'Pa'l Bailador'
Johnny Palanco

(Los Angeles, CA)



Just released on January 22, 2002, I listened to the tracks and it sounds like a "must-have" for the salsa aficiondo who's looking for something a little different, but classic at the same time.

"In his function as the fearless leader of the ultimate West Coast party band of the Latin kind, the New York-born Dominican/Rican multi-instrumentalist/composer/ arranger Johnny Polanco has earned a reputation for creating what the local music writer Lina Lecaro categorized once as "the kind of infectious, rhythmic, multilayered Latin music that makes even the most timid wallflower abandon all restraint and give it a whirl on the dance floor." This assessment can be applied to the repertoire of Johnny Polanco & Conjunto Amistad¹s second disc (aptly titled Pa'l Bailador) as proven beyond any doubts by the following exhibits, numerically identified from 1 to 12..." quoted from Morrowland Records website.

1. GUAGUANCÓ CON RUMBA
2. XIOMARA
3. ME VOY PA' COLOMBIA
4. SAL DE MIS SUEÑOS
5. COCINANDO UN SON
6. DESCONFIANZA
7. PASA EL TIEMPO
8. TIERRA DE MI ABUELA Y PAPA
9. BRAZO EN BRAZO
10. UN MENSAJE PARA BRENDA
11. BAILE DE LOS NIÑOS
12. VINE PA' ECHAR CANDELA


Click here to listen to full versions of all the songs -- it's so new, that even the music websites don't have the music clips or the song list just yet...