Teasing the Korean

Thanks to all of you for listening and also the positive comments! It's great to share great music with those who appreciate it! MG, the Joe Cuba album I played (along with several other JC albums) has been reissued on vinyl: http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=b8s...p%3Bincl_cs%3D1 Not sure if it's out on CD. Unfortunately, the two Les Baxter albums with Plas Johnson, "Jungle Jazz" and "African Jazz," have still not had a legitimate CD nor vinyl reissue. You may want to check out LB's "Ritual of the Savage" and "Tamboo," both of which have been reissued on CD. I just found out that because of WMNF's upcoming pledge minithon, there probably won't be a "Latino 54" on June 25. I'll let you know if I'm asked to fill in on any upcoming shows though.

It *should* be archived shortly after it finishes at 10 am EST.

The show will be broadcast Wed. June 18, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. EST. It will also be archived for a week. Go to www.wmnf.org and go to "schedule." Look for "Latino 54" on Wednesday at 9 a.m. and you'll be able to listen. Playlist for June 18, 2008 Artist -- Track -- Album/CD Willie Bobo -- Spanish Grease -- Spanish Grease Clark Terry/Chico O'Farrill -- Spanish Rice -- Spanish Rice Machito -- Green Onions -- Machito Goes Memphis SET BREAK Walfredo de los Reyes -- Es Diferente -- Sabor Cubano Latin Jazz All Stars -- Azul -- Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat Silvestre Mendez -- En El Sola -- Bembe Aragua Chico O'farrill -- JATP Mambo -- Cuban Blues SET BREAK Joe Cuba -- La Malanga Brava -- Bang! Bang! Push, Push, Push Pete Terrace -- Garbage Can Frug -- El Nuevo Pete Terrace RAY BARRETTO -- Do You Dig It? -- Latino Con Soul Alfredito & His Orchestra -- Get It Right -- Guajira with Boogaloo SET BREAK Tito Puente -- Velorio -- Tambo Les Baxter -- Voodoo Dreams -- Jungle Jazz Robert Drasnin -- Mirage -- Voodoo SET BREAK Joao Donato -- Tim Dom Dom -- Basic Principles of Sound Vol. 3 Bossa Jazz Trio -- Vamos Embora Uau -- Nicola Conte Presents Viagem Roberto Menescal -- Baiaozinho -- A Bossa Nova de Roberto Menescal Milton Banana -- Noa Noa -- Blue Brasil SET BREAK Cal Tjader -- Leyte -- Soul Sauce

Sadly out of print. George Duke was the pianist and arranger. A brilliant record: http://www.amazon.com/Here-Now-Third-Wave/dp/B000030015

Mike, are you hip to that Third Wave album?

Stanley Turrentine - ZT's Blus - Blue Note 80s issue of a previously unreleased 1961 session with Grant Green. Great music, Godawful 80s cover art.

Don't forget the brilliant Third Wave album on MPS featuring George Duke.

i gotta find me that Third Wave album on MPS with George Duke.

Joe Cuba - Wanted Dead or Alive - Tico (mono)

Jung - The Big Band Syndrome - Command

In addition to those MF Horn albums, there is also Maynard's self-titled Columbia album, with killer versions of "Aquarius" and "Fire and Rain."

Johnny Colon - Boogaloo Blues - Cotique (mono)

Gerald Wilson - California Soul - World Pacific

Machito - Soul of Machito - Cotique (stereo) Killer Latin soul/boogaloo session!

Just curious if any members here within a certain age group were as obsessed with Aurora monster models as I was when I was a kid. My older brother had a couple of these, and then I built several more when I got older. Still, there were some I never built. For example, the Forgotten Prisoner was always hard to find for some reason. Also, they had phased out the Bride of Frankenstein by the time I was buying them in the early/mid 70s. I never got into the glow in the dark versions. The concept made more sense with, say, Dracula, where all of the skin pieces glowed (i.e. hands and face). But it made no sense with Godzilla, where his head and hands glow but not the rest of him. Also, I loved the bases, which always included rats, skulls, salamanders, etc. Polar Lights has reissued some of these. Are they any good?

Bud Shank - Brazil Brazil Brazil - World Pacific (blue label stereo) with Joao Donato, Clare Fischer, Laurindo Almeida, and many many more!

Did Sundazed use the mono master? The stereo is one of the WORST stereo mixes I've ever heard: Carla in one speaker, Otis in the other; the bass in one speaker, the rest of the rhythm section and horns in the other. There are parts of the album (when one singer is featured) where all the action is in one speaker and there's a lone bass plunking away in the other corner of the room. What were they thinking?

First, I'm amazed that this thread received all these responses so quickly! Secondly, I'm thrilled that all my favorite BIG-O HIPSTERS are the ones who replied! It will be broadcast Wed. June 18 from 9am-10am EST. I may be on the following week also, depending on whether there is a pledge drive that week. Each show will then be archived for a week, until the next show is broadcast. Now that I know all the hipsters are listening, I have to put together an extra-cool show!!!

Manfredo Fest - After Hours - Daybreak (stereo)

Everyone's favorite Organissimo agent provocateur - Teasing the Korean - will be guest-hosting the June 18 (and possibly June 25) editions of "Latino 54" on WMNF. The show airs from 9 am to 10 am Wednesday, and you can listen live at www.wmnf.org . The show will also be archived for a week (until the following show). I will be pre-recording these shows and delivering them, so you can't call up and swear at me while I'm DJing. I will be spinning classic 1950s Afro Cuban Jazz, Latin Soul, boogaloo, bossa, and exotica. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!

Dorothy Ashby - The Fantastic Jazz Harp Of... - Atlantic (red and purple, mono).

Freddie McCoy - Spiderman - Prestige (stereo)

FWIW, my favorite of these albums is the one with Laurindo Almeida with the brown cover with sun.

The LPs are readily available at the Goodwill or Salvation Army, if you want to go that route. Just an option.