Music from the Golden Age of Big Band Cumbia on Double LP.
The Coastal Invasion highlights the golden age of big band cumbia and the maestro who is often seen as Colombia's most influential composer, Lucho Bermúdez.
Bermúdez was a key figure who modernized the tropical music of Colombia's Caribbean coast. At the beginning of the 20th century, this music was largely looked down on. Bermúdez changed all that by injecting a modern, jazzy big band sound to the Afro-Colombian sounds from his native region.
The infectious Afro-Amerindian dance rhythms of Lucho Bermúdez y su Orquesta took over the elite nightclubs of Bogotá and Medellín, and from there, his music spread all over Latin America. For many Colombians, the songs of Lucho Bermúdez, and his wife and starlet singer Matilde Diaz, represent the sound of their nation.
This compilation contains a selection of the music of Lucho Bermúdez y su Orquesta recorded during the years that they lived and worked in Medellín, probably the best work the orchestra ever recorded.
High-quality 2LP. Includes a 16-page booklet with the illustrated biography of Lucho Bermúdez.
Features
- High-Quality Double LP
- Mastering by Colin Young (See Why Audio) & Nick Robbins (Soundmastering)
- Cutting by Timmion Cutting
- Gatefold Jacket
- 16-Page Booklet - Illustrated Biography of Lucho Bermúdez
Selections
Side A:
- Danza Negra
- Mi Pueblo
- Colombia Tierra Querida
- Nelly
- A Orillas Del Chicagua
- Gaita De Las Flores
Side B:
- Fiesta De Negritos
- Que Caña Dulce
- Roberto Mendez
- Tambores De Chambacu
- Prende La Vela
- Santa Marta
Side C:
- Mi Cumbia
- Gaiteando
- Arroz Con Coco
- Plinio Guzman
- Navidad Negra
Side D:
- Tolu
- Taganga
- La Buchaca
- Irma
- Mi Cumbia (Alternative Version)
