Music to Start Your Day - Perez Prado

[kentauros]

Flight of the Bumblebee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP-YWpmOmu0

:D

[david13]

1. You need to go back and take a look at Cozy Cole. And Topsy, Part I

and Topsy, Part II.
Perez Prado? How did you ever come up with that?
dc

[kentauros]

2. Because I was listening to Perez "Prez" Prado early this morning

:D

I also like different versions of "Flight of the Bumblebee" such as the one arranged by Bernie Green (done on a trombone!)

I'm not familiar with "Cozy Cole" or "Topsy". Are they Mambo artists?

By the way, I never said I was a musicologist ;)

[david13]

5. They are both available online. Just search for it. I associate the

two due to the fact that many years ago I worked with a drummer who was big into both, for the percussion study of it all.
I forget our favorite Perez Prado. Let me find it.
Topsy Parts I and II are by Cozy Cole. Try it, you might like. Even if you ain't a musicologist.
I can't find or remember our favorite. But our interest was the percussion aspects, from the drummers point of view.
dc

[kentauros]

6. Found him on Youtube and it was good,

but it doesn't get me going like Mambo :)

As for my tastes in percussion music, these days I'm more into the tabla and the frame drum.

[david13]

7. I have myself moved thru' many different worlds, or universes since

those days.
Currently my only listen is KUSC.
Ah, the purity of it. I sure do like to be reminded of the old days, tho', from time to time.
dc

[kentauros]

9. The funny thing is, I was more into classical in my earlier years,

being in band and all. I do thank discovering public radio (and later Internet radio) for broadening my tastes in all sorts of music genres. SomaFM is a great Internet station for some of those genres, including their "Secret Agent" channel ;)

Have you ever tried Pandora.com for classical? I haven't created such a station there, but it might be interesting to try...

[david13]

10. So was I in my younger years, as an additional thing. Now I have

gone back to it exclusively.
Let me try Pandora
dc

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

3. Thanks for that!

I like to think I have a wide variety of tastes in music and artists but never heard of Perez Prado before :toast:

[kentauros]

4. You're welcome!

I can't remember now where I first heard of him, but it was probably looking for lounge music years ago. There's a lot of pretty cool "bachelor pad" stuff out there, if you ever want to know where to look :)

[WinkyDink]

8. "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" made me a forever fan of the trumpet, from age 6.

[kentauros]

11. If I heard any Perez Prado in my early years,

I don't remember it. But we did have plenty of Herb Alpert records around :)