Latin sizzle

* «x John Santos and the Machete Ensemble -—~Machetazo!, Bembe Records/Festival Distribution 1998 San Francisco-based John Santos brings together a vibrant bunch for a sizzling set of Afro-Cuban jazz. This one handily sidesteps the pitfall that some Latin-flavored jazz succumbs to: slick arrangeneents that fall slave to the imperative of the lovely dance rhythms inherent to the music. The

JOHN SANTOS

‘and the Machete Ensemble

Machete Ensemble cuts some fine rough edes courtesy of the earthy percussion and

smoking horns.

** Judas Priest — Jugulator, CMC International Records/BMG 1997 Mama! Where’ s Julie Andrews when we need her? Be afraid, very atraid. Fresh evil is afoot

and it ain’t about to be stopped by Bloody bombast has its wav. Blood S What would Mr. Gershwin make of th

fing nanny with good teeth, . Dead Meat. Burn In Hell. Brain Dead. Papa! “Jugulator he is near, attracted by the stench of

fear, part demonic machine, hungry and it’s time to feed.”

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in guitar attack, still w hining after all these vears (since 19691), and with lovely netal hair i intact, are Glenn Tipron and K. K. Dow ning. Jan Hill en bass remains

the third original Birmingham laddic. The Voice of Doom, Mr. Ripper Owens sounds very much like a dental drill,

A spot of mayhem anyone?

xxx Los Amigos Invisibles — The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera, Luaka

Bop/Warner 1998

Early days when David Byrne embarked upon his most excellent world beat trip with the Luaka Bop label the results tended to surprise and delight. The navigator brought com- pelling and exotic music to western ears. What we have here is a batch of funky latin disco music. That’s not to say it isn’t fun. It’s just not sizzling adventure. Ah, heck, shake that booty cha-chaborro stvle, you funky monkeys, you.

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