Reviews (page 7 of 8)
This was enjoyable.
Very catchy jazz. Need to listen again. 3
This was a lively, groovy record, sure to get people out of their seats. I loved the early blend of big band and latin American styles. At the same time, I felt like the bombastic horns detracted from some of the nuanced playing. Rating 3.5/5 Favourite tracks: Kenya and Conversation
Great for the most part, but began to get a bit irritating.
African rhythms meet big band jazz (horns) in a high-energy album. Interesting listen and historically defining album. Later combinations of African rhythmic music and jazz, e.g. Fela Kuti's afrobeat, speaks more to me though.
Very jazzy, felt like I was in a Bond film.
Kind of passed by in the background - decent enough to work to though.
Another performer and album I'm not familiar with. That being said, it was an enjoyable listen, though I didn't love it. I really should expand my musical range and listen to more of this genre, then I might appreciate it more.
Fun, fun, fun! Packed with energy and joy. A smashing way to start a work day! Percussion is insane btw… Top tracks: Congo Mulence, Kenya
Det helt gamle latin jazz, rytmisk, improviserende, specielt, men egentlig cool nok
This was a surprisingly fun listen.
Not bad at all for some Latin beats.
Lively and fun
Fun but not great depth or quality
It swings...
Put this one on while making dinner. 2 thoughts: 1. It sounds like the happy party time music used in kids animated films. 2. Both Miss Nine and I thought it was one long song, rather than individual tracks. Enjoyed/tolerated it in the background. Immediately on finishing, I was unable to recall any of the melodies. Didn't dislike it, wasn't crazy about it. Smack bang on a 3.
Tin Tin Deo was my favorite song of this album. Each song had a lot of character to it that makes the album hard to wrap up as a whole but the brass was excellent overall. If I had to say however, each song reminds me something being done with confidence.
Similar to C&W and Bob Dylan, I think at some point you reach an age when jazz becomes a genre of interest. It's there, there's a lot of it, it's been around for decades, lots of people like it, there must be something in it, right? Spending time in Japan also probably helped plant the seed as jazz is the choice of background music everywhere you go. In the last few years I've had the likes of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and more playing when at work. It's not a something to have purely as background noise but more for the typing groove purposes. Despite never having heard of Machito before today, I could see myself listening to this more regularly as an audio aid to pumping out a bunch of lengthy reports.
Infectious. Top flight stuff from a killer ensemble, even though Afro-Cuban jazz isn't my thing.
Ganz cool! Aber Jazz immer schwer für mich!
Nicht ohne aber auch ziemlich Latino und damit für mich ziemlich anstrengend
7/10
Entertaining, best for a night out rather than sat in a chair at home!
I don’t really have the tools to rate this one in any objective way. I enjoyed it as a fun listen though.
Really nice and interesting for the most part. It just sounds too much like background music for an old cartoon show or and advert.
3.5
Enjoyable escape from today's lyrical diarrhea. Put a little hop in my step after a lunch break listen. Really though; does anyone finish a song as strong as these guys? A true instrumental sploogefest.
Ritmo orquestal, con energía y vitalidad. Bailongo
The original Afro-Cuban jazz. The Wikipedia article was fascinating - Machito basically invented the 3/2 and 2/3 rhythms that make this style of music so identifiable. Interesting time capsule.
Entertaining and I like the diversity in instruments
6.4/10 Fav track: wild jungle
Enjoyed it more than I expected but not so much that I finished it.
Too busy for me. Like a fruit machine: too much stimulus it’s overwhelming!
Fast swinging basa nova jazz.
3
It was what I expected. Not bad but not my taste. Quality recording.
The sound is si relaxing, typical of Caribbean sound ❤️
Not my usual, but good
Was ok. Not my type of music but clearly talented musicians
Feel like I should be all suited up in a smoky lounge with some dame in a red dress 💃 Not bad indeed. It's unique. Has a bit of a tribal feel to it every once in a while
The instrumental album without vocals. It reminds Tom&Jery soundtracks.
I enjoyed listening to this
Dope but also boring
Not really my style, but a good listen.
Nice, easy listening.
Fun good motivating background music
Cuban jazz. Nice!
Om eoa rare reden heb ik deze plaat helemaal afgedraaid en vond ik het best leuk. Verder ga ik dit nooit meer aanzetten natuurlijk, maar blijkbaar wel leuk voor 1x.
Enjoyed this album and would probably stick a couple of tunes on a summer playlist.
I enjoy this album even if it isn't music I would generally tend towards or listen to of my own volition. 7/10, but I can't award half stars, so three stars will have to do.
