Noro Morales "La violetera" (1961)
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Mr. Jones "La violetera" from Adios Muchachos LP (1961) by Noro Morales and his Orchestra.
Riverside Records (RLP 97501)
Review From Billboard Music Week of August 14, 1961, under "Latin American Specialty LPs":
Adios Muchachos by Noro Morales and His Orchestra
Noro Morales has been a leading name in Latin dance music for over a quarter of a century. This latest LP finds the maestro and his band in fine fettle in danceable arrangements of famed Spanish and Latin American standards. The [sic] perform the title song and “La cucaracha” as merengues, “El Choclo” and “La Violetera” as cha chas, “White Orchids” as a bolerio, “Come Back to Sorrento” as a mambo cha cha, and “La Paloma” as a bolero cha cha. A tasty mixture for Latin dance fans.
(Rated Four Stars for Strong Sales Potential)
About Noro Morales, from Wikipedia:
Norberto "Noro" Morales (January 4, 1911 – January 15, 1964) was a Puerto Rican pianist and bandleader....He released the tune "Serenata Ritmica" on Decca Records in 1942, which catapulted him to fame in the Latin music scene, then dominated by rhumba and later by mambo. His band rivaled Machito's in popularity in New York in the 1940s.
It was during this time that his orchestra played for the Havana Madrid nightclub. His lush 1952 Mambo with Noro 10" album is a landmark in conjunto Latin music, a classic mambo album that was part of the 1950s mambo craze, showing the influence of Puerto Rico in the new style.
In 1960 Morales returned to Puerto Rico and played locally; he also worked with Tito Rodríguez, José Luis Moneró, Chano Pozo, Willie Rosario and Tito Puente. Among the musicians who played in Morales' orchestra were Ray Santos, Jorge López, Rafí Carrero, Juancito Torres, Pin Madera, Ralph Kemp, Pepito Morales, Carlos Medina, Lidio Fuentes, Simón Madera, Ana Carrero, Pellin Rodriguez, and Avilés.
The height of his fame and record production was his production of rumba records with his sextet, done after he gave up the big band idea. His use of the piano as both melody and rhythm was highly innovative at the time. "Linda Mujer", "Campanitas de Cristal", "Perfume de Gardenias", "Me Pica La Lengua" and "Silencio", all songs composed by others, were four of his big successes in this line.
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