Jazz Articles about Malo

Malo: Latin Bugaloo: The Warner Bros. Singles

by Chris M. Slawecki
August 1, 2018

"Malo was pretty much a jam," reflects Malo bandleader Jorge Santana (younger brother to Carlos Santana) in the notes to Latin Bugaloo. “Just a lot of natural energy. But it had to be structured into an arrangement." Latin Bugaloo compiles the A-and B-sides of six Malo singles released during the band's 1970s golden age, plus two sides ("Pana" and “Just Say Goodbye") released as a single only in Turkey for reasons not even Santana remembers. Because the original ...