Nice to have something a bit different to listen to, not something I'd usually be into but I did quite like it. I bet Giles Peterson is well into this 😂 I'm astounded at how old it is. I'm sure the remastering helped, but it sounds sick! They pioneered some important technical musical advancements that had a profound and lasting impact on several genres and Afro-Cuban music in general, as well as the social/political environment surrounding it. Random observation: some parts of it sounds like a Tom & Jerry soundtrack (eg start of Holiday). 7/10
I feel like it's a victim of its own success. So pioneering and influential on certain genres that it now feels like something I've heard before. As others mention, it sounds like a soundtrack or background music, but still fun to listen to.
Good kitchen drinks vibes
Couldn’t name this or any other album in this genre. I enjoyed listening to it. Not really sure in what setting I would listen to it again.
This is an album I swear I have heard in the background of sitcoms and movies from the 70’s and 80’s. Great trumpet and bongos! Good album to use in movies to date the times to those spicy Cuban scenes.
Party time! Never heard of Afro-Cuban Jazz before, quite a toe tapper.
enjoyable
Cool latin jazz album with African vibes. More latin than jazz and African
Kenya by Machito (1957) In the vein (if not quite the league) of Tito Puente and Xavier Cugat, this recording is Latin (‘Afro-Cuban’) jazz—the kind of music you’d hear as background in black & white film noir detective movies in the late 1950s. Cool. No lyrics, just endless layers of semi-progressive jazz produced and arranged in the big band style. There is an under emphasis on melody in favor of the variations—yet not the sometimes incomprehensible variations of pure progressive jazz. We hear steady rhythms dominated by unadorned congas, bongo, and timbales; but the spotlight is on the horns (mostly a bouquet of trumpets, with plenty of alto sax lead licks and other woodwind color). The musicians are uniformly superb, flawlessly executing standard stylings. There are many opportunities on this album to sit back and admire the technical proficiency of band members. But the primary weakness here is a lack of variety in arrangement—Machito has a successful formula and he sticks with it, but it’s not the kind of music you’d want to listen to for hours, and it doesn’t inspire much thought (or passion, for that matter). It’s just cool. But very, very cool. This the music that rich New Yorkers paid to listen to on their summer vacations in the Catskills, spicing their evenings with formal attire and pizazz while putting down cocktails and planning God-knows-what. You know, the post-WWII ‘victory’ culture. They paid for it—we get to enjoy it. Thanks, guys. 3/5
Honestly, not his best.
This was interesting and enjoyable
Can't go wrong with a bit of jazz. Enjoyed it.
Jazz cubano. Bien.
Nice mambo-y latam vibes
Nice Music, but not my taste, good for what it is
I'm mostly giving props for the energy and engaging sound. The cuban influence of lots of brass and brasher jazz limits how much i want to listen to it again, but overall the african-cuban jazz sound is pretty cool.
Very lively, these are the deeps cuts that I was looking for. Not my favorite jazz/samba album that we’ve had so far but nonetheless it’s solid.
Full of bops
Good cuban thingy. I wouldn't listen to it all the time, but I've enjoeyd it. 3.5
Nice listening. Instrumental. Positive vibes.
This was enjoyable enough, nice to bop to. In the right circumstances this would be great fun, unfortunately not as fun just sitting at a desk listening.
Thought it was good and would like to listen to it again, to get a better feel for it
Big band x salsa/afro-cubano. No words, just horns and drums.
Not for me but it certainly wasn't annoying. Funky beats had my toe tapping at times so must have been hitting a spot, somewhere. 2.7/5
Not my thing. Nice horn work. Mambo style.
Frantic and fun. Not sure how I'd be able to dance to some of these songs without absolutely destroying my hips. Trumpet is definitely the star here. Favorite tracks: "Wild Jungle", "Kenya", "Cannonology"
Recording quality was really poor
On essaie de me faire dire que je n'aime pas le jazz alors que j'ai vu 2 fois La La Land
It was fine...I suppose
If this was the first ever album like this then I could see it being special, but it’s jazz. It sounds like jazz. Bravo to the wonderful musicians who make the music, but I hear no distinction between tracks and I couldn’t tell where one ends and the other begins
Cuban Jazz from 1957? Ok that is way out of my comfort zone. Hearing it gives some summer vibes which is good as we are in a heatwave as we speak. The Cuban Jazz of Machito appears to me as a bunch of old TV program opening tunes. Ok for one spin but that’s it. As I don’t have any knowledge of the genre I can not judge the quality
A Latino style jazz. Not really for me but I’m sure it’s technically good
It was fine, but nothing about it stood out as jazz so remarkable that it would be a 1001 album.
