During a 20-year period Juli\u00e1n Y Su Combo released 8 LPs on almost as many different companies and \u201cA Buenaventura\u201d was their only record with Medell\u00edn-based label Ind\u00fastria Fonogr\u00e1fica Metr\u00f3poli (later reissued by INS on their Fabuloso imprint as \u201cDescarga Salsa Y Boogaloo\u201d).<\/p>\n
Juli\u00e1n Angulo described the combo\u2019s sound as afroantillano, combining Cuban, New York Latin, and Puerto Rican elements with Colombia\u2019s own tropical coste\u00f1o traditions. The group\u2019s swinging, jazzy arrangements were distinguished by Angulo\u2019s prominent rhythm guitar, a hot rhythm section, and the potent brass lineup of two saxophones and a trumpet (much like Cortijo Y Su Combo) but with the occasional addition of a clarinet or flute (for extra Cuban flavor). Singer Jos\u00e9 Arboleda lends an earthy, joyful Afro-Colombian sound to the vocals and the entire unit is held together by a combination of his fantastic voice and super-tight, swinging ensemble playing with the occasional expert instrumental solo at just the right interval.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Buenaventura\u201d is a sought-after collector\u2019s record that is popular with DJs not only for the power (\u2018salsa brava\u2019 all the way) and diversity of its sound (with hot dance genres that range from guaracha, son montuno and guaguanc\u00f3 to boogaloo and descarga, as well as cumbia and currulao) but also for how well it was arranged, engineered and recorded, making it both a pleasurable listening experience and a dance floor killer. Though the credits do not list a year, most likely it was released in the late 1960s or early 1970s and then pick up again with INS in 1975.<\/p>\n
In addition to several tasty originals by Juli\u00e1n and other Colombian composers, there are also covers of Cuban classics as well as the funky boogaloo anthem \u2018Palo de mango\u2019 by New York\u2019s Eddie Palmieri (with lyrics by the Puerto Rican sonero Cheo Feliciano).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cA Buenaventura\u201d is surely one of Julian y su Combo\u2019s best albums, a sought-after collector\u2019s record that is also popular with tropical DJs. We have added two bonus tracks from 1976, \u2018Salsa y bemb\u00e9\u2019 and \u2018Colorin colorao\u2019 that were originally a 45 single, resulting a winning combination of familiar and obscure tunes of rich sonic variety.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":51220,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[195,193],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51224","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-colombia-en","7":"product_cat-latin-en","8":"product_shipping_class-lp-lp-7-lp-cd","9":"pa_formato-lp-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"sale","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/51224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=51224"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=51224"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=51224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}