Description
Chávez Ravine - A Record by Ry Cooder / Nonesuch Audio CD / 7559-79877-2
UPC 075597987720
Chávez Ravine: A Record by Ry Cooder is the twelfth studio album by Ry Cooder. It is the first concept album and historical album by Ry Cooder which tells the story of Chávez Ravine, a Mexican-American community demolished in the 1950s in order to build public housing. The housing was never built. Ultimately the Brooklyn Dodgers built a stadium on the site as part of their move to Los Angeles.
| Label: | Nonesuch – 7559-79877-2 |
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CD, Album
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| Genre: | Latin, Folk, World, & Country |
| Style: | Folk, Latin Jazz, Folk Rock |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Poor Man's Shangri-La |
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5:28 |
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| 2 | Onda Callejera |
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3:51 |
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| 3 | Don't Call Me Red |
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4:58 |
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| 4 | Corrido De Boxeo |
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3:21 |
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| 5 | Muy Fifí |
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4:03 |
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| 6 | Los Chucos Suaves |
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3:10 |
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| 7 | Chinito Chinito |
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4:52 |
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| 8 | 3 Cool Cats |
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3:14 |
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| 9 | El U.F.O. Cayó |
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8:21 |
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| 10 | It's Just Work For Me |
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5:58 |
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| 11 | In My Town |
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5:41 |
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| 12 | Ejercito Militar |
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3:16 |
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| 13 | Barrio Viejo |
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4:42 |
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| 14 | 3rd Base, Dodger Stadium |
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5:51 |
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| 15 | Soy Luz Y Sombra |
| 3:23 |
- Accordion – Flaco Jimenez (tracks: 4, 12, 13)
- Artwork [Background Housing Plans] – Robert C. Imbrecht
- Artwork [Pogo Cartoon] – Walt Kelly
- Artwork, Illustration [Front cover and Jewel case insert] – Michael C. McMillen
- Bass – Jared Smith (tracks: 7, 8, 15), Mike Elizondo (tracks: 1 to 5, 9, 10, 12 to 14)
- Bongos – Jim Keltner (tracks: 3)
- Coordinator [Editorial] – Robert Edridge-Waks
- Coordinator [Production] – Eli Cane
- Design [Package] – Tracey Shiffman
- Drum Programming – Sunny D. Levine (tracks: 11)
- Drums – Jim Keltner (tracks: 1, 6, 8)
- Edited By [Digital] – Martin Prader
- Guitar – David Hidalgo (tracks: 15), Ledward Kaapana (tracks: 2, 13, 14)
- Keyboards – Jared Smith (tracks: 9)
- Management – Macklam/Feldman Management
- Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
- Mixed By – Don Smith
- Percussion, Drums – Joachim Cooder (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 to 15)
- Piano – Chucho Valdés (tracks: 5), Jacky Terrasson (tracks: 11), Joe Rotondi (tracks: 2, 4, 6 to 8, 14)
- Producer, Guitar, Organ, Vocals – Ry Cooder
- Production Manager [Supervisor] – Karina Beznicki
- Recorded By – Rail Jon Rogut
- Recorded By [Additional] – Don Smith, Jerry Boys, Sunny Levine
- Recorded By [Assistant] – Okhi Kim, Pete Martinez
- Tenor Saxophone – Gil Bernal (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 14)
- Translated By [Song Translations By] – Chuy Varela, William Garcia
- Trumpet – Jon Hassell (tracks: 3)
- Trumpet, Organ – Mike Bolger (tracks: 2, 7, 8, 14)
- Vocals – Carla Commagere (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 8), Don Tosti (tracks: 9), Ersi Arvizu (tracks: 5, 12, 15), Jacob Garcia (tracks: 5), Juliette Commagere (tracks: 1 to 3, 7 to 9, 15), Little Willie G. (tracks: 2, 5, 8, 15), Michael Guerra (5), Rosella Arvizu (tracks: 12), Rudy Salas (tracks: 8)
- Vocals, Guitar – Lalo Guerrero (tracks: 4, 6, 13)
- Vocals, Guitar, Ukulele – Bla Pahinui (tracks: 14)
