Name: Tomate Y Alandette
Brand: La Pesada

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

VAMPI233

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-04-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

8435008863838

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

La Pesada

Genre GB

Latin / South American 

Label GB

Vampisoul

<i>Tomate Y Alandette</i> by La Pesada is one of the best tropical records released by Codiscos. Issued in 1978, the album is a "one off" by an all-star ensemble of musicians and singers, many of whom had played with Fruko y sus Tesos, Los Hermanos Martelo and other Colombian orchestras. The album showcases a diverse and eclectic range of stylistic modes and genres. There is cumbia, salsa, bolero, son montuno, descarga and even calypso. The arrangements and instrumentation range from flute and violin charanga in a "tipico" Cuban mode (augmented by a trombone section) to Colombian percussion-heavy cumbia, and from the Willie Colon style of brash Nuyorican trombone salsa to the more Cuban conjunto trumpet sound like La Sonora Matancera. Through it all, the jazzy arrangements keep things fresh and swinging. Colombian artists were absorbing all sorts of influences, both old and new, from Cuba, the US and Puerto Rico, but putting their stamp on the music with a different perspective coming from their own background, and La Pesada is a prime example of this intriguing tendency. 

Tomate Y Alandette

Music GB