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Orquesta Harlow - Heavy Smokin' (Remastered 2023) (2024) [Hi-Res]

Orquesta Harlow - Heavy Smokin' (Remastered 2023) (2024) [Hi-Res]

BAND/ARTIST: Orquesta Harlow

  • Title: Heavy Smokin' (Remastered 2023)
  • Year Of Release: 1965/2024
  • Label: Fania
  • Genre: Salsa
  • Quality: MP3 320 kbps; 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/192kHz FLAC
  • Total Time: 41 min
  • Total Size: 99; 279 MB; 1.4 GB
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Larry Harlow's debut release in the Fania family, 1965's Heavy Smokin' helped to establish him in the New York salsa explosion as an authoritative yet non-Latino voice, very uncommon in the day. Considering the youth of the movement, there was not a long enough time line to produce informed, qualified converts; most of the music was being made by native sons. Harlow, working as a bandleader and recording for the premier salsa label in the world, and affectionately dubbed "el judío marvilloso" (the marvelous Jew), had clearly won the respect not only of fans, but also of the most important movers and shakers of the day.

As a disciple of the great Arsenio Rodiguez, so much so that his nickname was designed to mimic Rodriguez's title, "el ciegito marvilloso," Harlow's attention to songcraft and arrangement is authentic and magnificent. The conjunto sound that Rodriguez branded is appreciable, and skillfully updated. Harlow's horn lines and rhythm section figures are both in keeping with the stylistic direction of Fania and with the heritage-conscious influence of Rodriguez. Heavy Smokin' has the characteristic warm, fuzzy tone of mid-'60s Fania — audible and pleasant, if not sharp. Unfortunately, Harlow's deft piano figures are not as clear or pronounced as one might like. It would be nice to hear the pianist who captured the imagination of a genre that was in both its artists and audience ubiquitously Latino. What is audible is truly marvilloso. ~ Evan C. Gutierrez

Tracklist:
1.01 - Larry Harlow - La Juventud (Remastered 2023) (3:10)
1.02 - Larry Harlow - Tú Tú Ratan (Remastered 2023) (3:56)
1.03 - Larry Harlow - María la O (Remastered 2023) (3:22)
1.04 - Larry Harlow - Anoche Aprendí (Remastered 2023) (2:56)
1.05 - Larry Harlow - Chez José (Remastered 2023) (3:55)
1.06 - Larry Harlow - Rica Combinación (Remastered 2023) (3:22)
1.07 - Larry Harlow - Mi Guaguancó (Remastered 2023) (3:13)
1.08 - Larry Harlow - Orchestra Harlow (Remastered 2023) (3:14)
1.09 - Larry Harlow - Chancletas (Remastered 2023) (2:46)
1.10 - Larry Harlow - Solo Tú (Remastered 2023) (3:21)
1.11 - Larry Harlow - Adiós Mamá (Remastered 2023) (5:06)
1.12 - Larry Harlow - El Lorito y el Carbón (Remastered 2023) (3:22)

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  • mufty77
  •  wrote in 22:16
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Many thanks for 24-192!