SALSA MUSIC

Salsa's emphasis is on hot tropical dance and the mood is energetically up-tempo. The thumping bass lines of Colombia's compelling dance music, Cumbia, are legacies of Afro-Caribbean slave dances. Cumbia's mix of Spanish brass, mandolins, guitar bass and marimbas, inspires the sensual synchronised dancing seen all over Latin America.
Merengue, another exciting Latin American hybrid played chiefly in Colombia, Venezuela, Haiti and Dominica is a rich blend of cumbia and salsa, typified by vocal-and-response patterns.

		£10.95	CD: TUMI CD048..............................5022627-00071-8
		£6.95	CASSETTE: TUMI C048...................5022627-00070-1

KIKE HARVEY - LA ISLA BONITA
Colombia: salsa

'Kike Harvey's music is not only great to dance to, but it also provides a thoroughly
enjoyable listen...phenomenal.' Blue Juice magazine, UK

and of this album:

'Madonna's La Isla Bonita (the title track) is transmuted from rock to salsa by Harvey's drily seductive vocals and mellow trombone-led arrangements.' Daily Telegraph newspaper, UK

		£10.95	CD: TUMI CD051..............................5022627-00512-6
		£6.95	CASSETTE: TUMI C051...................5022627-00514-0

RIGHT ON TIME: ROBERTO PLA AND HIS LATIN ENSEMBLE
Colombia / UK: salsa, cumbia, latin jazz
Cuba: son, bolero

'Britain's number One Latin music band .... a band that sounds better and better
with each performance' Lorig Maranjian, Latin Beat magazine, USA
'Cracking, supercharged Colombian salsa.' Time Out magazine, UK
'An absolutely storming salsa album.' Daily Telegraph newspaper, UK

		£10.95	CD: TUMI073.........................................5022627-007328

MANUEL RAMIREZ - AL MAESTRO LAVOE

Salsa, bolero, latin jazz

Manuel's album, a tribute to one of the greatest salsa singers, Hector Lavoe, takes you on a free spirited Salsa journey which incorporates some appetising New York style dance tracks as well as a tribute to Cuban music and jazz immersed salsa; all combining an exciting South American twist.
The Peruvian born Manuel Ramirez is without a doubt a true Salsero and one of the leaders of the school of "authentic" salsa.