Chico & Rita / Soundtrack.

Chico & Rita comes with a 12 page booklet pictures & details about the Album music & musicians , Music composed & arranged by pianist composer & band leader Bebo Valdes - sound track produced by Fernando Trueva & Additional music & arragements by Michael Phillip Mossman . There's 30 great Jazzy tracks of the 40's & 50's on this Album and some are only short but catchy & approx 63 minutes long & all songs performed by Bebo Valdes as Chico - Indania Valdes as Rita - Estrella Morente as herself - Freddy Cole as Nat King Cole - Pedrito Martinez as Miguelito Valdes - Jimmy Heath as Ben Webster - Michael Phillip Mossman as Dizzy Gillespie - Amadito Valdes as Tito Puente - German Velazco as Charlie Parker - Yaroldi Abreu as Chano Pozzo and more great musicians mentioned on the CD booklet . Tracks : Cachao Creador Del Mambo 0:45 ( Bebo Valdes ) - Blues for Andre' 4:30 ( Bebo Valdes ) - Besame Mucho 2:05 ( Idana Valdes ) - Con Poco Poco 2:40 ( Bebo Valdes ) - Ebony Concerto, Alegro Moderato 1:16 ( Igor Estavinsky ) - Persecucio'n 1:31( Michael P. Mossman ) - Celia 2:24 ( Amadito Amadito Valdes ) - Paran Pan Pan 3:00 ( Dora Aguirre Gonzales )- Sabor a Mi 1:16 ( Bebbo Valdes ) - Ay Que Mala E' Rumba 1:48 ( Dominio Publico ) - Sabor A Mi 3:26 ( Alvaro Carrillo ) - A Mayra. Desamor en Coda 1:49( Bebo Valdes ) - A Mayra. Descarga 2:04( Bebo Valdes ) - A Mayra , Sad Walk Sad Walk 0:30 ( Bebo Valdes ) - Chico's Dream : On the Town 1:23 ( Leonard Berstein / Betty Comden & Adolph Green ) Fascinating Rhythm ( George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin) El Manisero ( Moise's Simmons ) As Time Goes By ( Herman Hupfeld ) - Ecuacion 3:27 ( Bebo Valdes big band ) - Tin Tin Deo 3:16 ( German Velazco ) - Chano Pozzo 0:55 ( Pedrito Martinez ) - Nocturno en Batanga 2:44 ( Bebo Valdes ) - Noctundo en Batanga 0:29 ( Bebo Valdes ) - Love for Sale 1:44 ( Idana Valdes ) - Love for Sale Reprise 0:41 - Lily 1:42 ( Bebo Valdes / Juanito Marques & Nat Chediak ) - Studurst 1:18 ( Bobby Lavelle ) - A Mayra 2:42 ( Bebo Valdes ) - Vanguard Strings 0:30 ( Michael P. Mossman ) - Mambo Herd 1:44 ( Amadito Valdes ) - Deportacion 1:30 ( Bebo Valdes ) - Lily 5:49 ( Bebo Valdes ) - La Vella Cubana 4:06 ( Bebo Valdes ) . The Animated feature film of Chico & Rita won awards Feb 2011 , Jun 2011 and December 2011 also nominated for an Annie award Feb 2012 and Academy award Feb 2012 A great movie with an even better sound track .

Purchasing the CD after seeing the film probably colored my view; but, for those who like Cuban and Afro-Cuban music, these recordings are thoroughly enjoyable. The artists who perform are splendid in every way. The individual pieces are a bit short but there are many tracks (30) and this adds up to a fairly long CD.

Very rarely buy CDs anymore but was struck after seeing the Chico & Rita movie/cartoon. Thought the movie was great, the music superb. Being somewhat obscure, it took a little time to track down a vendor. As with so many items, Amazon to the rescue. This music works so well in many environments - this is pure latin soul.

I have only listened to this a couple of times, maybe three. I like it, but I think I should have bought the DVD first. Great arrangements, however, very solid renditions. I just wish there were longer versions of the selections.

Score! Love the music! I don't any thing else like it, it's a first! I have the recent Sabor Ah mi remix by Luis Miguel but that's about it. Lovely melodies, relaxing sounds! Shipped from Argentina so it took a little long but was worth the wait.

Authentic Latin Jazz w/all the Grammy & well known musicians/singers of the past half century. The film was pretty sweet as well; it deserved the 2010 Foreign Language full length animated feature Oscar even 'tho the award went to another production.

it took me a while to understand why some of the songs are there it isn't a bad cd but it isn't in my opinion something that flows that well! .

I stumbled across this animated adult movie on Netflix and was captivated by the detailed scenes and the wonderful soundtrack. I had to buy the CD after seeing this movie. Highly recommended!

Impeccable

アカデミー長編アニメ部門にもノミネートされた スペイン・キューバ＆イギリス合作映画『チコとリタ』のサントラ。 チコの演奏はあのベボ・バルデス！ とにかく充実の１枚です。 ラテン・ジャズ、キューバ音楽の心地よさに酔いしれます。 サントラとしてだけではなく、１枚のアルバムとしての完成度がとても高いです。 映画の余韻として楽しんでもイイですし、映画とは関係なく、 コーヒーを飲みながらゆっくりと聴き流してもイイと思います。 日本では2011年に「ラテンビート映画祭」で上映されましたが アカデミー賞ノミネートを契機に、国内でも劇場公開・ＤＶＤリリースされるよう 願っています！！

great

Schwungvolle Jazz-Musik, die einem am Leben hält! Ich habe den Film gesehen, der hauptsächlich durch die Musik and die Animation besticht. Einige Musikstücke gehen mir nicht mehr aus dem Kopf und machen einfach gute Laune.

Douceur, chaleur. Les oreilles se languissent. On est transporté à la Havane, à l'abris du soleil brûlant, rafraîchis par une légère brise. Un vrai voyage