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Chávez Ravine (album)

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Released
  
June 7, 2005

Label
  
Nonesuch

Release date
  
7 June 2005

Length
  
70:08

Artist
  
Ry Cooder

Producer
  
Ry Cooder

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Recorded
  
Village Recorders, Sound City Studios

Chávez Ravine (2005)
  
My Name Is Buddy (2007)

Movie
  
Chávez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story

Genres
  
Tejano music, Latin jazz, Chicano rock, Latin music

Similar
  
Ry Cooder albums, Tejano music albums, Other albums

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.

Contents

Chávez Ravine was nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album" in 2006.

Track listing

  1. "Poor Man's Shangri-La" (Ry Cooder, William Garcia, Gene Aguilera) - 5:28
  2. Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar, organ, tres
  3. Juliette Commagere - vocal
  4. Jim Keltner - drums
  5. Mike Elizondo - bass
  6. Joachim Cooder - timbales
  7. "Onda Callejera" (David Hidalgo, William Garcia) - 3:50
  8. Little Willie G. - vocal
  9. Juliette Commagere, Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
  10. Ry Cooder - guitar, laud
  11. Joachim Cooder - percussion
  12. Mike Elizondo - bass
  13. Joe Rotondi - piano
  14. Gil Bernal - tenor saxophone
  15. Mike Bolger - trumpet
  16. Ledward Kaapana - guitar
  17. "Don't Call Me Red" (Ry Cooder) - 4:58 This song is about Frank Wilkinson
  18. Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
  19. Juliette and Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
  20. Jon Hassell - trumpet
  21. Jim Keltner - bongos
  22. Joachim Cooder - timbales
  23. Mike Elizondo - bass
  24. "Corrido de Boxeo" (Lalo Guerrero) - 3:21
  25. Lalo Guerrero - vocal
  26. Ry Cooder - bajo sexto, guitar
  27. Joachim Cooder - drums
  28. Mike Elizondo - bass
  29. Joe Rotondi - piano
  30. Flaco Jiménez - accordion
  31. "Muy Fifí" (William Garcia, Joachim Cooder, Juliette Commagere) - 4:03
  32. Ersi Arvizu - vocal (in 2008, Ry Cooder produced the album "Friend for Life" for Ersi Arvizu Anti)
  33. Little Willie G., Jacob Garcia - vocal chorus
  34. Ry Cooder - guitar
  35. Joachim Cooder - drums, sampling
  36. Mike Elizondo - bass
  37. Chucho Valdés - piano
  38. "Los Chucos Suaves" (Lalo Guerrero) - 3:08
  39. Lalo Guerrero - vocal
  40. Ry Cooder - guitar
  41. Jim Keltner - drums
  42. Mike Elizondo - bass
  43. Joe Rotondi - piano
  44. Gil Bernal - tenor sax
  45. "Chinito Chinito" (Felguerez/Diaz) - 4:52
  46. Juliette Commagere - vocal
  47. Carla Commagere - vocal
  48. Ry Cooder - guitar
  49. Joachim Cooder - drums
  50. Jared Smith - bass
  51. Mike Bolger - organ, trumpet, valve trombone
  52. Joe Rotondi - piano
  53. "3 Cool Cats" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:57
  54. Little Willie G. - vocal
  55. Rudy Salas, Michael Guerra, Juliette Commagere, Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
  56. Ry Cooder - guitar
  57. Jim Keltner - drums
  58. Joachim Cooder - timbales
  59. Jared Smith - bass
  60. Joe Rotondi - piano
  61. Gil Bernal - tenor sax
  62. Mike Bolger - organ
  63. "El U.F.O. Cayó" (Juliette Commagere, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Jared Smith) - 8:22
  64. Juliette Commagere - vocal
  65. Don Tosti - vocal
  66. Ry Cooder - tres
  67. Mike Elizondo - bass
  68. Joachim Cooder - Sampling
  69. Jared Smith - keyboard
  70. "It's Just Work for Me" (Ry Cooder) - 5:54
  71. Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
  72. Joachim Cooder - drums
  73. Mike Elizondo - bass
  74. "In My Town" (Ry Cooder) - 5:40
  75. Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
  76. Sunny D. Levine - drum programming
  77. Jacky Terrasson - piano
  78. "Ejército Militar" (Rita Arvizu) - 3:16
  79. Ersi Arvizu - vocal
  80. Rosella Arvizu - vocal
  81. Ry Cooder - bajo sexto, guitar
  82. Joachim Cooder - drums
  83. Mike Elizondo - bass
  84. Flaco Jiménez - accordion
  85. "Barrio Viejo" (Lalo Guerrero) - 4:42
  86. Lalo Guerrero - vocal, guitar
  87. Flaco Jiménez - accordion
  88. Joachim Cooder - drums
  89. Mike Elizondo - bass
  90. Ledward Kaapana - guitar
  91. "3rd Base, Dodger Stadium" (Ry Cooder, William Garcia, Joe Kevany) - 5:45
  92. Bla Pahinui - vocal, guitar, ukulele
  93. Ry Cooder - guitar
  94. Joachim Cooder - drums
  95. Mike Elizondo - bass
  96. Joe Rotondi - piano
  97. Gil Bernal - tenor sax
  98. Mike Bolger - trumpet, valve trombone
  99. Ledward Kaapana - guitar
  100. "Soy Luz y Sombra" (The Cloud Forest poem; music by William Garcia, Joachim Cooder, Ry Cooder) - 3:15
  101. Ersi Arvizu - vocal
  102. Little Willie G. - vocal
  103. Juliette Commagere - vocal
  104. Ry Cooder - guitar
  105. Joachim Cooder - drums, sampling
  106. Jared Smith - bass
  107. David Hidalgo - guitar

Songs

1Poor Man's Shangri-La5:29
2Onda Callejera3:54
3Don't Call Me Red5:01

References

Chávez Ravine (album) Wikipedia
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