What's Covering My Clitoris

The Quincy Jones of salsa ... and friends

Louie Ramirez, and the laughter died

Much better known for his work as arranger and producer, Louie Ramírez · · was mostly a bred musician, capable of bringing a grupete of musicians in a recording studio and great things out of there without much effort. Although, of course, so many hours stuck in those caves was audible at times you miss: the black history what ranks as the creator of this variant romantic genre that dominated the 80's and was called erotic salsa, or salsa monga, which helped to destroy the wake hacked the determinant salsa production had generated in the previous decade.

But no more about this painful issue and concentrate on the good, in, for example, that record released in 1978 with a coterie of fellow musicians of the highest level: Louie Ramirez and his friends , album picks up part of what was brewing at the time and showing some nuances of what would become a salsa music years later. Not having a fixed band, however, be one of the most respected medium-used to have the last word in Fania regarding arrangements and orchestrations are concerned, "he
the luxury of putting together a good combo of musicians, among whom are counted Mauricio Smith on flute, bongos Nicky Marrero, Eddie Rivera bus, Guillermo Edgehill and Jose Santiago on bass, Johnny Rodríguez on congas, Ruben Maldonado on drums bata a singer Ismael Quintana on maracas, Sonny Bravo and Louie himself on the piano as well as the vibraphone, "Mike Collazo and Orestes Vilato in timbales, Angel Vasquez papo Sam Burtis on trombone, Ray Maldonado, and Tony Cofresi on the trumpets.

Each groove was sung by a musician in particular, stressing as the first item one of the most important songs of all men: Paula C, in which the well-known yet Rubén Blades unleash their creative and interpretive-as well as the expression of a hangover by buenamoza uppercase that lasted a few more songs. This issue included an array of violins in the same wavelength as Willie Colon was printing to productions of Hector Lavoe, violins carrying out more melodic than rhythmic role, so that the influences were perhaps closer to soul and disco music than their own charanga:

Paula C. with silence went unanswered

And I realized that night that it

never forget his love. Paula C.

the early morning darkness enveloped me in

And oddly enough made me see more clearly

What is love a woman.

And when you come back again that kiss thrilled me

And so I dreamed I sang

And trembling with tears and I heard you came back murmur

That I was all for you and nothing else. Paula C.

Today again the distance between the two

is the encouraging and inspiring me this song for you

To which I gave her love, Paula C.

A which gave me their love, Paula C.

Not to mention the game that closes the tune trumpet with a jazz flavor wonderful, musical power generated by an array of finely tuned Ramírez own virtuosity and interpretation by their friends . Camilo
Azuquita Argumédez opens the second track, A kiss life, become an old tango guaracha quite correctly, and Adalberto Santiago is responsible for interpreting the Borinquen guaguancó calls me one of those songs everyday to Puerto Rico wanted.
All right, then, until we came to Something, a song by the Beatles led the Latin kingdom and ending with a settlement discomusic showing one of the weaknesses of Louie: the belief that they can perform crossovers without that may be at risk of wandering deeply. And that he had already suffered A Different Shade of Black , an album that was charged to the capitoste Jerry Masucci in 1976, which mixed Latin rhythms with hard rhythms, and had been a resounding failure creative and commercial . But sometimes people insist ... and when a danzón, Because-The Beatles-well, somewhat better resolved, although far removed from the quality of the first tracks of the disc. Azuquita
reprises two themes: The poet cried, a renowned flamenco Angustias Manuel led the guaguancó intelligently, and when you came, one of those gag of romantic salsa whore I spoke earlier.
Anyway ...
The album, of course, is out of print. Louie was not a person who enjoyed the sweets of fame, and to the Retrievers of all this happy music that was made over thirty years is preferable to distribute the interpretations compiled in each of the artists who re-assemble the pieces in this album. But the record is there, can be found online at Grooveshark and, of course, is worth listening to.

Obviously, if Spotify is discontinued or Rhapsody.