LEBRON BROTHERS - CRIOLLO (1982/2007)
MANY THANKS TO NELSON RODRIGUEZ
Angel Lebron
Bass, coro
José Lebron Piano, coro
Carlos Lebron Bongo, coro
Frankie Lebron Trombone
Ruben Lebron Trombone
Joseph Trapaneses Trumpet
Charlie Hernandez Trumpet
Willie Rodriguez Trumpet
Edwin Acevedo Timbales
Osvaldo Acevedo Percussion
Louie Cruz Percussion
Pablo Lebron Lead singer
Yo Te Cante 4:07
Siempre Sera 5:07
Voy A Caminar 4:05
Esposa Y Querida 5:07
Madre 3:34
Diez Lagrimas 5:09
Sabor A Mi 3:14
Sin Negro No Hay Guaguanco
3:33
Abran Camino 4:18
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review John Child - courtesy www.descarga.com
Lebron Brothers Criollo CD (Fania / Emusica - Remastered Edition 130 276), Released 1982; Re-Issued 2007 Produced by Angel Lebron Editor's Pick: **Classic Revisited** Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Brooklyn, the Lebrón Brothers celebrated their 40th anniversary in the business in 2006, a career spanning five decades doing it uniquely and uncompromisingly their way: funky, gritty, streetwise and relentlessly swinging, always mixing Spanish lyrics Latin tunes and English language R&B/soul-oriented numbers. Between 1967 and 1982 they knocked-out 16 albums on the Cotique Records label founded in late 1965 by George Goldner (1918-1970). They first visited Colombia in 1979, where they continued to grow in status and recorded three albums there, including their live 35th anniversary album in 2002. Criollo was the Lebrón Brothers last outing for Cotique and spawned the immortal "Sin Negro No Hay Guaguancó" (Without The Blackman, There Would Be No Guaguancó), co-penned by Angel Lebrón and Aura M. de Velázquez, which has virtually become an anthem in Cali, Colombia, and "Diez Lágrimas", another Angel Lebrón gem with a subtle string orchestration, which also acquired "super hit" status in Colombia. The liner notes quote John Walsh, trumpeter with the Grammy Award winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra, who began playing with the Lebrón's in the mid-'80s. "Criollo, that's a classic," he says. "The importance of "Diez Lágrimas" and "Sin Negro No Hay Guaguancó" in particular will survive the vinyl into which they were pressed. It's amazing to me when we do gigs anywhere in the world where one might find Colombians, that everybody know the words to every song. Kids that were yet to be born when this album was recorded, easily sing along with their grandparents." Very Highly Recommended. (John Child, 2007-11-07)
