Eddie Palmieri - Superimposition

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1. La Malanga - (with Manny Oquendo)

2. Pa' Huele - (with Manny Oquendo)

3. Bilongo - (with Manny Oquendo)

4. Que Linda Eso, Eh!/Isn't It Pretty! - (with Manny Oquendo)

5. Chocolate Ice Cream - (with Manny Oquendo)

6. 17.1 - (with Manny Oquendo)


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Here is an outstanding album by Eddie Palmieri & La Perfecta, a total smoker front to back. Recorded in 1970, Palmieri topped himself (hard to do even for him) with Super Imposition. This album is known and revered by all Latin musicians. The opening track, "La Malanga" is a hard swinger with Quintana's vocals leaping effortlessly thru some heated brass exchanges. "Pa' Huele" a classic tune composed by Fiffe is done with class and is beautifully executed. "Bilongo", a son montuno for some serious dancing, is magical, everyone plays relaxed and swings the tune with just the right amount of heat. Chocolate Armenteros a master trumpetman takes an extended solo that shines like gold. "Que Lindo Eso" is the only non-danceable (for some) track in the lot. It's really a exploration of the danzon with Palmieri on the keys painting his way thru a percussion rhythm played in Yambu. "Chocolate Ice Cream, written by Chocolate Armentero, has got to be the sexiest cha cha cha I have ever heard. Set to a slow jazz swing, Palmieri and Chocolate take turns improvising thru an masterpiece of a tune. We finally get to the last track, "17.1" a smoker of a guaguanco/descarga, in this tune everyone gets a turn to stretch out but Manny Oquendo is the man of the hour on timbales. Oquendo's playing is at it's peak here. His execution is measured, crisp and meaty. Not a note wasted. A school lesson for all timbaleros new and old. The tune closes with Oquendo magically smacking sharp "repiques" on bongo and demonstrating how.....it's done!
Superimposition, is a cd of raw energy, focused and in heat. In short, this is my all time favorite Palmieri recording, and yours also, once you run out and buy it.