ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000004CU1 Release Date: 2003-06-17

Tracks:

1. Close/Rosalie
2. Ev'rything I Love/Let's Face It/You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To/Something To Shout About...
3. I've A Shooting Box In Scotland/See America First
4. I'm Throwing A Ball Tonight/Panama Hattie
5. Me And Marie/Jubilee
6. Begin The Beguine/Jubilee
7. When The Summer Moon Comes 'Long (College Song)
8. I Get A Kick Out Of You/Anything Goes/Anything Goes
9. Down In The Depths/Red, Hot And Blue/Just One Of Those Things/Jubilee
10. A Picture Of Me Without You/Jubilee
11. Night And Day/Gay Divorce
12. What Is This Thing Called Love?/Wake Up And Dream/It's All Right With Me/Can-Can
13. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye/Seven Lively Arts
14. They Couldn't Compare To You/Out Of This World
15. Can-Can/Can-Can
16. You Don't Know Paree/Fifty Million Frenchmen/I Love Paris/Can-Can
17. I Concentrate On You/Broadway Melody Of 1940/In The Still Of The Night/Rosalie
18. Take Me Back To Manhattan/The New Yorkers
19. I Happen To Like New York/The New Yorkers
20. I've Got You Under My Skin/Born To Dance

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Steve Ross has such an affinity with Cole Porter that no less an authority than Michael Feinstein said he couldn't begin to approach Ross's "perfect rendition" of "Can Can." That song is only one of the 25 Porter tunes both familiar and unfamiliar collected on this 1996 album, Close. Like fellow cabaret legend Bobby Short, Ross doesn't have the most beautiful singing instrument, but he has an expert way around a lyric, and his piano accompaniments are perfect ("I Get a Kick Out of You" is only one example). If you happen to like New York cabaret, you'll happen to like Steve Ross. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

the ultimate.......2000-05-19

Steve Ross is the ultimate performer when it comes to Cole Porter's songs. He's such a gifted piano player, has a lovely voice, and his arrangements are so perfect you want to crank up the volume and belt out the tune yourself. He has such sensitivity and emotion, knows just when to change tempo or syncopate a beat. I've driven many miles to see him perform and I'd love to do it again. He's the best, and this album is his finest. Absolute perfection.

Terrific.......1999-10-23

Most of these songs are familiar, but Steve Ross' unusual capacity to clarify lyrics with his voice, his enunciation, and even his piano accompaniment combine to bring out the wit and sophistication of these songs in ways that are new and utterly delightful (not to mention delovely). Altogether enjoyable.

A superb Porter songbook.......1999-07-27

Steve Ross is without doubt one of the finest cabaret artists currently working, and this recording amply proves his talent. Steve takes loving stroll through the Porter canon, embellishing each song with his own brand of wit and sensitivity. His excellence as a pianist and knowing way with a lyric make for a superb listen. Every track is a superlative example of Steve's artistry. Not to be missed.

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