Not a huge fan of this one.
I just don't go for the "let's make brass bands go as loud and frenetic as we can." Not my kind of entertainment. 2/5
If you like track 1, you'll like all of it. But youi'll probably grow exhausted it by track 3.
Ik vind het Latin-achtige wel geinig. Het bigband jazz-achtige kan me dan weer wel compleet gestolen worden. En dat laatste heeft flink de overhand, helaas. Snelle, zenuwachtige saxofoonloopjes, snerpende trompetten met dempers enzo. Ik vind hier niet zo veel aan. Ik heb eigenlijk net zo lief geen muziek aanstaan en dat is geen goed teken. Ik ga dit een wat harde 2 sterren geven.
Not my cup of tea
Meejjj... muy latino y soy latino pero no asi de latino...
2/5. Bra jazz men lite snabb.
not my favourite
generic jazzslop
at the risk of losing my Cuban card, I still don't like jazz.
ok one or two of these songs is like yahoo yay fun samba chacha!! a whole album of this made me tense and nervous and not happy anymore :( so idk it’s like one of these songs would get a 3-4 but the whole record made me upsetty so it’s a 2-3 :/
Although Latin jazz has played a major role in my big band career, I’d never heard of Machito, and I didn’t recognize any of the tracks on *Kenya*. What I’m trying to say is: this certainly isn’t a bad album, but I don’t see it as particularly significant. On top of that—unsurprisingly—it’s quite heavy on the bongos, which I personally always find a bit annoying after a few minutes. Technically, the musicians are good, but the arrangements are extremely predictable and yet not catchy. Overall, “Kenya” just doesn’t strike a chord with me at all.
jazz
Sounds like a soundtrack to a dated movie
Not listened
wow so many things happening and I dont know if I like it or hate it hahah
I’m not a fan of jazz, I’m not going to listen to the album again but I can appreciate the talent the artists are with the instruments just not my thing
Not my taste
I think I am more of a smooth jazz gal. Clearly talented musicians but not for me.
I felt like I was in the opening wedding scene from Coming to America. Not bad but I’ll never listen to it again.
Not my thing.
Very hectic, good for specific atmosphere but not for relaxing listening :)
Too much drumming
Best Track - "Congo Mulence"
Something like this is better listened to on the silver screen than on Spotify. For pure listening, I'm not in the mood for this kind of music most of the time. Like today. 2/5
29.01.2025
I think this album gave me ADHD. Also who actually thought there was this much jazz produced in the last 60 years. Forget what I think, did Nick like jazz today? I can't wait to find out. I'll cut this album some slack as it was made in the 50s before music was really invented and it was pretty decent, but also almost stressful to listen to and I'm not itching for a second round with it 4.5/10
It was ok for background music whilst I was working
well i can put this as background music
Big band is not the flavor of jazz I tend towards, but this gets a little gritty in a way that's missing from most big band. And the drums! Lots of nice rhythms. But the longer I listen, the less I care; it all sort of blends together into the background the way big band jazz can.
I think it lives up to the 'Afro-Cuban Jazz' moniker. If that's what you like, then you'll like this.
2.3 2x a few great tracks but overall not my jam
An interesting change from the recent albums but not really my jam.
2- Stars (4/15)
I didn't much care for this album - it reminded me of those old movies with a tropical themed cabaret. I guess it deserves it's place on this list as it was pretty influential.
it’s alright like, good instrumentation, but not my bag
Ojämnt och spretigt. Tycker inte det jazziga och det rytmiska gifter sig riktigt, så den får problem med vilket ben den ska stå på. Men det är aldrig dåligt.
Det är svårt att få storbandsjazz att låta bra på skiva. Albumet är väl mest med för Machitos inflytande på den amerikanska jazzscenen. Men då tycker jag det finns mer intressanta album i genren; till exempel Afro av Dizzy Gillespie. Skivan slutar väldigt tvärt. Undrar om det är medvetet eller tekniskt avbrott?
This quickly descended into background music. Didn’t really do much for me at all. Big bland.
