Leroy Anderson In Latin America - Marco Rizo

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Leroy Anderson In Latin America
Marco Rizo, His Piano & Orchestra
Forum F 9039

From the back cover: Marco Rizo, his piano and orchestra have taken some of Leroy Anderson's best known melodies and without losing any of its flavor have added a beguiling Latin touch that enhances the original songs. He keeps Anderson's flowing, melodic warmth and then heats it with his Latin piano styling.

Marco Rizo has shown a high degree of originality in his own right in arranging the Anderson melodies included here. He takes "Blue Tango" and turns it into a slow cha cha which effectively turns back to a tango rhythm in the release and then back again to a slow cha cha in the main theme. Anderson's delightful "Jazz Pizzicato" is given new expression as a merengue and the snappy, humorous "The Typewriter" with its tapping of the machine becomes a mambo dance number. "Belle Of The Ball" sounds as natural as a slow rumba as it originally did as a waltz. Many of Leroy Anderson's compositions fit perfectly into place and can be done no other way. "The Syncopated Clock" is constructed to be just what Marco Rizo has made it here, a natural cha cha melody.

Blue Tango
Jazz Pizzicato
The Typewriter
Belle Of The Ball
Sleigh Ride
Sandpaper Ballet
The Syncopated Clock
Forgotten Dreams
The Waltzing Cat
Jazz Legato Plink Plank Plunk
Summer Skies