Joe Torres - Latino Con Soul (1966)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Joe Torres Title Latino Con Soul Length 34:40 Discs: 1 Tracks: 10 Format CD-R (copy) (kopia) Packaging Jewel Case Label Pacific Jazz Cat. Number 90958 Style General Rock; Latin Rating N/A Recorded 1966

Musicians	Credits
Joe Torres timbales Gary Barone trumpet Steve Huffsteter trumpet Bill Hood sax tenor Victor Feldman piano Max Bennett bass Bobby Torress percussion Orlando Lopez percussion Mario Tholmer percussion Ric DeSilva vocals	Producer Miles Perlich Mastering Ron McMaster

Track list

01 Get Out of My Way 03:01 02 Sunny 02:32 03 Devil Eyes 03:12 04 Oba 02:25 05 Nightwalk 04:27 06 Eleanor Rigby 02:36 07 Soul Cha 05:08 08 Yo Sali 02:57 09 In a Greasy Bag 04:42 10 La Bruja Negra 03:40

Notes

AMG Review (4 1/2): Though Joe Torres recorded only one LP, Latin fans of several generations were later introduced to him through a succession of legal and extra-legal nuggets compilations, including Soul Cargo ("Nightwalk"), Latino Blue ("Soul Cha"), and Broasted or Fried ("Get Out of My Way"). Recorded in 1966 for World Pacific, Latino con Soul is a cooker of an album, one that blends the hot boogaloo of Johnny Colon with the steamy, jazzier sound of Willie Bobo or the Jazz Crusaders (the latter courtesy of great interplay between trumpeter Gary Barone and tenor Bill Hood). "Get Out of My Way" is the perfect opener and one of the prime boogaloo cuts of the era, a viciously swinging female fend-off with vocalist Ric DeSilva leading the chorus. DeSilva returns for another highlight, the moody "Nightwalk," playing up the persona of the dark Latin balladeer. The trials of releasing a record on a major label probably forced Torres to contribute covers of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" and the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby," but the latter shines on this treatment. — John Bush