Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers was a Latin jazz, soul jazz and R&B group formed in 1959 by timbales player Henry "Pucho" Brown. Chick Corea is among the many musicians who performed with him (albeit prior to Pucho's recording career).

The core of his band, in the foundational early records, were Pucho Brown on percussion, Eddie Pazan on reeds, Al Pazant on trumpet, William Bivens, Jr., on vibraphone, and Neal Creque on piano and organ.

In 1973 he disbanded the group and focused more on traditional Latin music.^[1]

In the 1990s his music received contemporary interest from the British Acid Jazz scene.^[2] The re-formed Latin Soul Brothers continue to perform.

Discography

• Tough! (Prestige, 1966)
• Saffron And Soul (Prestige, 1966; reissued on BGP/Ace in 2012)
• Shuckin' And Jivin' (Prestige, 1967; reissued on BGP/Ace in 2012)
• Big Stick (Prestige, 1967; reissued on BGP/Ace in 2012)
• Heat! (Prestige, 1968; reissued on BGP/Ace in 1992)
• Dateline (Prestige, 1969; reissued on BGP/Ace in 2012)
• Jungle Fire! (Prestige, 1970; reissued on BGP/Ace in 1992)
• Yaina (Right-On Records, 1971; reissued on CuBop/Ubiquity in 1996)
• Super Freak (Zanzee Records, 1972; reissued on CuBop/Ubiquity in 1996)
• Jungle Strut (Lexington/West 47th, 1993; reissued as Pucho's Descarga on ¡Andale! in 2014) - with Bernard Purdie, Melvin Sparks
• Rip A Dip (Milestone, 1995)
• Mucho Pucho (Timeless, 1997)
• Groovin' High (Cannonball, 1997)
• Caliente Con Soul! (CuBop/Ubiquity, 1999)
• How'M I Doin'? (Cannonball, 2000)
• The Hideout (Milestone, 2004)

Compilations

• The Best Of Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers With Jackie "Soul" Thompson (Prestige PR-7679, 1969) (compilation of three albums: Shuckin' And Jivin' , Big Stick, Heat!)
• The Best Of Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers (BGP/Ace, 1993) (compilation drawn from all 7 Pucho albums on Prestige)
• Tough! (Prestige, 1994) (compilation of Tough! + Saffron And Soul)
• The Best Of Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers (Prestige, 1996) (compilation drawn from 5 different Pucho albums)
• Cold Shoulder (Prestige, 2000) (compilation drawn from 4 different Pucho albums)

References