Bongo Big Band
505/1001
Not great, definitely not an album I needed to listen to at any point. Big band playing the same punchy notes all together, while impressive I guess, just really isn’t that good. I can imagine this would be cool to see live, because then the band adds an element of excitement to it, and maybe you can hear each instrument better. But the whole band playing a quick melody and then a solo instrument playing a counterpoint just isn’t really a sustainable conversation. The soloist is free to solo, but the band has to play their well rehearsed part. It’s not actually engaging. There were interesting moments in the album where there were some good solos, but those were only like 15 seconds long. There is some good drumming. That punchy blare of the band is just really repetitive and grating. This is a product of its time though and so it’s complicated to judge it now. It’s interesting to think about where this falls in the history of music before recording and after recording. And before advanced microphones and after advanced microphones. I’m guessing the band size grew as venue and crowd sizes grew, not because a big band sounded better per se, or there was something missing artistically or expressively that a smaller band couldn’t do, but more to do with being loud for a big audience. So that makes this something of an artifact, not necessarily a good artwork as far as the album genre goes. This has its roots firmly in music traditions that were meant to be played live without sophisticated sound systems.
Sounded nothing like Kenya
Best Song: Frenzy. With the rapid bongos, this really did feel frenzied. Worst Song: Holiday. Seems like an aggressive amount of trumpet mute. Overall: This feels old in a way that I cannot relate to. Maybe it is great for the genre that it represents, but I found it a long and largely uninteresting 40 minutes.
I don't have enough knowledge or experience with this kind of music. It's like the music was a foreign language that I don't understand. I heard the bongos which reminded me of Little Ricky on I love Lucy singing Babaloo.
Funkade!
Afro-Cuban Jazz from 1957. I'm not a Jazz fan so not really a fan of this album.
Not for me
Could be decent background music but nothing I would listen to just to listen to it.
There's nothing wrong with this really but I just couldn't get into it no matter how many times I tried.
Machito’s Kenya is often praised as a landmark Afro-Cuban jazz album, blending Latin rhythms with big band arrangements. While it showcases tight musicianship and energetic horn sections, this listen doesn’t fully deliver on its promise. The production feels uneven, and the tracks - though vibrant - tend to blur together without much variation. Despite flashes of brilliance from the percussion and brass, the album can feel more like a historical curiosity than a compelling experience start to finish. Technically solid but ultimately repetitive and dated in its impact.
Very interesting! Busy and atmospheric.
Sounds like big band music visited the Caribbean and found some flare. Decent upbeat background music i suppose. It's fine. Not a genre I'm inspired to explore further, but nice to have been exposed to it.
Joooo eiiiiigentlich ganz netti Kubanischi Jazz-kläng vom Croque Monsieur, aber da catched mi jazz doch biz zwenig. Zwei Jazz-händ für de Machito-Machato
Not my type of music, but not a terrible album. Some unique beats and rhythms that I respect. Interesting, but not inspirational or moving.
I can safely say that I don't understand this music
I didn't hate it, but Jack found it unbearable. Made me think of Cuba Revs
Afro-Cuban jazz from the 50's! Cool to hear it one-time, but it didnt hook me enough to play it again
2 non è il voto assoluto per questo album, però rispetto al piacere che ho avuto nell’ascoltare gli altri non posso dare di più non è per il genere, quanto per il fatto che ok bello ma non c’è stato nulla che mi abbia colpito
Kenya? More like an uneventful trip through the safer parts of Miami.
Not for me
Sounds great but gets a bit samey
I don't like Jazz
I’m sure this crushed at cocktail parties in the late ‘50s but it’s not for me.
I'm bored.
two non Anglo albums in a row!! Latin Jazz apparently this time. inoffensive but not my thing.
If the main thing you want from a record is EXCITEMENT, this album delivers it in droves, via intense 'n' furious percussion, a punchy brass section and wild sax and trumpet improvisation. Trouble is that EXCITEMENT is the *only* emotion that this record has to offer - otherwise the tracks don't have much depth.
Maybe this was a reveation back in 1957, but it didn’t do it for me.
Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Braucht kein Mensch.
Kind of interesting, but all in all not something I'll go back to.
Fun but I think ultimately lost on me.
While one or two songs stood out above the others, none were worth an entire album of listening. Curious about the title and its relationship to the music, as this is Afro-Cuban jazz.
I initially did not like this at all and was thinking I would be giving a 1..... But to be fair it did grow on me. I just don't really get on with this type of jazz, it's too jarring and unpredictable. Don't know where it's going.
Bit too repetitive, not my genre
Ikke særlig spennende på noen som helst måte.
It's not bad, and it might even be great for what it is, but there's a limit to how much I can personally enjoy a Cuban jazz album and that limit is not very high. Far from the worst entry on this list, but I was also glad when it was over and I could listen to something I enjoy. 2.3
It's fine, the genre is just uninteresting
Jazzå, ännu mera jazz.
