TITO RODRIGUEZ: PUERTO RICO II

TITO RODRIGUEZ
Nos anos 60 a havia uma grande disputa nas comunidades latinas de New York e Porto Rico para escolher qual dos dois Titos - o Puente e o Rodriguez - era o melhor. Na verdade, ambos excelentes, tinham em comum o fato de dirigirem duas extraordinárias "latin-jazz big-bands"; mas as semelhanças, além do nome, terminavam aí. Tito Rodriguez era um excelente cantor e Tito Puente, todos sabemos, não cantava, mas em compensação fazia todo o resto...O fato é que Tito Rodriguez marcou época e foi um grande nome que, infelizmente, faleceu muito cedo, aos 50 anos.
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TITO RODRIGUEZ
Tito Rodriguez vocalist, percussionist, composer, bandleader (1923 -1973) in the 1950’s through 60’s was a smooth voiced Latin nightclub crooner, who reigned over the radio and record charts geared toward the Puerto Rican community both in New York and on the island, where his music is still very popular. His popularity then grew broader and reached into all of Latin America. His distinct, resonant voice floated crystal-clear above the dense sound of his large orchestra, which was the best in its day. He is still revered as an uptempo sonero and a romantic singer who influenced the wave of salsa singers that followed. Tito Rodriguez’s last appearance was with Machito and his band at Madison Square Garden on 2 February 1973. He finally lost the battle with leukemia and 26 days later, on 28 February
1973, Rodriguez died in his wife’s arms.
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ALBUM REVIEW
Tito Rodriguez, a smooth, vermouth voiced, ballad crooner... immaculate dresser and a ferocious Latin-Jazzer. This guy could do it all. In his short career he became a top headliner as a lead singer during the mambo, cha-cha-cha and charanga period, as an (very successful) orchestra leader he had top-billing, his shows (marquee battles with Tito Puente are legend) were always soldout, he became the top album seller as a romantic song singer, had a hit television program in Puerto Rico and started a successful record (TR Records) company. His impeccable style, an eye for a beautiful music make him one of the true trendsetters to this day. Gilberto Santa Rosa, a monster artist himself, patterns much of his stage persona and style after TR. This album is a small sampling of TR's enormous musical output but it's a great start. Tito had serious swing, even when he sang it smooth and slow. One of the best recordings of Tito Rodriguez.
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MINHA OPINIÃO: esta coletânea de sucessos do grande Tito Rodriguez , ao contrário do álbum gravado no Birdland, de New York, postado anteriormente e totalmente "jazzy", nos mostra seu lado tipicamente latino. O repertório se compõe de boleros, cha-cha-chas, mambos, etc. matéria-prima ideal para a excelente performance de Tito e sua banda, que tem um som poderoso. MARAVILHA!

(*)No repertório se encontra o samba "Palhaçada" (Cara de payaso), da grande dupla Luiz Reis e Haroldo Barbosa, sucesso de Miltinho em 1959.
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TITO RODRIGUEZ: PUERTO RICO II (THE HITS COLLECTION)

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
1. Cuando, cuando, cuando
2. Non te quedes con las ganas
3. Mantequilla
4. Nunca
5. Damela que tu la tienes
6. De enero a enero
7. Maricuza
8. Cara de payazo
9. Celoso
10.Piensa en mi
11.Ponte de vela
12.Bello amanecer
13.Machacalo
14.El lechero
15.Vuela la paloma

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