Santana Speaks: with Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, and Los Lobos
We celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with prominent voices of Latin American music. Carlos Santana speaks about playing music from the streets of Tijuana to the stage at Woodstock, launching his career in San Francisco, and his hopes for a global society explored on his new album Africa Speaks. We’ll hear from the late Tito Puente, el Rey de los Timbales, who tells about the roots of tropical Latin jazz in Spanish Harlem and how he brought his instrument, the timbales, to the foreground by moving them from the back to the front of the stage. Steve Berlin and Cesar Rosas from Los Lobos talk about their mix of American pop and Mexican traditions, and we remember Celia Cruz, la Reina de Cuba, who we spoke to in 2001 about her musical beginnings in her beloved homeland, Cuba.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Batuka Santana Santana III , Columbia
SEGMENT: Santana
Bessie's Blues John Coltrane Quartet John Coltrane: The Impulse Story, Impulse
This Little Girl of Mine Ray Charles The Ray Charles Story: Vo1. 1, Atlantic
Instrumental: Afro Blue Mongo Santamaria Afro Roots, Fantasy
SEGMENT: Santana pt. 2
Corazon Espinado Santana feat. Maná Supernatural, Arista
Instrumental: Adobo Criollo Mongo Santamaria Mongo'70, Atlantic
Breaking Down the Door Santana w/ Buika Africa Speaks, Concord
Mi nina Lola Buika Mi nina Lola, Dro Atlantic, S.A.
SEGMENT: Santana pt. 3
Song of the Wind Santana Caravanserai, Columbia
Black Magic Woman Santana Abraxas, Columbia
End bed: Naima Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlan Love, Devotion and Surrender, Columbia
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: El Cayuco Tito Puente Dance Mania Vol. 1, BMG
SEGMENT: Tito Puente
Okiedoke Machito & his Orchestra featuring Charlie Parker The Original Mambo Kings-Afro-Cubop, Verve
La Guarachera Celia Cruz with Tito Puente Fania Classics: Celia Cruz & Tito Puente, Fania Records
Instrumental: Our Day Will Come Willie Bobo Spanish Grease, Verve
SEGMENT: Celia Cruz
Descarga Cachao Cachao Cachao Master Sessions Vol. 1, Sony
Las Caras Lindas Flor de Toloache with Pedrito Martinez Las Caras Lindas, Chulo Records
La Bamba Los Pregoneros del Puerto Music of Vera Cruz: The Sones Jarochos of Los Pregoneros del Puerto, Rounder
Instrumental: Mariachi Suite Los Lobos El Cancionero Mas y Mas , Rhino
SEGMENT: Los Lobos
One Time One Night Los Lobos By the Light of the Moon, Slash / Warner Brothers
Mexico Americano Los Texmaniacs Cruzando Borders, Smithsonian Folkways
Across the Borderline Freddy Fender Freddy Fender: The Golden Voice of the Texas Gulf Coast, Gazell Records
Closing Bed: Viva Seguin Don Santiago Jimenez Sr. Viva Seguin: Tejano Conjunto Pioneer's Original Hits: 1947-1951, Arhoolie