“Kenya” by Machito and his Orchestra - album review
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Mambo mania! Or not, as the case may be. Machito’s gang deliver a brassy brand of Latin Orchestra dance where big band sensibilities blend with African rhythms. It’s an album of originals; “Tin Tin Deo” – originally done by James Moody and His Bop Men featuring Chano Pozo back in 1948 – is the only cover on-board. Guest musicians include Doc Cheatham and Joe Newman on trumpet, Cannonball Adderley on alto sax, and Eddie Bert on trombone. Band regular and arranger band Ray Santos moonlights on tenor sax. A seven-man percussion section (including Candido Camero and Carlos “Patato” Valdes) rounds it out. Occasionally stimulating but rarely gripping – I guess Afro-Cuban Jazz is just not my thing.
The Jukebox Rebel
13–Oct–2015
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:27]  Machito and his Orchestra - Wild Jungle (Mario Bauzá, René Hernández) Latin |
| A2 | [02:55]  Machito and his Orchestra - Congo Mulence (Ahmad Kharab Salim) Latin |
| A3 | [03:29]  Machito and his Orchestra - Kenya (Mario Bauzá, René Hernández) Orchestra Dance |
| A4 | [03:02]  Machito and his Orchestra - Oyeme (Ahmad Kharab Salim) Latin |
| A5 | [02:47]  Machito and his Orchestra - Holiday (Mario Bauzá, René Hernández) Orchestra Dance |
| A6 | [02:30]  Machito and his Orchestra - Cannonology (Ahmad Kharab Salim) Latin |
| B1 | [02:45]  Machito and his Orchestra - Frenzy (Mario Bauzá, René Hernández) Latin |
| B2 | [02:48]  Machito and his Orchestra - Blues A La Machito (Ahmad Kharab Salim) Orchestra Dance |
| B3 | [03:00]  Machito and his Orchestra - Conversation (Ahmad Kharab Salim) Jazz |
| B4 | [02:55] Machito and his Orchestra - Tin Tin Deo (Chano Pozo) Orchestra Dance |
| B5 | [03:10] Machito and his Orchestra - Minor Rama (Ahmad Kharab Salim) Latin |
| B6 | [03:12]  Machito and his Orchestra - Tururato (Ahmad Kharab Salim) Latin |
