2007-05-04 02:05:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
"Oye Como Va" is a song written and composed in Cuba by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente and popularized by Carlos Santana's cover of the song in 1970 on his album Abraxas, helping to catapult Santana into stardom with the song reaching #13 on the Billboard Top 100.[1]
The title comes from the first words:
Spanish: English:
Oye como va Listen to how it goes (Lit. "Hear how it goes")
Mi ritmo My rhythm
Bueno pa' gozar It's good for partying, (Lit. "Good in order to celebrate")
Mulata. Mulata.
The song has the classic rhythm and tempo of cha-cha. It has similarities with Chanchullo of Israel "Cachao" López. The Latin Beat Magazine says that "Cachao's tumbaos for his 1937 composition of Resa Del Neleton (later changed to Chanchullo) inspired Tito Puente's signature tune 'Oye Como Va'."[2]
The song has numerous arrangements and remakes by numerous artists in various tempi. NPR included the song in its "NPR 100: The most important American musical works of the 20th century"[3]
[edit] Santana version
Santana's interpretation is a "driving, cranked-up version"[4] in a (at the time) new style of Latin rock (attributed to musicians like Santana), adding electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, and a rock drum kit to the instrumentation, while dropping Puente's brass section. The electric guitar part takes on Puente's flute melody along with Gregg Rolie's Hammond B-3 organ (with Rolie's discretional use of the Leslie effect), and there are several guitar solos and an organ solo, which are all rooted in rock and blues, containing licks similar to those of the original arrangement.[5] [6] [7]
[edit] References
^ "Carlos Santana," Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Accessed October 1, 2006).
^ "Orestes Lopez and the mambo" Latin Beat Magazine, September, 2002 by Max Salazar
^ [1] NPR 100
^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1111466 NPR 100: 'Oye Como Va'
^ http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072415665/418950/bakan_sample_ch11.pdf “Oye Como Va”: three generations in the life of a classic Latino/American dance tune
^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1111466 NPR 100: 'Oye Como Va'
^ http://www.soul-sacrifice.com/Abraxas.html Santana: abraxas
2007-05-04 02:20:00 · answer #1 · answered by crystal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santana
2007-05-04 02:09:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santana
2007-05-04 02:09:43 · answer #3 · answered by wizjp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the man Santana
2007-05-04 02:13:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tito Puente for example. Celia Cruz too.
2007-05-04 02:09:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santana did it!
2007-05-04 03:40:33 · answer #6 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bueno para gozar - good to have a good time/ for having a good time mulata - a person of mixed race
2016-05-20 03:12:37 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