Artist: Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra
LP: Sourth American Tempos [10" EP]
Song: "South American Flame"
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This 1954 10" EP from Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra is another one of the neat things I found at the GoodWill Thrift Store after church on Sunday. Born in Barcelona, Spain in 1904, Enric was a child prodigy of the violin. He came to the USA when he was just 14 years old, along with his sister, Paquita, who was a child prodigy of the classical piano. Paquita ended up in South America, and Enric landed in Havana, Cuba, where he became director of the Havana Symphony. When Enric returned to New York a few years later, he brought Cuban music with him and helped make the Latin sound popular in the The Big Apple in the mid-1920s. I learned all of this just now from the terrific On This Day In Jazz Age Music blog here. You can find Enric Madriguera's film music credits on IMDB here, and read more on Wikipedia here.
[ Enric Madriguera: February 17, 1904 — September 7, 1973 ]
Sounds really good. I only knew the song Adios in the version of Juan García Esquivel, but now I'll try to listen more music by this composer. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYou can't go wrong with Enric Madriguera!
ReplyDeleteThis album contains a few mysteries. Four of the tracks are familiar Latin songs arraigned for swing era dancing. What are the other four?
ReplyDeleteFisherman’s Bolero, Linda, and South American Flame are all very pretty tunes. Brazilian Girls seems to be a medley of some sort. The last little bit is Tico Tico.
I got clue from this blog :
http://forum.lorein.cn/viewthread.php?tid=20667&extra=&ordertype=1&page=2
Fisherman’s Bolero is a Bizet theme from 'The pearl Fishers’ !
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