“Islacita” (pretty little island) contains mostly Latin music, as can be seen by the song titles.  The other few seem to belong on the CD because of their close relationship and similar beauty.  The Merengue is a dance that came from the Dominical Republic and is danced almost everywhere in the islands, and Central and South America.  In Argentina, the Cuarteto is very similar to the Merengue (on another CD).

This CD is very important to me because of the sensitivity and passion taught me by the Latinos.  “Sail to Rio for Carnival” contains excitement because of the anticipation of Rio and extranordinary music of Carnival.  “Flamencocita” and “Gypsy Dance” are intense and emotional music that comes from the pockets of Gypsies and Spanish dancers that are found in the Latin populations.  “I Don’t Care” is a deep feeling song that portrays the really sad and opposite meaning of the song title.

“Club Latin” is my remembrance of a piano bar that I visited one evening in Mexico.  As I walked in, I couldn’t see a thing in the dark candlelit room until my eyes adjusted to the scene before me.  There was a beautiful grand piano on a raised floor being played by a smiling man who nodded for me to sit on one of the stools around and close to the stage.  The music started out easy and simple and raised a level of complexity each time another person quietly joined in with an accompanying instrument.  Soon enough, beautiful rhythmic Latin Jazz flowed like magic. I was lulled into a trance living the music on my own life’s stage that was indelibly written into my memory.

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