Siembra

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:42:45
Personnel: Willie Colon (vocals, trombone); Ruben Blades (vocals); Leopoldo Pineda, Jose Rodriguez, Angel "Papo" Vasquez, Sam Burtis (trombone); Jose "Professor" Torres (Fender Rhodes piano); Salvador Cuevas, Eddie Rivera (bass); Jose Mangual, Jr. (bongos, maracas, background vocals); A. Santiago (maracas); Eddie Montalvo (tumbadora); Jimmy Delgado (timbales); Bryan Brake (percussion); Adalberto Santiago (background vocals). Recorded at La Tierra Sound Studios, New York, New York. Personnel: Ruben Blades (vocals); Jose Torres "Professor" (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Bryan Brake (drums); Eddie Montalvo (conga drum); Jose Mangual Jr. (bongos, maracas); Jimmy Delgado (timbales). Liner Note Author: David Garcia. Recording information: La Tierra Sound Studios, New York, NY. The high point of Willie Colon's ongoing collaboration with Ruben Blades (and close to a career peak for both artists), Siembra exploded on the salsa scene in 1978 and has never been forgotten by fans. Beginning with a minute of playfully deceptive quasi-disco arrangements, Colon and his band slip into a devastating salsa groove for the opener, "Plastico," on which Blades first criticizes America's throwaway society and then brings all of Latin America together with a call to unity. Blades wrote all but one of the songs on Siembra, and shines on all of them; his extended high-tenor salsa scatting lifts "Buscando Guayaba," his tender side comes across on the love song "Dime," and he outlines a devastating life-in-el-Barrio expose with "Pedro Navaja" (Peter the Knife). For the latter, Colon and Luis Ortiz's tight arrangement adds immeasurably to the song, using street noise and sirens, breaking into an ironic "I like to live in America!," and punching the statement home with a four-trombone line. Reflecting the tough times but optimistic attitude of el Barrio during the late '70s, Siembra joined Cosa Nuestra as one of Willie Colon's career landmarks. ~ John Bush