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Artist:	PERAZA, ARMANDO
Title:	Wild Thing
Label:	VAMPISOUL (SPAIN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	VAMPI 027CD

2003 release. World famous Cuban percussionist Armando Peraza -- a natural talent, polished and powered by friends such as Mongo Santamaria and Patato -- began his American career in 1940s San Francisco when he joined Slim Gallard's band. He later joined Dave Brubeck, and finally Cal Tjader called him for his band. Since then, he has performed on more than 100 albums and is the songwriter of more than 40 songs. Some of these works include collaborations with Mongo Santamaria and Carlos Santana. It was Tjader, fully aware of Peraza's enormous talent, who in June 1968 got him into a studio to record this work, his only album as a solo artist (with friends such as Tjader and Chick Corea helping the main man). Wild Thing follows the best Latin tradition but with percussion that creates a new musical expression: "Cubop." Combining Jazz and Afro-Cuban idioms, Armando's talent lies in the complexity and originality of the rhythms he developed. On this album he was free to explore and build as he saw fit.

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