Originally founded by musician johnny pacheco and lawyer jerry masucci in. Vimeo gives control freaks the power to tweak every aspect of their embedded videos. Johnny ventured into the record business with boogaloo blues, an lp. Although recorded in the 60s, colon s salsa still sounds fresh and inventive with two trombones in the front line and some passionate singing. Craft latino invites you to take a farout trip with fania. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from johnny colon at the discogs marketplace. Filmed for the upcoming documentary we like it like that the story of latin boogaloo.
Colon was born in new york city to parents of puerto rican heritage. Buy and sell music with collectors in the marketplace. Johnny ventured into the record business with boogaloo blues, an lp produced by george goldner in 1966. Boogaloo blues lp, vinyl record album a landmark record. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam.
Tito rojas and tito ramos, otherwise known as the tnt boys andor the tnt band. Track 6 originally released on brotherhood, fania records lp 379, 1969. Well also feature modern sounds from italy and brazil, spotlighting. Many of the boogaloo bands went on and started to play salsa. Craft latino releases latin soul compilation fania goes. Some tracks may include sampled instruments from high quality sample libraries. Our filtering technology ensures that only latest johnny colon boogaloo blues. Johnny colon performs boogaloo blues at central park summerstage official video duration. At one level, he was a straight player with a love for the sound of the early 60s descarga era but at. One of them was pianist, trombonist, singer and composer johnny colon. Like the first taste of a new love affair, the song boogaloo blues with its whirling horns and plodding pacehas the power to make one woozy.
The descarga, or jam session, another distinctive element of new york music in the 60s. In addition to those two tracks, the album has more only slightly less brilliant music to offer. He wrote most of the orchestras tunes, sings, plays percussion, piano and trombone, and first found success in the world of salsa. Track 3 originally released on boogaloo blues, cotique lp c 1004, 1967. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. Johnny colon was a young trombonist just getting his start working in the turbulent late 60s spanish harlem scene, and picking up on the wide range of styles going down in the hood. Johnny colon is a latin soul trombonist who arose out of the late 60s spanish harlem boogaloo scene into musical prominence after his first hit, the latin blues hybrid boogaloo blues, in 1966 for the cotique label, he recorded 5 more albums including some for the legendary fania records before becoming disillusioned with the music industry and its nefarious rip offs.
A trombone player first and foremost, colon also handled the vocals with a straining tenor and plinked out a few piano lines as well. Fittingly, the song itself is about the druglike affect of love, signified by the chanted refrain, lsd has a hold on me with the l standing for love, and so on. The last three albums are post boogaloo salsa albums. But still, boogaloo was a big part of growing up for many, and we still love it. Some behind the scenes info, the vinyl original was on the cotique label, which was run by george goldner, a contemporary of morris levy, who owned the tico. This was johnny colons debut album and it thoroughly embraced the hip boogaloo sound, going on to. The boogaloo was short lived, to be replaced by the hard core salseros, like willie colon and others.
Johnny colon 1 johnny dankworth 16 johnny defrancesco 1 johnny dyer 1 johnny frigo 7 johnny gregory 1 johnny guarnieri 1 johnny hawksworth 5 johnny hodges 25 johnny little john 1 johnny lytle 32 johnny meijer 4 johnny rivers 5 johnny smith 6 johnny winter 3 johny louis 2 jon lord 6 jonah jones 1 jonny. He wrote most of the orchestras tunes, sings, plays percussion, piano and trombone, and first found success in the world of salsa with his 1967 debut album, boogaloo blues. Track 5 originally released on introducing george guzman, fania records lp 348, 1968. All are out of print, but his first album boogaloo blues is scheduled to be reissued. Boogaloo was the fusion of cuban son with pop, soul, rnb, and other africanamerican forms of music. Track 4 originally released on take a trip pussycat, speed records lp ss 101, 1968. Despite the initial success, however, colon never found lasting fame, and his first record. Johnny colon found a big hit within the latin community during 19661967 with his blending of the burgeoning boogaloo craze and the earthier, subdued tones of the blues. Also tonight, a reissue of johnny colon s boogaloo blues. Boogaloo blues cotique records, 1967 boogaloo 67 cotique, 1967 move over cotique, 1968 portrait of johnny cotique, 1971 hot. Joe was a mesmerizing storyteller, and well hear some of the major bugalu stars tell their stories, including johnny colon boogaloo blues.
Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Discover music on discogs, the largest online music database. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track. In the late 1990s i had a public access television show on manhattan neighborhood network called e. Distributed by cotique records, the album sold about three million units worldwide. Johnny colon is an american salsa musician, leader of the johnny colon orchestra and founder of the east harlem music school, also known as a major contributor to the boogaloo sound of the 1960s colon was born in new york city to parents of puerto rican heritage. Luis aviles take a trip da speed rec, 1968 07 the lebron brothers lets get stoned da cotique records, 1968 08 johnny colon you gotta love me da cotique records, 1967. Johnny colon is an american salsa musician, leader of the johnny colon orchestra and founder of the east harlem music school, also known as a major contributor to the boogaloo sound of the. All are out of print, but his first album boogaloo blues is scheduled to be reissued with new remastering by faniaemusica on june 3, 2008. Johnny colon was one of the artists who did not transcend the boogaloo era. The followup to johnny colon s hit of earlier in the year boogaloo blues, boogaloo 67 increased the firepower slightly but never found a performance to compete with what would be colon s bestknown work. His first three albums are boogaloo albums at the height of johnny colon s popularity and same for boogaloo. The descarga, or jam session, another distinctive element of new york music in the 60s, appears frequently on this. Download johnny colon boogaloo blues free shared files from downloadjoy and other worlds most popular shared hosts.
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