Chucho Valdes – New Conceptions

Posted on January 7th, 2008 in Jazz,Latin Music by Terrence Taps

This Latin jazz recording is one of my favorites. What Chucho Valdes does on “Homenaje A Ellington” is incredible! He essentially reinterprets jazz through a Latin framework… Tap dance songs don’t get much better than this.Hard to describe, but easy to “feel”…

Free Tap Dance Music: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Posted on January 3rd, 2008 in Blues,R & B by Terrence Taps

At the time of this writing you could download the title track on this album from Amazon for free!This CD was released in October 2007 but sounds like something that could have been released in 1960. It’s so soulful and rich! Head on over to Amazon.com and download this track now. Then come back here and let me know what you think of it!

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