PUCHO & THE LATIN SOUL BROTHERS
Cold Shoulder (Prestige)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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While Carlos Santana was introducing jazz and Latin elements to rock audiences in the late sixties, Henry "Pucho" Brown was doing the same thing in the R&B field. Though he never achieved the notoriety of Santana, Pucho had a powerful act, with the driving saxophones of Al and Eddie Pazant, the scorching vocals of Jackie Soul and the insistent rhythms of as many as five or six percussionists joining his timbales and conga.

The resulting music was extremely danceable, which has led to something of a resurgence of the Latin Soul Brothers on the turntables of the British acid jazz dance clubs. For those who aren't part of that scene and who may have missed him first time around, Prestige has assembled 16 cuts from four albums Pucho cut for the label between 1967 and 1970 on Cold Shoulder. It's a fine introduction, and a flat out terrific record. A mix of then contemporary pop tunes, standards and originals, each song is reshaped into a form that is uniquely Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers. You'll want this one for your next party.

Track List:

Sunny * No One Knows * Cold Shoulder * Big Stick * Left In The Cold * Payin' Dues * I Can't Stop Loving You * Let Love Find You * Georgia On My Mind * Dateline * Bim * How Did It Happen * Friendship Train * Jamilah * The Spokerman * Cloud 9

© 2001 - Shaun Dale