Sorry to say, it's once again time to pay tribute to a Global A Go-Go inspiration who's shuffled off this mortal coil. Two weeks ago it was Rachid Taha; this week it's trumpeter/conguero Jerry Gonzalez, who died in a house fire at his home in Madrid on October 1.
I came to world music from jazz, and Jerry Gonzalez is one of the players who led me there. He grew up in New York City in the 1960s playing both jazz and Afro-Latin dance music. When Jerry was 21, he was simultaneously playing the cuchifrito circuit and working with Dizzy Gillespie's combo. He was looking for something more: he wanted both the freedom of jazz and the deep roots of his Puerto Rican folklore, all in the same music.
He found it in the bands he started and joined: Conjunto Anabacoa, Grupo Folklorico Y Experimental Nuevayorquina, Manny Oquendo's Libre, his own Fort Apache Band. Just when you thought he had it all figured out, he moved to Spain in 2000 and somehow added flamenco to his unique cultural hybrid.
You'll hear a sampler of music from Jerry Gonzalez' career this week on Global A Go-Go. Also this week: celebrating the birthday of Vincent "Randy" Chin, one of the unsung heroes of reggae; new Afro-funk from Kaleta & Super Yamba Band; and a set of electro-cumbia to send you home dancing.
Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/99509
All the podcasts: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Johnny Clarke | Jamaica | African Roots | Creation Rebel | 17 North Parade | 1976
Donovan Carless | Jamaica | Be Thankful For What You Got | single | Giant | 1974
Alpheus | England UK | All Together | Light Of Day | Liquidator | 2018
Mystic Bowie | Jamaica-USA | Slippery People | Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads | MTMB Entertainment | 2018
Lord Creator | Trinidad & Tobago-Jamaica | Independent Jamaica | single | Island | 1962
Bongo Man Byfield | Jamaica | Bongo Man | single | Treasure Isle | 1964
John & Alton | Jamaica | Rum Bumpers | single | Pat's | 1965
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band | Benin-Nigeria-USA | Mr. Diva | single | Yamba | 2018
Rob | Ghana | Make It Fast, Make It Slow | Make It Fast, Make It Slow | Essiebons | 1978
Dur-Dur Of Somalia | Somalia | Yabaal | Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks | Analog Africa | 1985
Joni Haastrup | Nigeria | Wake Up Your Mind | Wake Up Your Mind | Tummy Touch-Soundway | 1978
Manny Oquendo Y Su Conjunto Libre | USA | Que Humanidad | Ritmo Sonido Estilo | Montuno | 1983
Grupo Folklorico Y Experimental Nuevayorquino | USA | Anabacoa | Concepts In Unity | Salsoul | 1975
Jerry Gonzalez | USA | Agueybana Zemi | Ya Yo Me Cure | Pangaea | 1980
Jerry Gonzalez | USA-Spain | Obsesion | Y Los Piratas Del Flamenco | Sunnyside | 2001
El Dusty | USA-Mexico-Dominican Republic | We Out Chea | Cumbia City | Aftercluv | 2018
Mexican Institute Of Sound | Mexico | Para No Vivir Desesperado | Pinata | Nacional | 2007
Up, Bustle & Out | England UK | Cumbion Mountain | Mexican Sessions | Collision | 2007
Systema Solar | Colombia | Bienvenidos | Systema Solar | Intermundos | 2010
Bostich + Fussible | Mexico | Tijuana Sound Machine | Tijuana Sound Machine | Nacional | 2008
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