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Old 02-01-2011, 07:02 PM   #44 (permalink)
Zaqarbal
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Regarding Latin jazz, I recommend a documentary named Calle 54 (dir. Fernando Trueba). There, you can see (and listen to), for instance, Eliane Elias (Brazil), Paquito D'Rivera (Cuba) and Tito Puente (USA-Puerto Rico):




Apart from that, I think we should mention Rosana (Spain) too. Her music has that characteristic so-called "Latin flavour" which is nowadays recognizable by the general public worldwide. Probably due to the influence from the common Hispanic roots (e.g. bolero and others) and because she's from the Canary Islands (as El Guincho, BTW), whose inhabitants traditionally have strong family ties with Venezuela and Cuba. Superb rhymed lyrics too. These songs are The Talisman and A fuego lento ("On a low flame"):



(translations here and here)

♫ "El talismán de tu piel me ha dicho........The talisman of your skin has told me
que soy la reina de tus caprichos........that I am the queen of your whims.
Yo soy el as de los corazones..........I am the ace of hearts
que se pasean en tus tentaciones.......that walk by your temptations.
(...)
El talismán de tu piel me chiva.............The talisman of your skin whispers to me
que ando descalza de esquina a esquina........that I walk barefoot from end to end
por cada calle que hay en tus sueños,.........by every street that is in your dreams,

que soy el mar de todos tus puertos........that I am the sea of all your ports.
El talismán de tu piel me cuenta.......The talisman of your skin tells me
que tu destino caerá a mi puerta.........that your destiny heads for my door.
"♫

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