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Smejmoon said:
Yes, this accent.
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She changes it sometimes in the middle of the song, by the way.
There is some song where sometimes she has "regular" castellano accent and all of the sudden she changes to something like gitano andaluz... I don't know if consciously.
But I can't look for it right now, I'm off for work for a couple hours.
 
Groove On said:
I like this song for dancing around the house while cleaning.
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I have a double CD by him (unfortunately not with me at this moment) with recordings from his early days and it's full of really good tracks. Edit: including a version of Bilongo as I recall.
 
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Latinjazz said:
Man, it's years ago I didn't listen to him, I forgot about him!
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He's quite popular in salsa scene. Especially this album is played a lot.
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Alfredito Linares - Salsa Pa' Todo El Mundo

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You should come out to salsa parties more! Oh, wait, these things don't exist any more. :(
 
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Smejmoon said:
He's quite popular in salsa scene. Especially this album is played a lot.
www.discogs.com

Alfredito Linares - Salsa Pa' Todo El Mundo

Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for Salsa Pa' Todo El Mundo by Alfredito Linares. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.
www.discogs.com www.discogs.com

You should come out to salsa parties more! Oh, wait, these things don't exist any more. :(
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I don't think they play him a lot here... Actually, I stumbled over his name many years ago but in playing context..
 
Linares and Ray Pérez always get lumped together. Indeed it was at a Ray Pérez gig that I met Linares (and Linares guested on piano on one tune in the concert).

However the two are not that similar. Maybe try 1970s Peruvian salsa for something closer to the Linares sound.
 
DJ Yuca said:
Linares and Ray Pérez always get lumped together. Indeed it was at a Ray Pérez gig that I met Linares (and Linares guested on piano on one tune in the concert).

However the two are not that similar. Maybe try 1970s Peruvian salsa for something closer to the Linares sound.
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From my memory I would say Ray Perez is a bit more Son Montuno - oriented in his music and Linares a bit more salsa dura, but I am not sure at all.

How would you explain their stylistic difference? (If you feel like)
 
Latinjazz said:
From my memory I would say Ray Perez is a bit more Son Montuno - oriented in his music and Linares a bit more salsa dura, but I am not sure at all.

How would you explain their stylistic difference? (If you feel like)
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A few years ago a poster (unfortunately not seen on here for some time) came up with the perfect description of Ray Peréz' music:

el_flaco_rumbero said:
Ray Perez's ghetto sound where I feel like I'm sitting back at my in-laws house in Medellin......it's gritty and ugly and gruesome and tough and feel like I'm about to get shot in the leg by someone.....but oh it's so good =-).
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The whole thread looks good and ties into a couple of recent discussions - I'm going to reread it later and maybe even bump it: https://www.salsaforums.com/threads/the-most-expensive-record-ever-bought.21892/

As for Linares: his music is nowhere near as dark as Pérez', who always sounds (to me) like his music is from a dangerous ghetto. It has a certain menace to it shall we say. Linares is a lot more feel good.

Probably not the type of descriptions you were expecting but that's how my mind works.
 
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