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Poncho Sanchez
Released 2007

¿Dónde Va Chichi?
06:24
969 plays

Knock On Wood
03:35
872 plays

Tropi Blue
05:07
1,953 plays

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- Raise Your Hand
- 03:47
- 1,412 plays

- 2
- Tropi Blue
- 05:07
- 1,953 plays

- 3
- Shotgun
- 03:54
- 1,157 plays

- 4
- El Agua De Belen
- 06:14
- 1,348 plays

- 5
- Rosarito
- 03:55
- 1,180 plays

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- Maceo's House
- 05:52
- 1,164 plays

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- ¿Dónde Va Chichi?
- 06:24
- 969 plays

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- Gestation
- 04:55
- 1,013 plays

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- Amor Con Amor
- 05:48
- 1,004 plays

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- Knock On Wood
- 03:35
- 872 plays

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album review

Conguero Poncho Sanchez grew up on salsa and Latin jazz, but his musical influences also included large doses of Stax and Muscle Shoals R&B. So for his latest album, he decided to pay tribute to both traditions: the result is a strange but seriously fun jumble of soul, salsa, son and jazz. Gratefully, he generally avoids trying to fuse them all into a single hybrid musical style; instead, he jumps from one to the other. The album opens and closes with classic-style soul songs: "Raise Your Hand" and "Knock on Wood," both featuring singer Eddie Floyd, organist Booker T. Jones, and guitarist Steve Cropper. In between is a range of material that includes a brilliant straight-ahead salsa number featuring Andy Montañez titled "El Agua de Belen," the gorgeous "Amor con Amor," a very fine Maceo Parker showcase titled "Maceo's House" (which actually does blend soul and Latin influences, and carries it off nicely) and a couple of less compelling numbers as well. But even the nice-but-not-earthshaking "Gestation" offers plenty of fun, and there really is not a single track on this album that is anything less than thoroughly enjoyable. Highly recommended overall. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide