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• mmaslan Santa Barbara, CANew

  September 2007 Posts: 87

  Hi Michael,
  Where would you recommend starting with Aleman's recordings?
• MichaelHorowitz SeattleAdministrator

  September 2007 Posts: 6,233

  For a general overview, the Acoustic Disc set is great:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  After that, it depends what period of his career you're interested in. Personally, I like a lot of the later stuff were he was playing more modern forms of jazz. He even does some 60s modal stuff ala Miles Davis. See:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  I also really love all his Latin stuff....this one is my favorite of all of his. It's only Latin stuff: Choros, Sambas, Tangos, etc.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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