The "throw-back" is in!Old-school Salsa lives in Louie Romero y su Grupo Mazacote's new CD, "Timbalero".Romero creates yet another wonderful timbal solo for the TIMBALERO track remake, respectfully carrying out Willie Colon's original skeletal arrangement while successfully managing to (still) keep it "organic", calle, and, at the same time, his very own, and I'll venture to say even more organic than Willie Colon's!It's so refreshing, especially in this time of the Reggaetón and Salsa monga epidemic.
"Si no tu, la otra" is another sabrosisimo track -- originally a cumbia from the 1960's, and also cleverly arranged and sung in Merengue by Johnny "El Caballo" Ventura in the 1970's. The song is about a man moving on from an unappreciative relationship. The flavor of this track, as well as the rest of the tracks on this smokin' CD, is again, its organic sound, which is in my opinion, the epitome of Salsa Dura. Within the clave's metronome, the intentional slight lagging of the horn section gives the musical structure of this CD a very hip, Barrio sound indeed, and certainly Manny Martinez's vocals adds to that; perfect for dancing to. DJ's: This track for sure is a club banger! The West coast has surely been lucky since 1994.
