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Beto Villa - alto sax & his orchestra.
Villa represented the Latino who had transcended the ethnic barriers and made it in the Anglo world playing American music with a Latin tinge. To Chicano musicians he was an innovator and a door opener. This record contains Beto Villa's original recordings made between 1947 and 1954, reflecting the band's diverse repertoire ranging from old-fashioned Mexican waltzes like "Rosita Vals," (which was Beto's first hit record), to polkas, mambos, boleros, danzones, huapangos, paso dobles, fox trots, guarachas, and other popular Latin dance rhythms of South Texas.
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Listen to some of the tracks!! (uses RealAudio®) 1. Madre Mia - (polka) 2. Rosita - (vals) 3. En Mi Ranchito - (polka) 4. Morir Sonando - (vals) 5. La Mensajera - (polka) 6. Blanco Y Negro 7. Las Gaviotas - (polka) 8. Rosalia - (vals) 9. Rock And Rye Polka 10. Un Rato No Mas - (bolero-mambo) 11. La Mucura - (guaracha) 12. Yo Tuve Un Amor - (foxtrot) 13. La Rielera - (instrumental corrido) 14. Consentida - (danzon) 15. Amor Que Malo Eres - (bolero) 16. Ya Viene Mi Amor - (porro) 17. Rio Grande - (polka) 18. Ni Por Pavor - (bolero) 19. El Paco - (pasa doble) 20. San Buena Ventura - (huapango) 21. Ramona - (vals) 22. Adios Mi Chaparrita - (danzon) 23. La Chapaneca - (polka) 24. Mi Gabriella - (suby) |
REVIEW “Founding father of Orquesta Tejana, pioneer of Tejano music, in 1952 Beto Villa played a ballroom for 10,000 Chicago Latinos. At that time he led the only Latino Orquesta to bring Mexican (as opposed to Cuban) sounds into the Big Band repertoire. These original recordings made between 1947 and 1954, contain old-fashioned waltzes like the `Rosita,' as well as danzones, boleros, huapangos, paso dobles, and more, rooted in the South Texan orquesta típica and Beto's own passion for the rural accordion. This is people's music warm, friendly, embracing, rooted in extended family parties.For some this music has never gone out of fashion: those who have never heard it - what a treat is in store!”(John Fairley — Folk Roots) |
