Havana Casino Orchestra

1. Manisero (The Peanut Vendor)

2. Amor Sincero (True Love)

3. Ruñidera (Wanna Lot O'Love)

4. Lamento Africano (African Lament)

5. Voodoo

6. Aquellos Ojos Verdes (Green Eyes)

7. En Queestaras Pensando? (A Penny for Your Thoughts)

8. Mariana (The Peanut Vendor's Daughter)

9. Mulata Rumbera

10. Lamento Borinqueño

11. Cachimba de San Juan

12. Panquelero

13. Caminando

14. Guajira

15. Por Tus Ojos Negros

16. Me Odias

17. Sabrosona

18. Chivo Que Rompe Tambo

19. Buscando Millonarias

20. Nina

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Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra

Average customer rating:

Great 1930's Cuban dance band
First-rate Cuban dance music from the early '30s!

Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra
Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra
Manufacturer: Harlequin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001XY4
Release Date: 1994-06-14

Tracks:

The Peanut Vendor
A Penny For Your Thoughts
Wanna Lot Of Love
Marianna
African Lament
Me Odias
La Guajira
El Panquelero
The Voodoo
Green Eyes
Lamento Borinqueno
Amor Sincero
La Cachimba De San Juan
Be Careful With Those Eyes
With My Guitar And You
La Mulata Rumbera
Adela/El Manisero
Siboney
El Manisero/Me Odias
The Voodoo
La Runidera
El Ritmo De La Rumba

Customer Reviews:

Great 1930's Cuban dance band.......2006-03-30

Don Azpiazu led an exellent Cuban dance orchestra in the 1930's, and was largely responisble for influencing many other later afro-cuban jazz orchestras. Azpiazu's orchestra is tight, and peppy. They really sound great on "Peanut Vendor" and a song that sounds very similar to "When Youba plays the Rumba on the tuba". The vocals are great, the band plays exellent Cuban dance music . For those who want some pre Tito Puente Cuban orchestra music, this is what Cuban music sounded like before Puente, Machito, and thw whole Mambo, Salsa, afro Cuban jazz movement occured. This band is important historicly, even if there are not jazz solos, the music should interest those fans of 30's big bands, and swing. This is great stuff, and there are some rumba rhythms and some spicy exotic dance songs. Great 1930's Cuban American orchestra.

First-rate Cuban dance music from the early '30s!.......2003-06-13

Delightfully corny Cuban music from the early thirties... Azpiazu's "El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor") was a colossal hit in 1931, and one of the earliest breakthroughs for Cuban music abroad. These songs were recorded in New York at the height of the Russ Columbo-and-Glen Gray-dominated crooner era, and bear all the goofy, loveably rinkydink musical hallmarks of the time (as well as a healthy dose of authentic Cuban rhythm). "El Manisero" features vocals by the muy fabuloso Antonio Machin, although other tracks on this CD have North Americanos who charmingly denude the music of its original bounce. Don't get me wrong: I *love* corny old music and this collection is well worth searching out.