I've not really listened to this sort of music before. If I could dance I could imagine the songs on a night at club. It had the ones you bring out your best moves on, and then ones you sit and catch your breath, then there are those where you just watch the band have fun. Holiday was a cheeky change that feels like an extended theme tune of a TV series in the 50s. I might have preferred if 'Blues a La Machito' had come earlier on the album.
The percussion is what keeps this going. The rest absolutely sounds like an album from 1957 - and big band jazz is usually not for me.
It's nice. Hearing that early mambo style was certainly a treat. Not something I'd put on, but I could see it being used in a lot of 80's movie soundtracks. ~2 Stars Yet another album where I don't feel the need to add any tracks to the 1001 best of playlist.
This was ok. Upbeat etc... not really my thing... ...but I spent the whole time thinking it sounded like the music they play in the background of old films when the two romantic leads have popped to the balcony for some air during a dance they are attending and they have a, usually somewhat sexist, disagreement along the lines of "Dorothy, I know you're a swell dame who has aspirations to work in a male dominated field, but have you considered dropping all your principles and marrying me instead of that?" To which Dorothy would reply "How could you think that of me, you know I'm really good at that male dominated field and that I am fully deserving of a position in it regardless of the sexist nature of America at large during this time period (read: any time period)" and then after the man has walked off somewhat put out by the lady's very predictable dismissal we see another shot of the lady genuinely considering packing it all in cos the bloke has a dimple in his chin or something. If it was a musical this would be where she sings the song about how he's a rotter, but like a totally fit one. Either way it all leads to the final scene compromise where she gets to work in her field in some capacity while they ride off into the sunset on a horse and cart that says just married on the back.
Jazz I guess
★★½
How does this make the list? It sounds like most other albums of this genre and the listen counts are under 5K for nearly every song and it's 60 yrs old! Horn overload. Great for a movie soundtrack set in Cuba but not relaxing music to hang out and chill. 2 stars because I'm sure they were great musicians. No longevity, no hits, no familiar songs, no relevance today, no influence on anyone I've ever listened to intentionally. Poor choice.
Cool music, I enjoyed listening to this. Not something I would want to download and listen to again, but I enjoyed it. Interesting sound. 2.5/5 stars.
5/10
Album des Erfinders des Salsa aus Mischung kubanischer und afrikanischer Musik. Insgesamt kein Album, dass gefiel.
This is #day250 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to something from 68 years ago. Not great, not terrible, but not something I'd ever choose to put on by myself either. Afro-Cuban jazz, or so they say... Oh well, I guess I'm not that into maracas. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day251.
Not my thing but now I want Mexican food. Then again, I always want Mexican food.
If Siembra is a party, Kenya is the awkward cousin standing in the corner trying to groove but missing the beat. Sure, the musicians can play, but the whole thing feels flat and lifeless. It’s like they followed a recipe and still somehow made it bland. Not the worst thing I’ve ever heard, but I wouldn’t put it on again unless someone dared me.
I don't go crazy for instrumental albums.
Bongos, Latin rhythm... Meh
no strong opinion
Would not even be too bad if only the songs were not all exactly the same...
Really not something I like. I feel that I’m watching a movie from the 50s again and again
Music from a different time and culture. A lot of of blare from all the brass and some of the woodwinds. Interesting mashup of Latin beats and big band. (2.2*s)
I couldn't decipher one song from the next but overall a decent sound. The album is successful in creating an atmosphere, the part in a spy movie where the lead is sneaking around a fancy party. The album is not successful in it's name and cover art. This is way more Latin/Cuban/Big Band and than Afro. A little over the top with the horns at times but more listenable jazz than we've had to date. 2.05 for originally coming out in 1957.
Some slick Cuban sounds from the Machito bros. Very similar throughout but upbeat. Horns didn't annoy me like they often do in big band. This is some shake dat ass while you clean your house music. Dos estrellas.
