My iMixes at iTunes
These lists are always shorter than the lists below, becuase they don't carry many of the songs I use, but you can find my iMixes and get them instantly, usually for $.99 per song. These require the
iTunes program to connect (but it's free).
Bolero
Night Club 2 Step
What I recommend from Amazon.com
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Generally, for a CD to go into a specific dance group, it should have more than one track that fits that dance type; albums with tracks for more than one dance type are in the "Mixed" group, and include CDs with, for example, a single Rumba, a single Samba, and 3 Foxtrots.
Bolero | Cha Cha | Cuban Motion Drill | East Coast Swing | Foxtrot | Hustle | Mambo
| Night Club 2 Step
| Quickstep | Rumba | Samba | Tango | Viennese Waltz | Waltz | West Coast Swing | Mixed
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If you're only interested in buying one disc for Bolero, this is the one you want. There are five tracks that are so good I use them regularly when teaching. Some will find the tempo a bit on the slow side, but that's where I like them. Bolero: 5; Cha cha: 3 |
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This contains numerous good Boleros and 3 Cha chas, many with long introductions; some songs go off-tempo in the middle or end of the track. Bolero: 7; Cha cha: 3 |
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Very nice sound. Bolero: 2; Cha cha: 1; Rumba: 1 |
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These are pretty much the same, but one is out of print.
Cha Cha (slow): 3; Mambo: 4; Rumba: 3; Bolero: 2 |
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Bolero: 2 (same song vocal/instrumental); Samba: 2 |
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These are pretty much the same, but one is out of print.
Cha Cha (slow): 3; Mambo: 4; Rumba: 3; Bolero: 2 |
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Cha chas can be a bit fast. Bolero: 5; Cha cha: 3 |
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This contains numerous good Boleros and 3 Cha chas, many with long introductions; some songs go off-tempo in the middle or end of the track. Bolero: 7; Cha cha: 3 |
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A mellow sound. Bolero: 1; Cha Cha: 3; Mambo: 3 |
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Cha cha: 3 |
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You can't stand still to these. Cha cha (fast): 2 that I use (there are more) |
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These are pretty much the same, but one is out of print.
Cha Cha (slow): 3; Mambo: 4; Rumba: 3; Bolero: 2
One of theses Boleros is the one I use for the Cuban Motion Drill. |
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Nice range of tempi. East Coast Swing: 7 that I use (there are more) |
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From Austin's own Marcia Ball. East Coast Swing: 2; Waltz: 1; West Coast Swing: 1 |
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East Coast Swing (fast): 4; Foxtrot (slow): 1; Quickstep: 2 |
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Contains lyrics some may find offensive. East Coast Swing (fast): 3; Foxtrot: 3;Quickstep: 2 |
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East Coast Swing: 2 that I use (there are more); Quickstep: 2 |
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East Coast Swing: 2 that I use (there are more) |
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For a Cajun twist, a little zydeco. East Coast Swing: 2; Waltz: 1 |
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Foxtrot: 8 that I use (there are more) |
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Contains lyrics some may find offensive. East Coast Swing (fast): 3; Foxtrot: 3;Quickstep: 2 |
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A sweet sound, and good practice for dancing to a jazz/bar band. Foxtrot: 3 |
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For a humourous touch; the Quickstep is excellent. Foxtrot: 2; Quickstep: 1 |
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It's everything you hope or fear. Hustle: 8 (there are probably more, but I have what I need) |
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But wait, there's more! I don't have this one, but the song list makes much of it good for hustle, as well. |
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These are pretty much the same, but one is out of print.
Cha Cha (slow): 3; Mambo: 4; Rumba: 3; Bolero: 2 |
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These are chock-full of Mambo, of a variety of tempi and styles (none modern, most of them excellent for dancing). Further, the liner notes provide a nice little history on the development of Mambo as a musical style, illustrating how a variety of styles all grew toward each other and became adopted by dancers as a single class of music. |
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From the Mambo King. Mambo: 5 that I use (there are more) |
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A mellow sound. Bolero: 1; Cha Cha: 3; Mambo: 3 |
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East Coast Swing (fast): 4; Foxtrot (slow): 1; Quickstep: 2 |
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Contains lyrics some may find offensive. East Coast Swing (fast): 3; Foxtrot: 3;Quickstep: 2 |
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East Coast Swing: 2 that I use (there are more); Quickstep: 2 |
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Rumba: 3 |
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An interesting mix of songs; hard to find. Rumba: 6 |
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These are pretty much the same, but one is out of print.
Cha Cha (slow): 3; Mambo: 4; Rumba: 3; Bolero: 2 |
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Two excellent sambas, two are kind of fast. Very hard to find. Samba: 4 |
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Two good, slow sambas. Samba: 2 |
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Bolero: 2 (same song vocal/instrumental); Samba: 2 |
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Cheap and just about all of them are good. |
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Acoustic guitar, small group, most pieces quite dancable. Tango: 7 that I use (there are more) |
| Annoyingly enough, the one album I have with more than one waltz on it is not carried by Amazon. There are some waltzes listed under the Mixed section below. |
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From very slow to perfect. West Coast Swing: 6 |
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East Coast Swing: 1; West Coast Swing: 5 that I use (there are more) |
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These are pretty much the same, but one is out of print.
Cha Cha (slow): 3; Mambo: 4; Rumba: 3; Bolero: 2.
One of theses Boleros is the one I use for the Cuban Motion Drill.
Excellent album. |
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Excellent slow Boleros and slightly fast Chas. Bolero: 5; Cha cha: 3 |
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This contains numerous good Boleros and 3 Cha chas, many with long introductions; some songs go off-tempo in the middle or end of the track. Bolero: 7; Cha cha: 3 |
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Bolero: 2 (same song vocal/instrumental); Samba: 2 |
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Bolero: 2; Cha cha: 1; Rumba: 1 |
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A mellow sound. Bolero: 1; Cha Cha: 3; Mambo: 3 |
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From Austin's own Marcia Ball. East Coast Swing: 2; Waltz: 1; West Coast Swing: 1 |
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East Coast Swing (fast): 4; Foxtrot (slow): 1; Quickstep: 2 |
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Contains lyrics some may find offensive. East Coast Swing (fast): 3; Foxtrot: 3;Quickstep: 2 |
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East Coast Swing: 2 that I use (there are more); Quickstep: 2 |
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For a humourous touch; the Quickstep is excellent. Foxtrot: 2; Quickstep: 1 |
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For a Cajun twist, a little zydeco. East Coast Swing: 2; Waltz: 1 |
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East Coast Swing: 1; West Coast Swing: 5 that I use (there are more) |
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Or you can hunt for something else, if these don't quite hit the spot.
