Interactive Poll # 6 - Latin America!

Gang: Le radici e le ali

Paolo Conte: Blue Tangos

Vinicio Capossela: E Allora Mambo

Being aware of the non-PA rule...

I know is an arch-known artist, and album, but this thread keeps bringing it to my mind; an honorary mention for Pat Metheny's Letter From Home.. it never ceases to amaze me the quality of this… the magistral blend of beautiful and interesting melodies with (latin) styles, instruments, ...and the singing also..  it all adds just the right touch to the jazz that flows seamlessly..  to make it perfectly agreeable not only to the trained ear.

And Hrychu back there posted something from 'Los Jaivas - Alturas de Macchu Picchu', an album I adore and think is by far the best quality, most progressive, symphonic, conceptual, folk (...and the adjective you like!) album Latin America has ever produced (at least that I know of or guess; from Chile with total certainty.. there are other superb quality things, like 'Congreso' but not nearly as progressive/rock). The track chosen by Hrychu is doubtless the most popular of the album,  and it made me think of another one in the same album that I think perhaps is the most 'latin' (if maybe not the best one or the most 'progressive', but still), 'Amor Americano'. It is almost truely a 'Fiesta de la Tirana' piece that celebrates in the far North of Chile, and is related to Bolivia too. Reading here, it has also a mining origin..  in these festivities there is a dance called 'Diablada' wherein are used these 'Devil' masks and outfit like the one you see in the album cover.

Here's another idea..  maybe make 2 or 3 related polls.. in its respective categories, providing the links to each other in the respectives first posts: one for the Non-PA, another for the "out of competition" if you want (I still can't see clearly what is the criteria.. a runner-up? a track you wouldn't consider seriously.. anyway it is fun though) and an "In-PA" poll so as to be able to pick up all those afterthoughts.

I really like this one Logan.  Very nice.

and a few suggestions that others might take.. I will next poll I take..

i love the alt selections...  next poll I do.. I open it up suggestions during the 'week'... and say Friday.. everyone speaks up which one they want..  Satuday.. choices get inputted.. and voting starts.

I saw Greg would have gone with Dr. John.. still could have... but in the alt. segment o the thread.. We could have hashed it out and told him.. as I would am now.. take it man.  It was that f**king good.. and bleieve it would have been a contender to 'win' the poll.

sounds complicated.. but don't think it would..  could have some good pre-voting discussions about our prelim 'alt' choices..  if one got soem good feedback.. toss that into the poll

also cuts out early voting.. and allows one to change their selection if they are of a mind.  Decided upon further thought they had something else and wanted that to be the polling option.

may work well or be a car crash.. either way.. we win. I'll try it with my next.. or someone can try that their-selves. 

I think you'll really enjoy my selection next week..I'm sure you know it. Hopefully love it as I do. I have advance notice what the theme is and had my selection for his poll... already chambered before I even finished my PM back to Mathman telling how much I liked his theme.  Someone I'm you know and appreciate as much as I do.. and think we may be the only ones on the forum who do.. on both counts