A Tuba to Cuba

The legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band present the soundtrack to A Tuba to Cuba, the critically acclaimed documentary directed by T.G. Herrington and Danny Clinch. The film follows Ben Jaffe of New Orleans’ famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as he seeks to fulfill his late father's dream of retracing their musical roots to the shores of Cuba in search of the indigenous music that gave birth to New Orleans jazz. A Tuba to Cuba celebrates the triumph of the human spirit expressed through the universal language of music and challenges us to resolve to build bridges, not walls.

Willie Colon and Ruben Blades - Metiendo Mano! (1977) {Reissue 2010, Fania}
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© 1977, 2010 Fania Records / Codigo Music | 463 950 9004-2
Jazz / Boogaloo / Salsa / Latin Jazz / Tropical / Trombone / Vocals

I remember just as if it was yesterday that the 8-track cartridge of Metiendo Mano (Fania 500) arrived at record stores before the single “Pablo Pueblo” was played on the radio. I bought my copy at Joyerнa Danilъ in Canуvanas, Puerto Rico, for only $4.99. In 1977, I was one of the thousands of salseros who approached Colуn's new work with trepidation. After bringing an end to his partnership with Hйctor Lavoe and recording a special project with Mon Rivera, Willie presented Blades as the new singer in his orchestra.

Cal Tjader - Primo (1973) {Fantasy-OJC OJCCD-762-2}
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© 1973, 1992 Fantasy / OJC | OJCCD-762-2
Jazz / Latin Jazz / Cool / Afro-Cuban Jazz / World Fusion

Total bomb from the Big Three - Cal, Charlie, Tito. A really hard-hitting set from Cal Tjader and one that's done with a good dose of 60s Latin Soul as well! The album was recorded in the early 70s, but it's really got a late 60s New York flavor thanks to arrangers Charlie Palmieri and Tito Puente who cook up a groove that's sockingly soulful, and much more outta site than some of Tjader's other work from the time!

Ulrich Tukur – Mezzanotte
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Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon # 477 8796 | Country/Year: Germany 2010
Genre: Pop, Jazz | Style: Chanson

“I just went scrounging”, mumbles Tukur nonchalantly, as though he hadn’t amassed a 78 rpm collection of this music numbering some 2000 records and hadn’t acquired a vast knowledge of the material. “The main thing was finding songs whose melodies I liked and which had to do with night in some poetic and beautiful way. And, naturally, I had to be able to sing them. After all, I don’t have a big, trained voice. It isn’t particularly well suited to big band numbers, alas, but it is quite a good fit for the chansons and cabaret pieces from the first half of the last century.”

Dexter Gordon - The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (2011) {7CD Set, Columbia 886979189126 rec 1976-1980}
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© 1976-80, 2011 Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | 88697918912 6
Jazz / Hard Bop / Bop / Saxophone

Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon had been an expatriate since 1963 when he discovered Europe was where the consistently paying jazz gigs were to be found. In 1976 he returned to the States and began recording for Columbia Records and also embarked on an acting career. Sony Legacy repackaged and re-released six Dexter Gordon albums of that era in their entirety with mini-LP sleeves and original cover art: Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (1976), Sophisticated Giant (1977), Manhattan Symphonie (1978), Live at Carnegie Hall (1978), and Gotham City (1980).