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The Latin Jazz Quintet had an odd history. The short-lived group, which acquired a substantial amount of turnover during its lifestyle, is normally today best-known for just two periods (one for New Jazz and a far more obscure established for United Performers) where it was joined up with by Eric Dolphy. Those two schedules (specially the New Jazz outing) discovered Dolphy largely overlooking the Latin Jazz Quintet and vice-versa; never does the ambitious soloist as well as the even more conventional ensemble respond to as well as acknowledge one another! Conga participant Juan Amalbert was the initial leader from the LJQ using the lineup on the first documenting (the Dolphy New Jazz time) also including vibraphonist Charlie Simmons, pianist Gene Casey, bassist Costs Ellington, and Manny Ramos on drums and timbales. The music group expertly mixed jointly bop with Afro-Cuban rhythms, occasionally sounding such as a usual Cal Tjader group and, but not innovative, generally pleasing. By enough time they produced their second documenting, a TruSound record without Dolphy in past due 1960, Bobby Capers was guesting on alto and flute, and Ellington and Amalbert had been joined up with by vibraphonist Willie Coleman, pianist Jose Ricci, and Phil Newsom on drums and timbales. A FRESH Jazz occur 1961 acquired Artie Jenkins on piano as the group’s staying dates (like the second Dolphy program that will be from 1963) discovered the band going right through 100-percent turnover. Such players as vibraphonists Bobby Blivens and Felipe Diaz, pianist Willie Gardner, bassist Bobby Rodriguez, and percussionists Victor Allende, Tommy Lopez, and Louis Ramirez made an appearance on one or even more recordings. By enough time of the next Dolphy album, actually leader Amalbert got departed! A Prestige Compact disc, Popular Sauce, combines the band’s second and third recordings.
