L.A. CARPOOL (SALSA /LATIN BAND)

L.A. Loco is perhaps our most adventurous CD to date. We utilized three different studios and the magic of pro tools. While problems existed and we lost a few passages, we managed to finish the project as our dedication to L.A. Gloria T sings L.A. Loco while Enzo, our trumpeter extraordinary talent, does thereggaeton bridge. Richie Gajate-Garcia plays all the percussion with a little help from his percussionist son Roland Garcia.

While this music is comfortable in most any format, we seem to only land in that Latin Niche. Most all of our songs are done in English while the bg vocals are in Spanish. The musical portion fuses typical Cuban sounds with solid pop/rock that creates what we hope is a great listening experience for you. Our longevity speaks for itself. The Havana Taxi song can be seen on video on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/lacarpoolwith Gloria T belting out the lyrics and Joe Rotundi on Piano, Richie-Gajate on drums and Schela Gonzales from the Zappa Band on Sax. Give it a twirl.
The first song Like They Say in L.A. was written by my good friend Jerry Rusch and since we have that song available on www.itunes.com,we didn't put it into this CD. The song was first recorded by myself and the East L.A.Carpool in 1975, released on a 45rpm single and made it to number #10 on the Billboard adult contemporary charts and to the 20's on the Hot 100. Unfortunately, GRC Records went out of business and I couldn't convince anyone that a marketplace existed for Latin tinged music. At that time, we felt it was the L.A. Song if ever there was one. Oh well "Like they say in L.A. Have a real nice day!!!!!"
The CD is produced by Jack Gold, Enzo Villaparedes,Frank Garcia and Richie Garcia. Except Miguels Latin House which was produced and re-arranged by Frank Garcia and you can see Miguel the Iguana looking over the building, wearing the L.A. Loco rings.
At the present time our group consists of permanent members Richie Gajate-Garcia who play drums, bongo's, timbales and other percussion on all but L.A. On Malibu Sunrise and Havana Taxi the Conga parts are played by myself, Jack Gold.
Piano and piano solo's on Incognito are by my good friend John Douglas, now playing for the nice people in Santa Barbara.
Piano and piano solo's on Malibue Sunrise,Black Moon, Miguel and Havana Taxi are from Albeniz Quintana from the Johhny Polanco Conjunto.And last but not least on L.A. Loco and Goin On is Joe Rotundi who has played with everyone who is anybody.
Half Colombian and half Irish Bilingual beauty Gloria T sings all the female leads except for Incognito which brings back our old Havana Taxi CD singer, Faith Rivera while the original orchestration has been redone adding a nice trumpet overide by Enzo.
The Carpool also has video available at www.youtube.com/lacarpool where you can see Richie Gajate-Garcia "rip out" a memorable timbale solo live in Santa Clarita at the park on July 4th.
Flute solo's on Malibu and Black Moon are from the Charangoa Conjunto's charismatic leader Fay Roberts.
And don't, please don't forget to check out Salsa/Pop right here on cdbay.com as well as When Worlds Colide which is only available now as mp3 download since we've been sold out for a while now.
And finally, most English lyrics by Rick Ryan and guitar work by Frank Garcia (no relation to Richie)
 

 

L.A. CARPOOL - L.A LOCO (2007)

A fusion of Cuban style Latin, sizzling English lyrics and the vocal stylings of Gloria T in the vein of Santana. Added to this is an homage to Los Angeles for the musicians who have made L.A. their home

1 Like They Say in L.A.

2 L.A. Loco

3 Hotel California

4 Black Moon

5 Goin On

6 Incognito

7 Miguel's Latin House Mix

8 Malibu Sunrise

9 Havana Taxi

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L.A. CARPOOL - SALSA POP (2002)

Salsa Pop fusion with English lyrics, Spanish background vocals. In the vein of Santana, easy fusion authentic Cuban Salsa style

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