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Manolo Garcia - Geometria Del Rayo (2018) {Sony Music Espana 19075835242}
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Rock / Pop / Spanish Pop-Rock

Manolo García (Barcelona, ​​1955) is a Spanish singer, composer and painter. García made his way into the world of music as a member of Los Rápidos y Los Burros, two bands from the early eighties with which he recorded some albums without much luck. Everything changed when in 1984 together with Quimi Portet he formed El Último de la Fila, duo that would become one of the most important and successful Spanish pop / rock. After the dissolution of the group in 1998, Garcia undertook an acclaimed solo career with Arena in the pockets. Admired for his mixture of rock with Arabic and flamenco music and his poetic lyrics, García continued editing albums of excellent bill such as Saldremos a la lluvia (2008) or Todo es ahora (2014).

Weather Report's biggest-selling album is that ideal thing, a popular and artistic success – and for the same reasons. For one thing, Joe Zawinul revealed an unexpectedly potent commercial streak for the first time since his Cannonball Adderley days, contributing what has become a perennial hit, "Birdland." Indeed, "Birdland" is a remarkable bit of record-making, a unified, ever-developing piece of music that evokes, without in any way imitating, a joyous evening on 52nd St. with a big band. The other factor is the full emergence of Jaco Pastorius as a co-leader; his dancing, staccato bass lifting itself out of the bass range as a third melodic voice, completely dominating his own ingenious "Teen Town" (where he also plays drums!). By now, Zawinul has become WR's de facto commander in the studio; his colorful synthesizers dictate the textures, his conceptions are carefully planned, with little of the freewheeling improvisation of only five years before. Wayne Shorter's saxophones are now reticent, if always eloquent, beams of light in Zawinul's general scheme while Alex Acuña shifts ably over to the drums and Manolo Badrena handles the percussion.

El Camaron de la Isla & Paco de Lucia - Canastera (1972) {2011 Nueva Integral Box Set CD 04of21}
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Flamenco / World Music / Vocal / Guitar / Latin / Western European Traditions

A limited edition of the Camaron de la Isla 'Integral' box-set. It represents a veritable journey through his life and singing. It includes 21 original albums. The first 17 of them were made in recording studios by Camaron from 1969 to 1992 while he was alive. "The record itself marks a break with the previous ones in that the entertaining kitsch style of the cover disappears, to be replaced by a picture taken by Lamarca". But Jose Monje -who would not integrate with anybody- committed the audacity of challenging the established flamencologists right after they had given him their approval, by daring to present in his next project nothing less than a new style of flamenco «cante»: «La Canastera».

This 27-track CD of rather mysterious origin is the most comprehensive Billie Davis anthology, but not without its imperfections. In its favor, it does include nine tracks from her 1963-1964 girl group-influenced singles, whereas the most commonly available Davis anthology (Tell Him: The Decca Years has just four of those. In all, it has ten songs not on Tell Him: The Decca Years, but is also missing three songs that are not that release, whose sound quality is better (though not seriously flawed). And the liner notes on Her Best: 1963-1970 are perfunctory, though it does contain a complete 1962-1970 Davis discography. So what most people would pick this up for are the ten songs not on Tell Him, which are useful for Davis fans, but not (with one exception) among her most outstanding recordings. That one exception is the moody, sassy 1964 single "Whatcha' Gonna Do," perhaps her best girl group-styled effort; the Mersey-influenced chirpy warble of its B-side "Everybody Knows" is pretty enjoyable too.

Pointer's last release found him resurfacing on a label (Shanachie) known for almost everything but fusion. This record sounds much like the ones he made in the late '70s and 1980s, except that he also does some competent vocals. These are pleasant, heavily produced and arranged tracks with minimal improvisation and limited energy and intensity. They are jazz only in the broadest sense and are not aimed at hardcore listeners or purists. If easy listening instrumental fare is up your alley, then Pointer's light solos and heavily arranged music work.

Weather Report's biggest-selling album is that ideal thing, a popular and artistic success – and for the same reasons. For one thing, Joe Zawinul revealed an unexpectedly potent commercial streak for the first time since his Cannonball Adderley days, contributing what has become a perennial hit, "Birdland." Indeed, "Birdland" is a remarkable bit of record-making, a unified, ever-developing piece of music that evokes, without in any way imitating, a joyous evening on 52nd St. with a big band…