"I remember I could hardly wait for this to come out, man. Thank God it's on CD now. I have the original album, it's like a double album and it's called 'Soul On Top' by James Brown with the Louis Bellson Orchestra."Watch this moment
What's In My Bag № 85
Poncho Sanchez
Poncho Sánchez is an American conguero, Latin jazz band leader, and salsa singer. In 2000, he and his ensemble won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for their work on the Concord Picante album Latin Soul. Sanchez has performed with artists including Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaría, Hugh Masekela, Clare Fischer, and Tower of Power.
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Ep #85 ·
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What Poncho Sanchez said · 5 records
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"That was the first big hit that the Soul Stirrers had with the great Sam Cook as a young man there, Jesus gave me water."Watch this moment
"Another classic Johnny Pacheco and Celia Cruz... they have tunes like 'Three Days in the Carnival.' This is really great stuff, man. This is straight up hardcore salsa, great dance music, great party music."Watch this moment
"the very best of the Olympics these guys had um Shimmy Shimmy like Sister Kate uh the bounce uh big boy Pete and this is some great stuff from the '60s the Olympics and these guys were from Los Angeles."Watch this moment
"Soul Message, Richard 'Groove' Holmes, great B3 Hammond organ player, and this is a great CD. He does like 'Song for My Father' on here, of course the classic, the big hit that he had of course for many, many years was 'Misty,' his uptempo version of 'Misty.'"Watch this moment
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5 records · pulled off the shelves at Amoeba Hollywood
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