RICO'S CREOLE BAND: CUBA IN PARIS - ( 1947-1951)

FILIBERTO RICO : Rico's Creole Band
The influence of French chamber music on Cuban son and charanga is well known, and returning the favor, Parisians have long cultivated a taste for the "exotic" sounds of the African Diaspora. Havana-born bandleader, composer-arranger, flautist and saxophonist Filiberto Rico performed and recorded with house bands in Copenhagen and Paris in the late 1920s, including Orquesta Típica Cubana, led by the legendary Moisés Simón. Rico then formed his own Creole Band, recording from 1930 until war forced him to abandon Paris in 1941. Returning in 1946, he became a mainstay of the
postwar café scene of Paris and the Côte d'Azur. This two-CD set comprises an extensive and historically significant array of remastered recordings from the 1947-1951 period, documenting the suave, tongue-in-cheek performance style, light-hearted spirit and now-classic Cuban repertoire that gained international popularity during that era. While Rico employed mostly Cuban players, he recognized the commercial value of recruiting occasional French and Spanish artists to broaden his appeal, particularly a succession of French female vocalists who gave his band a unique sound. Numerous archival photographs and informative French- and English-language notes round out this delightful addition to the history of expatriate Cuban music in Europe, well before the present Buena Vista era. - (By Michael Stone)
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ALBUM COMMENTS:
The Cuban Rico's Creole band was behind the grand years of Parisian world music and entertained the clientele of La Coupole for decades. Alain Boulanger presents the exotic sound heritage of post war Paris.
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ALBUM: RICO'S CREOLE BAND: CUBA IN PARIS - ( 1947-1951)
Label"Frémeaux & Associés
Year: 2003

PERSONNEL
Filiberto Rico
Vincent Ricler,
Carlos Petrel,
Luis Gody,
Joaquina 'Chiquita' Serrano,
Fermin Lorenzo Jova,
Yanilou,
Antonio Picallo,
Emilio Armengol,

TRACKS/FAIXAS
1.Colibri
2.Sabrosura
3.Un poquito de tu amor
4.Maria bonita/ revoir Paris
5.El cumbanchero
6.Batucada
7.Luna lunera
8.Magdalena
9.Naõ esta
10.La television
11.La mucura
12.Mr. le consul a curityba
13.La fleur de tes cheveux
14.Se acabo
15.A Marie galante
16.Dos gardenias
17.Tumba
18.Pajarito

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