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Percy Faith frequently dabbled in world music and had a great enthusiasm for Latin and exotic rhythms, which he explored on albums such as The Music of Brazil! and Jungle Drums. Viva! The Music of Mexico is his musical evocation of Mexico and, like many of his albums, straddles the wide line between moody and boisterous. Stomping passages with percussion and brass segue into movements of sweet violins and vice versa. The humorous arrangement of "La Cucaracha" suggests what Spike Jones might have sounded like as a mood music maestro, and Faith's treatment of "Mexican Hat Dance" could have been scored for Disney. There is nothing "authentic" about Viva! The Music of Mexico -- Faith mines the music and touristy image of Mexico for inspiration and comes up with an album of imaginative, at times vaguely ethnic, arrangements that provide listeners with a virtual tour of the idealized Mexico of Hollywood, picture postcards, and Mexican restaurants.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
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Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Agustin Lara, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Narciso Serradell, Composer, Lyricist - Percy Faith, Adapter
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Percy Faith, Adapter
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Percy Faith, Adapter
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Manuel Maria Ponce Cuellar, Composer, Lyricist - Percy Faith, Adapter
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Silvano Ramos, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Sébastian Yradier, Composer, Lyricist - Percy Faith, Adapter
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Agustin Lara, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - F.A. Partichela, Composer - Percy Faith, Adapter
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - José Guizar Morfín, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Percy Faith, Adapter
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Gabriel Ruiz Galindo, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Agustin Lara, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Percy Faith frequently dabbled in world music and had a great enthusiasm for Latin and exotic rhythms, which he explored on albums such as The Music of Brazil! and Jungle Drums. Viva! The Music of Mexico is his musical evocation of Mexico and, like many of his albums, straddles the wide line between moody and boisterous. Stomping passages with percussion and brass segue into movements of sweet violins and vice versa. The humorous arrangement of "La Cucaracha" suggests what Spike Jones might have sounded like as a mood music maestro, and Faith's treatment of "Mexican Hat Dance" could have been scored for Disney. There is nothing "authentic" about Viva! The Music of Mexico -- Faith mines the music and touristy image of Mexico for inspiration and comes up with an album of imaginative, at times vaguely ethnic, arrangements that provide listeners with a virtual tour of the idealized Mexico of Hollywood, picture postcards, and Mexican restaurants.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:42
- Main artists: Percy Faith & His Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
Originally released 1958. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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