Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Tuesday 12-inch Flashback: ‘Jingo’

Today is September 15th, the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. On this blog, that means we’ll be celebrating the music of Hispanic and/or Latino artists for the next four weeks.

Let’s start with this 12-incher from Cuban percussionist Candido.

Befriended by Dizzy Gillespie, Candido Camero took the jazz world by storm in the 1950s. He recorded with the likes of Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Wes Montgomery.

Then, for some reason, in 1979 he recorded a disco album. And Candido’s version of “Jingo” (a Nigerian tune popularized by Santana) became a dance-music classic.

Candido, at age 88, is still performing.

at

4 comments:

  1. bklyn6September 15, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    Then, for some reason, in 1979 he recorded a disco album.

    Heck, who wasn't cutting a disco album/record during that time? :-)

    Anyway, that made me wanna get down like Diana Ross.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Undercover Black ManSeptember 15, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    Heck, who wasn't cutting a disco album/record during that time? :-)

    Heck yeah. Including Ethel Merman.

    1979 must've been the Year of Maximum Suckage.

    ReplyDelete
  3. bklyn6September 15, 2009 at 12:52 PM

    Heck yeah. Including Ethel Merman.

    Yes. I remember that! "Maximum Suckage". LOL

    Dolly Parton went disco too. (Can't remember if it happened in '79, though.)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Mes Deux CentsSeptember 15, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    UBM,

    Here is another classic song, house, for Hispanic Heritage Month. The group was 2 Puerto Ricans, a Blackman, and a Dominican and the song was Do it Properly. Do you remember that? It's a house classic.

    Robert Clivilles and David Cole were in this group. They went on to found C&C Music Factory.

    Here's a link to the song:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kfXQ2ckhKU

    And I remember Jingo. It's a great song.

    ReplyDelete