USED VINYL
René Touzet And His Orchestra – René Touzet At The Crescendo
$19.98
The record
Year/Genre: 1959, Latin Jazz / Cha-Cha
Matrix #: GNP 40
Condition: VG, sounds great, very scuffed up
Cultural Facts:
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Cuban bandleader René Touzet was a key cha-cha and mambo arranger who later settled in the U.S. after leaving Havana.
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Recorded for Gene Norman’s GNP Crescendo label, it documents Touzet’s dance band working at Norman’s Crescendo club on the Sunset Strip.
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Touzet’s earlier tune “El Loco Cha Cha” supplied the riff that R&B singer Richard Berry reworked into “Louie Louie.”
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Good pickup for fans of Tito Puente, Machito, Pérez Prado, or Xavier Cugat hunting West Coast Latin dance-band LPs.
Price Suggestions:
NM: $28–$34
VG+: $22–$26
VG: $14–$18
G: $8–$12
11/25/25 CC
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