Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers

Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers was a Latin jazz, soul jazz and R&B group formed in 1959 by timbales player . Of the many musicians that worked in his group, Chick Corea is among them. In 1973 he disbanded the group and focused more on traditional Latin music.^[1]

In the 1990s, his music received interest from the British Acid Jazz scene,^[2] and the re-formed Latin Soul Brothers perform today.

Discography[]

• Tough! (Prestige, 1966)
• Saffron And Soul (Prestige, 1966; reissued on BGP/Ace in 2012)
• Shuckin' And Jivin' (Prestige, 1967; reissued on BGP/Ace in 2012)
• Big Stick (Prestige, 1967; reissued on BGP/Ace in 2012)
• Heat! (Prestige, 1968; reissued on BGP/Ace in 1992)
• Dateline (Prestige, 1969; reissued on BGP/Ace in 2012)
• Jungle Fire! (Prestige, 1970; reissued on BGP/Ace in 1992)
• Yaina (Right-On Records, 1971; reissued on CuBop/Ubiquity in 1996)
• Super Freak (Zanzee Records, 1972; reissued on CuBop/Ubiquity in 1996)
• Jungle Strut (Lexington/West 47th, 1993; reissued as Pucho's Descarga on ¡Andale! in 2014) - with Bernard Purdie, Melvin Sparks
• Rip A Dip (Milestone, 1995)
• Mucho Pucho (Timeless, 1997)
• Groovin' High (, 1997)
• Caliente Con Soul! (CuBop/Ubiquity, 1999)
• How'M I Doin'? (Cannonball, 2000)
• The Hideout (Milestone, 2004)

Compilations[]

• The Best Of Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers With Jackie "Soul" Thompson (Prestige PR-7679, 1969) (compilation of three albums: Shuckin' And Jivin' , Big Stick, Heat!)
• The Best Of Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers (BGP/Ace, 1993) (compilation drawn from all 7 Pucho albums on Prestige)
• Tough! (Prestige, 1994) (compilation of Tough! + Saffron And Soul)
• The Best Of Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers (Prestige, 1996) (compilation drawn from 5 different Pucho albums)
• Cold Shoulder (Prestige, 2000) (compilation drawn from 4 different Pucho albums)

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