No comments about Musica Latina.

2 comments about Star Box: Trio Los Panchos.

1. I love Los Panchos, I even love this CD, but...At $45 it is pretty steep and not an especially good value for the price. The sound quality of the CD is actually very good, but it's not so good that it warrants this kind of a price tag. There is a song book with the CD which is in Spanish and Japanese, which leads me to wonder if the steep cost is a result of being imported first into Mexico from Japan and then into the U.S. If you've got $45 to burn then by all means purchase this CD, you won't be disappointed. But for the same amount you can purchase at least 3 other Los Panchos CDs here on Amazon and get the same 18 songs plus even more. If this had been a $20 CD I would have rated it 5-stars because the gentle harmonies and guitars are as seductive as ever. This rating is based solely on the value for the price. And no, I'm not sorry I purchased it.



2. This CD has a compilation of all of my favorite tracks that the Los Panchos have recorded. The sound quality is great (not sure whether it had been digitally remaster). But note that even if it's categorized as a box set, it's only 1 CD and $45 is a pretty steep price to pay for it.

No comments about Homem Comum.

No comments about Hot and Spicy Salsa Hits.

No comments about Feliz Navidad.

No comments about A Man & His Music: The Player.

2 comments about Music from Oriente de Cuba: The Son.

1. this is some of the best cuban music i've heard. hell buena vista social club covers their songs.



2. The songs of this CD, their first for the "Nimbus"label can only be rated as superb. This talented musical family beautifully interprets the "son oriental", like no other group, with great feeling and rhythm guaranteed to please the most demanding audiences. Familia Valera Miranda is not only continuing the internationally popular style of the late Lorenzo Hierrezuelo and his "Duo Los Compadres", but actually improve it, adding some of their own,"homemade" composed music. Old Hierrezuelo classics such as "Chicharrones", "Sin Anduyo", "El Vendedor de Agua", "Macusa", "Descripcion de Un Suen~o",etc.are renewed with a traditional yet updated style. Also Beny More's 1958 classic "Que Bueno Baila Ud", is transformed for the first time ever, into an inviting "son-oriental", which is absolutely delightful. Valera Miranda's "homemade" Abur!Paisano" and "Vida Parrandera" show the high quality and creative capability of this amazing musical family featuring Felix, Carmen Rosa, Rhadames and the boys. If you enjoy cuban music and its "son oriental", don't miss this CD!

No comments about 30 Merengues Pegaditos: Lo Nuevo y lo Mejor 2007.

No comments about History of Tango.

5 comments about Astor Piazzolla.

1. A 10 CD box of always interesting, often great, music by Piazzolla- and at this price? Wow. Though recorded over different years, the sound quality, while not uniform, is always clear, and appears to be true stereo. The company that issued this also has a number of other bargain boxes of great jazz musicians- the others I have are excellent as well.



2. So many american citizens names what is below Mexico as Banana Republics and confund what is country, capital, state, etc. in Brazil/Argentin/Buenos Aires/Rio/Sao Paulo/Brasilia. Brazil speaks portuguese, its capital is Brasilia, the national music is samba and it won 5 times the Socker worldcup. Argentina speaks Spanish, its capital is Buenos Aires, the national music is Tango and it won 2 times the socker worlcup. There is a lot of competition between the 2 countries, mainly Argentina at the end of WW II was the 4th largest econimy in the world and from this time it has been continuosly lost position, while Brazil in opposite is today the 8th largest economy in the world with all the indicators going up. But the subject is music.
   Astor Piazzolla is in my opinion the greatest Argentine contribution for the world music. He in life was hated for some (a lot) purist Argentine because he lived many years abroad and of course shows in his music the influence of others music styles, creating a Fusion Jazz TANGO. Of course what Argentines hate Brazilian will love.
   In South America music he is only behind Antonio Carlos (TOM) Jobin, the Bossa Nova Icon.



3. While there are several repeats of songs (works) in the 10-CD set, they are recorded at different periods in the late Astor Piazzolla's musical life, with different groupings of musicians. There is an incredible amount of song material in this set for such a small amount of money. The recording quality is variable, no doubt due to the quality of the original recordings, but it is still very good overall for the collection as a whole. For anyone just newly learning about Piazzolla, this is a very good collection to have as a starter set, at a very low price. And, for an oldtimer like me who already has a lot of CD albums of both Piazzolla performances and those of others who have covered his work with different instrumentation, I still added a lot of new song titles to my Piazzolla song list. I was lucky enough to have seen Piazzolla perform in concert in Miami about 1-2 years before his stroke, and 3-4 years before he died in 1992. I was also lucky to have heard and learned about his work before that time, even though it was long after he became famous (I never owned a Piazzolla record). It would have been nice to have an explanatory booklet ("liner notes") about the various works, even if the set cost a couple bucks more, which is why I downgraded to 4 stars.



4. An amazing musician. It's a great price and a wealth of material to enjoy, study and love. Beautiful.



5. I already own more than fifty Piazzolla CDs and so was more than a little curious about what new material could be gleaned from this ambitious box set. What I found is that despite thinking that my collection must be nearing completion, my collection is far from complete indeed! While most of the songs are very familiar, at least eighty percent of the arrangements are not.
   The songs within are mostly from the late 60s-70s period of Piazzolla's long and glorious career. There are some live recordings, some recordings in Portuguese, some in Italian, and some recordings made with some of the more obscure Piazzolla ensembles as well as a modest number of arrangements as presented on recordings I already own. In short, this is a veritable treasure trove of some of the twentieth century's finest compositions. After hearing this set for the first time, I wondered just how many more of Piazzolla's recordings have yet to be released.
   There are no favorite songs here, they are all good. This box set is an incredible bargain-do the math-which belongs in every music lover's collection. In addition to 10 CDs, the buyer gets an informative booklet. Get it while it is still available, it is one of the best deals I have ever gotten.