Latin Playground

Latin Playground

Latin Playground
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CD Details

Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-06-11
Music Label: Putumayo World Music
Soundtracks:
  1. Guantanamera - Omara Portuondo
  2. Anna (El Negro Zumbon) - Pink Martini
  3. Cielito - Colibri
  4. El Reino del Reves - Botafogo
  5. La Arcana Picua - Los 50 de Joselito
  6. Viva Vargas Torres - Margarita Laso
  7. Chispa Tren - Ska Cubano
  8. Mardi Gras Mambo - Cubanismo
  9. Fusion Natural - Matato'a
  10. Hanal Weech - Lila Downs
  11. Bomba Le Le - Jose Gonzalez y Banda Criolla

Music reviews of Latin Playground

Music Review: Great for toddlers!
Rating: 5 Stars

Fantastic music to listen to, however the best thing about this CD is that every time we put it on at home our toddler jumps up and starts to dance. Great tunes, from the well-known (Guantanamera, Cielito Lindo) to other more obscure stuff with fun lyrics too... Get out the maracas and tambourine and play along!

Description of Latin Playground

Latin Playground is a fiesta of upbeat Latin American music for children and families. The CD contains the delightful pieces of music from around the world including: Omara Portuondo recording of Guantanamera. Los 50 De Joselito recording of La Arana Picua. Pink Martini's Anna. Cubanismo recording of Mardi Gras Mambo. Lila Downs recording of Hanal Weech. Jose Gonzalez & Banda Criolla recording of Bomba Le Le. Ska Cubano's recording of Chispa Tren. Rudy Regalado & Chevere recording of America Baila. Educational entertainment for all ages.
Before you stomp around a Putumayo playground, park your preconceived notions at the picnic bench. The label may not set the world-music crowd on fire with its regular releases, but this series, aimed at kids but translating up, sizzles. Latin Playground's party gets started with a wind-you-up traditional Cuban number (Omara Portuondo's "Guantanamera") and from there traverses North, South, and Central America, making stops in Mexico City, Colombia, the American Tejano region, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico. There are sample wacko lyrics ("The day will come when I will leave you / Because you smell like the armadillo," from Lila Downs's "Hanal Weech"), unexpected instrumentation (accordions punch up the polka flavoring of Flaco Jiminez's conjunto, "De Bolon Pin Pon"), and not a whiff of what's expected from the latest slice off a music education program--even the informative, engaging liner notes are gentle gatekeepers to a land of rhythms everybody wants to get into and get down with. Forget the kids--see if you can make it through Cubanismo's "Mardi Gras Mambo," Nazare Pereira's "Rodopiou," and Carmen Gonzalez's "Chocolate" without waving a set of air maracas or busting into a booty-shaking session to make Ricky Martin blush. --Tammy La Gorce

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