Hugo Heredia - Mananita Pampera

Jazz Room Records

£20.70

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: JAZZR002
Barcode: 5050580719019
Release Date: 06 Sep 2019
Genre: Latin and World Jazz

01: Mananita Pampera - Hugo Heredia
02: El Beto - Hugo Heredia
03: Have You Met Miss _ - Hugo Heredia
04: El Beto II - Hugo Heredia
05: Tunita - Hugo Heredia
06: Carmen Pequena - Hugo Heredia
07: Al Bebbe Guia - Hugo Heredia

A STUNNING RHYTHMIC FUSION OF LATIN AND JAZZ WITH A UNIQUE SPIRITUAL PULSE.

If ever a record called be called a lost masterpiece then this record more than deserves that epithet. First released on an obscure French label in the 1970's it might have sunk further into obscurity and left no trace of it's passing but somehow a handful of copies turned up in various Jazz shops in London where it was snapped up by DJ Paul Murphy who was then playing to the embryonic jazz dance scene, based at the very first Jazz Room club: The Horseshoe in London's Tottenham Court Road, a decaying, seedy, sticky carpeted old West End ballroom that had seen better days. This and a select few records in a similar vein were being played to an appreciative audience who demanded tough raw percussive rhythms overlaid with some furious jazzy soloing and whenever this record hit the turntable it left even the most demanding groover sated.

It's a really fantastic collection from this barely known reedman and his excellent band which also features a guest appearance by American Legend Horace Parlan who is best known for his Afro-Cuban session "Headin' South" on Blue Note Records.

Superbly produced by drummer Peter Schmidlin, who has conjured up a spiritual modal mixdown of Afro-Cuban & Jazz extended percussive workouts that are uncompromising in their groove and which manage to sound both timeless and modern. The record is being re-released with the original striking artwork, guaranteed to be a talking point.

“A stunning and truly epic spiritual album. Just the right blend of latin rhythms and jazz power all wrapped up in an adventurous spiritual vibe! Essential summer release.”
CHIP WICKHAM — MUSICIAN

“Essential and collectible and important”
SNOWBOY — SNOWBOY

“Reissue of the year, hands down!”
MIKE CHADWICK — JAZZFM

“What a great album...Reissue is top notch”
MELODY NELSON — HAMBURG

“A spiritual flute-freak-out with a driving, rhythmic pulse.”
VINYL FACTORY — https://thevinylfactory.com/news/hugo-heredia-mananita-pampera-jazz-room-reissue

“This find is a real treat....a terrific album.”
SOUNDS & COLOURS — https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/brazil/latin-jazz-round-up-os-seis-em-pont

“Killer Argentinian saxophonist Hugo Heredia ... a bonafide Electric Ballroom classic that’s been really hard to find for years... and it’s got Horace Parlan on piano!”
GILLES PETERSON — WORLDWIDE/BBC6MUSIC