It was decent but overall forgettable. There's nothing this album does to stand out. Not sure I even recognized when songs ended and the next one began. It's just kinda feels like 30 minutes of any cuban music I've heard in the background at a cantina or elsewhere. I don't mean it as a criticism of the entire genre but it would be hard for me to tell good cuban mambo from bad cuban mambo. It all sounds like bongos and horns, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but really only works in the correct atmosphere. Kenya isn't awful but I'm not sure it belongs on this list for any reason. 1.62 stars
repetitive. its okay, but can really get annoying
This sounds like I'm strapped to a chair that's turning counter-clockwise while oversaturated, single-tone tiki head, palm tree and surf board projections spin in the opposite direction. I can't close my eyes and I'm being force-fed a pina colada. Some might call it a good time, but I feel nauseous.
toot toot parp
i really do not like the shrill trumpets/tenor saxes i find them unbelievably grating. there’s just nothing there, especially when it’s multiple horns/tenor sax (NOT alto) at the same time ugh it’s just an awful blaring mess to me. but i like the african style drums so much…ditch the tenor and the horns and give me more of that alto saxophone and those congas….yeah….!
Sounds like a movie soundtrack, which is fun for about 5".
Fine but got boring. Lots of brass 2.5
This was okay. I have to be in the right environment for jazz, and car driving with background noise of kid show dialogue bleeding out of iPads was not it.
for a pure jazz album it wasnt too bad, but its still not really my cup of tea
No private session used for Spotify. It's a brisk sunny January day in the Pacific Northwest. The groovy rhythms and the blaring horns did not fit. The rhythms I dug, the horns were as pleasant as car horns while being stuck in traffic.
Are we in toppings?
Not my thing
Man I wish I liked jazz but I just don’t
What did I do in life to deserve two jazz albums in a row? 1.92
Not my thing
very cool.
kinda mid jazz i’m sorry
Not my cup of tea
Väldigt stökigt och skummt Wild jungle: 1/10 alldeles för mycket som händer Congo mulence: 3/10 lugnare än förra, mer som vanlig bra jazz Kenya: 4/10 går att lyssna på, nästan okej Oyeme: 2/10 för mycket blås Resten: alla låter typ likadant
Just not my thing!
i was surprised by this, because i dont normally like jazz. this record wasnt boring, and too long, but fun and an easy listening. I give it two though because i wouldnt listen to it again.
Levyn avauskappalae sai karvat pystyyn, eikä siinä hyvässä mielessä. Toka raita olikin jo lepposampi ja levyn sai kuunneltua loppuun ilman kipuja. On todettava ettei eri genren jazzit vaan putoa tälle korvaparille.
Quite a harsh listen; jazz needs to be an easier listen for my sensitive little ears.
Nothing for me.
Not my strong point Afro jazz but, I did enjoy listening to it whilst playing bloons tower defense 6
Bunch of horns all up in my earhole. Definitely regret wearing headphones for this and should have just used a speaker for background noise. Would like this album on in a restaurant, not so much in my house.
Ganz fein, teilweise mir zu unruhig...
Maybe just my mood but I was not feeling it. Just sounds like background music for a pixar movie
Not bad
Yeah, it's jazzy and doing it's own thing. Nothing about it appeals to me from the album artwork. But it's inoffensive to the ears.
One long song?
Good at first but a bit much by the end, as with so many albums to be honest
Busy jazz. Bop. Latin percussions. Nice. Not that boring Kenny G smooth jazz shite. I question the validity of the word Mulence. 🤔 Yeah... just nice. Nothing that I'd wanna come back to. Gimme Dizzy's Manteca over these songs.
After listening to the Zappa album I was at the end of my tether with instrumental. Didn’t hate it though and some of the tunes were interesting as this album is from 1958[?]
Rating: 5/10 Meh.
interesting from a historical viewpoint. Not as good as Santana.
Was okay. Not a bad album but not something to write home about
Inte min grej än. Förväntade mig lite mer slagverk eller vad man ska säga.
Was only able to listen to 3 tracks. The others listed, but were not available. This is too bad, I really enjoy a good Afro-Cuban album
Too jazz for my blood
I appreciate the artistry, but this was too much for me. Too brash and frenetic and nonstop. Too horny, baby!
Big band jazz + Afro-Cuban drumming. Jazz can be relaxing but the drumming takes away from that and makes it kind of intense and unfortunately I also don’t like brass instruments very much. Listens: 1 Fave Track: Congo Mulence Rating: 2
Latin jazz is still jazz. So, no.
Everyone knew how to play, but this kind of music rarely seems to move me.
Mulla ei valitettavasti ole tällaisesta jazzista muuta sanottavaa kuin että jazzia on. Miellyttävät rummut kyllä! Voisi olla jopa kolmonen, mutta toisaalta en saanut rummuista huolimatta mitään irti. Edes tanssiaskelta.
Different sound, but gets a bit repetitive
didn’t like it
This is basically the epitome of a jazz album: songs without structure, riffs and motifs that go nowhere, just full improv. Passable.
