Giants of Latin – The Walter Laird Rhythms

Product Description

Giants of Latin – The Walter Laird Rhythms supplies 22 recordings covering Samba, Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive. The programme combines named songs with explicitly marked instrumental and rhythm-only entries. Each selection carries a dance label, source tempo figure and individual duration.

Samba Africana opens the five-track Samba section, followed by Mal Bicho, Jingo, Mey Piao and Osvaldo. The six Cha Cha Cha entries begin with Bonito y Sabroso and include Suelta La Cintura, Speak Up Mambo, Oye Como Va and Bang Bang, ending with Rhythm Only / Rico Vacilon. From Here to Eternity introduces Rumba, followed by Johnny Guitar, The Summer Knows, Puro Teatro and Rhythm Only / Come Closer to Me.

The Paso Doble group contains two distinct Espana Cani recordings with different tempos and timings, plus Ay Mi Sombrero and Spanish Gipsy Dance. Hello Beautiful and Jumping at the Woodside complete the programme as Jives. Instrumental markings are preserved wherever supplied, and the two Espana Cani entries are not collapsed into one track. The combination of repertoire and rhythm-focused recordings is useful when choosing music for practice across the five dances. This is MP3 audio music associated with the Walter Laird Rhythms title, without a video lesson or choreography programme implied by the name.

Track List

1. Tracklist and Samples:
2. 1. Samba Africana (Instr.) | 3:24 | Samba | 50 Bpm
3. 2. Mal Bicho | 3:25 | Samba | 50 Bpm
4. 3. Jingo | 1:58 | Samba | 51 Bpm
5. 4. Mey Piaõ | 2:43 | Samba | 49 Bpm
6. 5. Osvaldo (Instr.) | 5:21 | Samba | 51 Bpm
7. 6. Bonito Y Sabroso | 2:16 | Cha Cha Cha | 30 Bpm
8. 7. Suelta La Cintura | 2:34 | Cha Cha Cha | 32 Bpm
9. 8. Speak up Mambo (Instr.) | 3:08 | Cha Cha Cha | 32 Bpm
10. 9. Oye Como Va | 2:22 | Cha Cha Cha | 32 Bpm
11. 10. Bang Bang | 2:20 | Cha Cha Cha | 32 Bpm
12. 11. Rhythm only/ Rico Vacilon | 4:41 | Cha Cha Cha | 32 Bpm
13. 12. From Here ro Eternity | 3:20 | Rumba | 26 Bpm
14. 13. Johnny Guitar (Instr.) | 2:57 | Rumba | 24 Bpm
15. 14. The Summer Knows | 3:01 | Rumba | 25 Bpm
16. 15. Puro teatro | 3:04 | Rumba | 26 Bpm
17. 16. Rhythm only/ Come closer to me (Instr.) | 5:21 | Rumba | 26 Bpm
18. 17. Espana Cani (Instr.) | 2:05 | Paso Doble | 60 Bpm
19. 18. Espana Cani (Instr.) | 2:03 | Paso Doble | 61 Bpm
20. 19. Ay Mi Sombrero (Instr.) | 2:24 | Paso Doble | 62 Bpm
21. 20. Spanish Gipsy Dance (Instr.) | 2:04 | Paso Doble | 60 Bpm
22. 21. Hello Beautiful (Instr.) | 2:31 | Jive | 41 Bpm
23. 22. Jumping at the woodside (Instr.) | 3:05 | Jive | 41 Bpm