The New Swing Sextet
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Making their professional debut in 1965 in New York City, the Grammy-winning New Swing Sextet is a popular exponent of Latin jazz, boogaloo, pop, salsa, soft pop, and funk. The groupâs sound revolved around th piano, vibraphone, bass, Latin percussion and vocals. The group became very successful shortly after their formation, appealing to audiences in the US and Latin America during the rise of bossa nova and Latin jazzâs popularity at the time. The New Swing Sextetâs debut album, The Explosive New Swing Sextet, was released in 1967, the same year than their debut single, âMonkey See, Monkey Doâ. They followed that release with A Taste of Spanish Harlem (1968), Swinginâ Along (1969), and Revolucionando (1970). The group fell apart in the â70s but returned with Back on the Streets (A Taste of Harlem, Vol. 2)(2008), Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (2013), and Lo Que Te Traigo (2019).
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- Revolucionando
- El Rajao
- Love's Nobody's Friend
- The Monster
- Mi Guajira, Mi Guarija
- El Bongo
- Recuerdo De Rafael
- No Te Vayas
- Arepas De Arroz
- Vente Pa Ya
- Baby Get A Hold On My Heart
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- Honeybee
- Coquero
- Soul Walk
- Mira Mama
- Up Tight
- My Baby Couldn't Wait
- Cum Cumbele
- El Jamaiquino
- Al Son
- La Rumba Se Acabo
- Para Ustedes
- A Taste Of Spanish Harlem
