TSP Sunday July 18, 2004 /

Transpacific Sound Paradise
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Music of Cuba with Guest DJ Ned Sublette

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Musician, radio producer, auctioneer, record label honcho and author Ned Sublette joins us with a musical companion to Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo.

The book is the first part of a remarkably in-depth two-volume study of the music of Cuba, its historical and cultural roots and its global impact.

The first chapter of the book, which traces the story's foundation to antiquity, is at WNYC's website here. And at the other end of the chronology, an excerpt on the mid-20th century Cuban singer/bandleader Arsenio Rodriguez via the Afropop Worldwide site (Ned is a radio producer for Afropop) is here.

You can purchase the book from the usual suspect here, a less usual suspect here; or if you want other purchase suggestions (or if you need help interpreting this somewhat fragmentary playlist), send us an e-mail.

This Week's Playlist:
(* = new)

Machito: Tanga / Various Artists: La Combinacion Perfecta / Smithsonian Folkways /

Los Munequitos de Matanzas: El Tahonero / Vacunao / Qbadisc /

Musicians from Matanzas: Ibarabo ago mo juba (Song for Elegua) / Various Artists: Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957: Afro-Cuban Sacred Music from the Countryside /

Lydia Cabrera & Josefina Tarafa, recordists: Ndudu dale vuelta al ingenio (The spirit is circling the sugar mill) / Various Artists: Havana & Matanzas Cuba 1957: Bata Bembe & Palo / Smithsonian Folkways /

Carlos 'Patato' Valdes: Rezo Abacua / Patato Y Totico / Verve / *
New reissue

Arsenio Rodriguez: El Pirulero No Vuelve Más /

Arsenio Rodriguez: Sandunguera /

: Habanera / Cuando Salí de La Habana /

Orq. de Tomás Ponce: Ay, Que Victrola! / Various Artists: Early Cuban Danzón Orchestras / Harlequin /

Sexteto Habanero: Tres Lindas Cubanas / Tres Lindas Cubanas Vol. 1 (1925-1927) / Tumbao /

Ignacio Piñeiro And His Septeto Nacional: / Ignacio Piñeiro And His Septeto Nacional 1928-1930 / Tumbao /

Trio Matamoros: Lagrimas Negras / The Legendary Trio Matamoros /

Pancho Amat y El Cabildo: Flor de Pantuno / De San Antonio a Maisi / Unicorno /

Paulina Alvares: Mal Pena / Cuban Danzoneras / Harlequin /

Don Azpiazu: El Manicero /

Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley / 20th Century Masters / MCA /

Chuck Berry: Maybelline / 20th Century Masters / MCA /

Orquesta Casino de la Playa: Babalu / Memories of Cuba / Tumbao /
Featuring Miguelito Valdes

Arsenio Rodriguez: Dame un Cachito Pa'Huele / Montuneando / Tumbao /

Julio Cueva y su Orquesta Desintegrando: Pin Pin / 1944-1947 Cantan: Cascarita-Puntillita-El Jabao / Tumbao /

Benny More: Anabacoa / El Barbaro de Ritmo /

Machito: Freezelandia / Freezelandia / Tumbao /

Pacho Alonso: Niebla, del Riachuelo - Pacho Alonso / Tiempo De Bolero / Egrem /

Benny More: Conoci La Paz / Volume 4: 1957-1960 / Tumbao /

Orch. Aragon: Eres Tu /

Jose Antonio Mendez: La Gloria Eres Tu /

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La Lupe: Con el Diablo en el Cuerpo / Con el Diablo en el Cuerpo / Discuba /

Juanito Marquez y su Combo: Arrimate Pa Ca / Arrimate Pa Ca / Caney /