The Soul Of Spanish Harlem (Vinyl 2xLP) Reggae & Ska

The Soul Of Spanish Harlem (Vinyl 2xLP) Reggae & SkaIm sitting have dinner with Bobby Marin who has spent nearly 50 years in music, making scores of Latin records across every sort of style and were talking about gigs. Bobby grew up on 107th Street Spanish Harlem and was a teen in the 50s. Did you see James Brown? I saw James Brown so often that it became boring Jackie Wilson was something else. Bobby was describing how music came into his life how his brothers played mambo records and the radio was

Masterminded by the larger-than-life figure of George Clinton

Tribe graduates from a cool school aesthetic to an electric jazz sound (reminiscent of fusion-era Miles Davis)

So Very Near You is a strong modern soul dancer

the song is defined by a rumbling bass that pulses alongside the kick

Levy's semi-androgynous croon is young and in top form

It represents the day and potential it brings

privately-pressed Iwishcan William on their own DL Records in 1982

The Only Fun In Town was a defiantly abrasive

Barry Beckett and Roger Hawkins emerged from the speakers

In 1993 Arthur posthumously received a prestigious Bessie Composer Award for his work in the dance world

The album was recorded at Hansa Tonstudio in the second half of 1987 and later released in 1988

In this way