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Don Baaska plays Rafael Hernandez by Don Baaska
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fave it Latin Jazz | Bolero
12 tracks | 39 minutes
Released Dec 2006
on Valdon
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:01 Cachita lyrics BUY MP3 03:01 Cachita lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:01 Cachita
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Music from the Heart of Puerto Rico by pianist Don Baaska and his trio.
Bio / Background
It was the spring of 1954. I was playing with the quintet at the Club Caribe. We played American show tunes that the American tourists danced to and cha chas, merengues and mambos for the locals. Nobody called it salsa yet. It was 9 till 1 on weekdays and 10 to 4 on saturdays. We were very chic in our white shawl collar dinner jackets. It was really an easy gig as we alternated with the 13 piece show band led by Cesar Concepcion. Now I never claimed to be a a real "Lady of Spain" type accordion player, but most piano players in those days doubled as occasionally we would get on the job only to find the house piano totally unplayable. There was no such problem at the Caribe Hilton with the Steinway baby grand. My accordion was padded and had a mellow tone that blended well with a clarinet lead and after 3 Cuba Libres sounded like the Glen Miller sax section---well almost.
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