High energy. Overall liked it more than I thought I would
Boahhh ich verstah nid wieso die Jazz Musiker so müend mit einsiitigem surround schaffe?? Chani irgendwie mal garnid nachvollziehe. Vorallem Jetzt scho s zweite Mal. Es isch halt au wieder jazz, halt wieder nid so miis. Ich glaub de Jazz wär au nid schlecht, arguably schlechter als de gester aber immerno solid. Würdi gern jazz lose und wärs nid so surround gschmäuss würdi demm es 3/5 geh. Jetzt aber so wies isch es 2/5
I had never heard of this. A bit of a letdown if I’m honest. It feels very much like the music you’d hear in some 60s movie where they’re trying to convince you they shot it in the Caribbean, but being unwittingly condescending about it. Im not mad I listened. It wasn’t long enough to care much. But I doubt I’ll listen again. The horn jabs become quite annoying real quick.
I’m sure this is a brilliant example of the genre, but it’s going over my head. Like Tom says, it sounds like it would make a great movie soundtrack to evoke a sense of place, it’s very listenable, but not really my bag
meh
Album Nr. 14 Ich mache es kurz. Jazz ist einfach nicht meine Welt.
-gonna have to say this for every jazz album i get on here……not a fan of jazz really -also im back! excited to do this again -i do have to say even though im not a fan of jazz i enjoy hearing all the instruments -i’m just going to always be a song with lyrics enthusiast at the end of the day… sorry if that gets me hate -i think if i were listening to this live it would hit MUCH harder and i would enjoy it more -its nice background music for my scrolling i won’t lie -the ending of kenya is FUN -yeah overall jazz isn’t my thing, it gets a 2 from me
Kinda good vibes but not really my jam. Wish it was more jazzy and free form as opposed to the short bops
Afro Cuban big band
funky for sure
What a ~ v i b e ~
Bright horns and a nice beat. All instrumental so you really need to be in the right mood.
#54. This kind of jazz [and I suppose most kinds of jazz in general] doesn't really do it for me. I can understand the quality of the music, but I still don't really want to listen to it. 2/5: meh
I couldn’t find this anywhere.
I need to preface this by saying I can acknowledge and appreciate the talent! However, this felt like watching Whiplash without the thrill of a story line and JK Simmons throwing stuff.
A recurring theme of the albums for me so far is that they mostly don't sound like they are X years old. That is not the case for this album. It sounds very dated just from a recording perspective. I don't have a lot of analysis for this album as Afro-Cuban Jazz isn't a genre I'm terribly familiar with but this feels like it should be the soundtrack to a black and white movie. I am going to give it 2 stars because unlike Trout Mask Replica it is listenable although not particularly enjoyable. Wild Jungle is going on the 1001 Songs playlist. No real rhyme or reason but I felt like I'd heard it all after the first track. Song going on my "1001 Songs" Playlist: Wild Jungle Songs Going On My "1001 Albums Savelist" Playlist: None
Afro-Cuban Jazz. Nicht so meins.
It was fine, I guess? Not sure how this is 1001-worthy when it sounds like every other big band LP you could pull out of the dollar bin
Meh. Decent big band jazz. Tracks are short enough that I didn't completely lose interest. That said, I don't love afro-cuban jazz; I'll take a drum kit over incessant conga drums any day.
I didn’t hate it. Didn’t really like it much, either. Don’t see myself putting this one on again.
Bounced right off this one.
I don't think this is my kind of jazz... feels like the soundtrack to an 80s Disney caper
Not too bad
Not sure there's a mood I would ever be in and put this on as a result.
C'étais bien, mais je vois plus lors de film ou d'occasion. Je trouve que sans contexte l'album est un peu vide.
Tajt 50-talsfilmlatin i adhd-tempo. Måste ha gjort bättre plattor. Minus för den inneboende stressen.
meh
Eh, extremely repetitive and not in a bopping way. It would change songs and I honestly didn't even notice because they sounded so similar
This genre is really not for me
I'm just not a jazz guy and this is a little much for me.
I feel bad giving this a 2 as they are clearly very talented musicians but I found the horns to be pretty annoying. This pretty short album didnt hold my interest.
I’ve made no attempt to hide the fact that I don’t like music from the 50’s throughout the course of this project. I try and go in with an open mind to records from this era, but…sweet jesus, most of them are boring. It always feels like I’m a listening to the theme song for a black and white TV show like I Love Lucy or My Three Sons. Even when it’s different, it all sounds the same. I can’t get past it. Sorry. Well, not really. All I can say is: thank god someone introduced musicians to LSD, otherwise there’s a good chance we’d still be stuck with the cloying sound of 50’s popular music.
