Edmundo Ros – Sing'n Clap Along (1961)

Recording with twelve songs that brings the greatest hits from Broadway musicals ('My Fair Lady', 'Can-can', 'South Pacific', etc.) Edmundo Ros made his first recording of orchestral choirs, with clappingss and swing adapted to Latin dance music., in this case two rhythms like merengue and chachacha, alternating in repertory. His inimitable style and nervous rhythmic accompaniment is intelligently decorated with the voices of the choir creating a bright, different and interesting musical program that can please anyone.

Edmundo Ros and his orchestra with the prestige of another recording of Decca Phase 4 Stereo in an album released in Spain in 1974, bringing together twelve songs having in common the fact to be about regions or cities from the South. The bongo percussion instrument is the protagonist. Musical arrangements have been carefully adapted to all Latin-American rhythms.

Latin music to dance with the orchestra of the great English conductor and arranger Edmundo Ros, who died last year. The album LP gathers twelve recognized subjects that Ros becomes a Latin festival, with a predominance of samba or mambo rhythms and a slight concession to chachacha. In his musical arrangements, Ros always boasts support from the percussion, while he likes to interpret in their own voice among the topics. Inimitable style, infectious rhythm, nice vocal timbre and support of Brazilian and Cuban music dress this recording nerve and strength that only the great conductors know how to print to Latin music.

Eighth recording in career of musician and director Edmundo Ros, with the London label, essential in any reference to orchestrated Latin music. Offering 12tracks selected both the Latin and international repertoire and classic, bringing the peculiarities of instrumental arrangements by Ros, always surprising and striking. Those years Ros began to excel in the international music scene, because his repertoire never let the audience indifferent.