''Nuyorican Soul'' is the debut studio album by

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, released in 1997. It featured guest appearances from

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, and

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. It peaked at number 25 on the

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Critical reception

John Bush of

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said: "In keeping with

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's heritage, most of the album is Latin in feel and jazzy in composition, but with ever-present synths and piano runs that belie their heavy dance heritage." He called it "one of the best all-star dance albums ever recorded."

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

*Bobby Allende – congas, percussion *John Allmark – trumpet, muted trumpet *Richard Amaroso – cello *Orest Artymiw – violin *Roy Ayers – scat, vibraphone, vocals, background vocals *Catrice Barnes – background vocals *Davis A. Barnett – viola *Diane Barnett – violin *Rocco Bene – trumpet *Patricia Brown – violin *Terry Burrus – piano *Kathleen Carroll – viola *Edward Cascarella – trombone *Tony Cintron – drums *José "Cochi" Claussell – timbales *Starvin' T. Cordero – congas, percussion *Peter Daou – Fender Rhodes, keyboards *Dave Darlington – keyboards *Vidal Davis – drums *Benny Diggs – background vocals *Sarah Dubois – violin *Lisa Fischer – arranger, scat, vocal arrangement, background vocals *Richie Flores – bongos, congas, percussion *Richard Genovese – bass trombone *Edward Golazewski – baritone sax *Roger Harrington – violin *Carlos "El Nene" Henrique – bass *Ronnie James – guitar *Bashiri Johnson – percussion *Richard Jones – violin, background vocals *Olga Konopelsky – violin *Victoria Ann Matosich – viola *Andy McCloud III – bass, upright bass *Paulette McWilliams – background vocals *Albert Sterling Menendez – keyboards *Cindy Mizelle – background vocals *Diane Monroe – violin *Vince Montana – arranger, conductor, Fender Rhodes, string arrangements, vibraphone *Michael Natalie – trumpet *Peter Nocella – viola *Brian Pastor – trombone *Gene Perez – bass *Anthony Pirollo – cello *Anthony Posk – violin *Pamela Posk – violin *James Preston – Fender Rhodes *Marc Quiñones – timbales *Luisito Quintero – percussion, timbales *George Rabbai – trumpet *Christine Reeves – violin *Kimberly Reighley – flute *Melvin Roundtree – violin *David Sanchez – saxophone *Richard Schwartz – French horn *Ira Segal – guitar *Charlie Sepúlveda – trumpet *Richard Shade – background vocals *Barbara Sonies – violin *Igor Szwec – violin *Gregory Teperman – violin *Kathleen Thomas – violin *Steve Turre – percussion, trombone *Eric Velez – bongos, congas

Guest artists

*George Benson – guitar, vocals *Jocelyn Brown – scat, vocals, background vocals *DJ Jazzy Jeff – turntables *India – Spanish translation, vocal arrangement, vocals, background vocals *Eddie Palmieri – piano synthesizer *Tito Puente – timbales, vibraphone *Hilton Ruiz – arranger, horn arrangements, organ (Hammond), piano *Dave Valentin – flute

Production

*Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez – producer *Little Louie Vega – producer *Steven Barkan – engineer, mixing, mixing engineer *Dave Darlington – engineer, mixing, mixing engineer *Gene Leone – engineer, string engineer *Arthur Stoppe – engineer, string engineer *Oscar Monsalve – assistant engineer *Phil Pagano – assistant engineer *Dan Yashiz – assistant engineer

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1997 debut albums Talkin' Loud albums Nuyorican Soul albums