Yeah, this is decent jazz.
Picture an early sixties movie. It’s New York City at night and the streets are full of people and cars. A man, his eyes wide with panic, his hair wild, runs faster and faster through the mad streets full of garish lights and ugly strangers, his mind burning and confused. This is the music playing.
Non il mio genere preferito
Hey daddio.... dont be gimmie me none of your jive... let's go chilling with Jazz... 50s style... Ron Burgandy style on Jazz flute... It's great background music, and I couldn't really tell you if there was any difference between tracks.. its ok... all a bit samey and of a time... but hey man lets go chill... but doubt I'll listen to it again.
Not really a big fan of the genre. Not much to say about it it was just lots of jazz that I really didn’t care for. I can’t say it’s objectively bad but it’s really just not my thing.
Not bad exactly, just too much of it all at once made it hard work
Lots of horns. Not really my thing.
Didn't finish
I felt like I was in the middle of a 1960's caper movie
meh absolutely nothing to say
Not for me. Shrill, incessantly so.
Ok for background music while sipping on a daiquiri but I wouldn't see myself listening to this again on purpose.
Say no to bongos, kids.
too long....
Great grooves, absolutely nothing memorable that I want to listen again in my life.
Afro Cuban music is really not my jam and this album is an extreme version of this genre. This record is too frenetic and brassy for me, and all the songs sound the same with no distinguishing features.
Half of it sounded like a football marching band and half sounded like 50s jazz. Could be a good album for anyone into that music.
1/12, 8%
Didn’t mind this but it did feel like I had put on an album of sixties theme tunes at one point. I found the history as the start of Latin Jazz interesting, especially how when something that sounds of its time as much as this was once fresh and new. Not the worst album I have had to listen to recently. but nothing really stood out.
p35. 1957. 2.5 stars 50s Latin big band jazz. Too many bongos, but perfectly acceptable otherwise. Not sure I would listen to it again.
This style of music isn’t up my alley, ever. I thought it was interesting but that’s where the compliments sort of end. I don’t have much to say about it, truthfully.
I think I only like jazz in small doses… smaller than this.
Regardless of quality I’m just never gonna like the freeeflow jazz albums
It was alright.
I imagine if you're into this type of music it's good, but it's a 2.5 for me.
It's a jazz record. Just not my thing.
I don’t do Jazz
Not my jam. Seem talented tho
detta var party. Tyvärr är det lite för repetetativt, även fast albumet var bara under 40 minuter.
I thought this list was mostly classic rock but turns out it is entirely jazz 2
Pretty lame form of jazz.
This album made me realize how much I hate the big band styling of "ALRIGHT LET'S GET SOME LOUD STABS EVERYONE PLAY A DIFFERENT NOTE LET'S MAKE THE SOUND AS MUCH OF A NOISE AS POSSIBLE". It made me physically ill. I don't know if it was the mixing/recording or just something inherent to the sound of brass trumpets, but it was so bad I was dreading every time you got another one of the ELELELELE stabs. It's like they decided to turn vuvuzelas into full fledged instruments. It sucks because the percussion is great, the solo instruments are wonderful (especially the sax and trombone solos) and even the saxophones sound alright together. Fuuuuck those trumpets though. They single handedly bring this down from a solid 4/5 to a 2/5, and even that's generous. I hope I never have to hear those gross stabs again.
Nope
Once again, jazz which I have no ability to work out whether it's good or bad. Nice groove.
Good music to cook to, but not something I'd listen too often.
This was fun, quite jolly for a few songs, but I wouldn't want a whole one! I enjoyed listening to it, very upbeat, but I'm not going to rush back to it. First track in particular has such a strong start. 2/5.
Big, brassy Afro-Cuban jazz with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Not particularly unpleasant to listen to, though some of the horn stabs could feel a bit pugnacious. Still, I doubt I will ever listen to this again - it simply failed to land with me.
Stupid storytime: I worked with a dude once who got a high-up-the-food-chain tour of one of Donald Trump's hotels in Vegas back years before Trump ever ran for office. Apparently the woman (because of course it was a woman) who was showing them around the hotel kept talking about how Donald always says, "brass + glass = class." The reason I mention it is because this record has more brass than all of Trump's property holdings combined. So, so much brass. It kind of hurt my ears. I even used to play trumpet back in middle/high school... and it still felt like, "Whoa. That's a lot of brass." I didn't hate it by any means. But it could've used a lot more glass.