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Padrino [Digipak]

Machito
2 discs

0. DISC 1:
1. Tanga
2. Wild Jungle
3. Bimbi Si - (featuring Graciela)
4. Guantanamera - (featuring Graciela)
5. Abanico, El - (featuring Graciela)
6. Ebony
7. Oyeme Mam - (featuring Graciela)
8. Carabunta
9. Volcn - (featuring Graciela)
10. Barbarabae
11. Beeree Bee Cum Bee - (featuring Graciela)
12. Quimbombo
13. Tennessee Waltz
14. Guaria con el Tolete, El - (featuring Marcelino Guerra)
15. Cannonology
16. Azulito
17. Santo en Nueva York, El
18. Cooking Cooking
19. No Down Payment
20. How Deep Is the Ocean How High Is the Sky
21. Relax and Mambo
22. Ay Jos - (featuring Graciela)
23. Au Revoir
0. DISC 2:
1. Ahora S - (featuring Graciela)
2. Latin Cornbread
3. Doug's Room
4. Brazilian Soft Shoe - (featuring Herbie Mann)
5. S-S, No-No - (featuring Graciela)
6. Lloriqueando
7. Song of Lisbon
8. Remember Me [Recordare Tu Boca] - (featuring Graciela)
9. Coisa Nova
10. Cuba
11. Yo Soy la Rumba
12. Rumba Ace
13. Mambo a la Savoy
14. Bejuco, El - (featuring Graciela)
15. In Havana [Pa'lla Pa'ca]
16. I Care
17. Bananas - (featuring Graciela)
18. Love Chant - (featuring Herbie Mann)
19. Congo Mulence
20. One Note Samba
21. Jammin' with Machito
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 8008
Credits

Producer
Engineer
Audio Remasterer: Alex Abrash.
Liner Note Author: Robbie Busch.
Machito led one of the two or three finest mambo orchestras during the classic period (the late '40s and early '50s), and his innovations only continued during the '50s and '60s, when he recorded the sides heard on this Fania compilation. Almost perfectly divided between music from the late '50s and the '60s, El Padrino may lack all of his early mambos (the heart of his legend), but nonetheless, it includes plenty of great material, none better than his torrid 1965 number "Tanga," which leads off this compilation, and while it's been collected numerous times in numerous contexts, it doesn't drag at all. Machito's exploration of all manner of Afro-Cuban rhythms and forms during these years is best heard on his classic (and focused) Latin LPs like Asia Minor and Kenya, but for the listener who wants all of it now, El Padrino is the place to find the most. ~ John Bush
Critic Reviews

Down Beat (p.59) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[M]ost of this stuff kills, with fiery singing from Graciela, airtight arrangements designed for maximum punch, and sharp solos."