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Title: Well, guaguanco sort of
Review: If you are a salsa lover, dancer or aficionado, more than likely you have most of the tunes on this CD. It is a compilation with an objective. The objective is to present the forms of music called guaguanco or given the name. Much of what Johnny Pacheco and Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez did with their versions of guaguanco in the 1960s and 1970s is more accurately guarachas or sons. It sounds very little like the guaguancos performed by Los Munequitos de Matanzas. Both versions are presented here. Cheo Feliciano popularized his version of dance friendly, for non Cubans, guaguanco about the same time and had success with it up into the 1980s. If you don't care about the accuracy of the anthropology, this is a fabulous and danceable disc; even the more primitive tunes are hip shaking and floor scuffing deliveries. If you are true student of Afro Cuban rhythms and clearly make the distinction between Cuban Yoruba and Bantu descendants and their music, the disc may feel sullied.
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