Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Latin, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Latin
[Tracklist]
A1 En La Manana (3:49)
A2 La Fiesta (2:56)
A3 El Viaje (3:30)
A4 El Mercado (2:52)
A5 Algo Romantico (2:25)
A6 Cruzando (3:18)
B1 El Sueno (3:25)
B2 En La Ciudad (2:56)
B3 Sombras (2:30)
B4 La Adventura (2:23)
B5 Media Noche (2:23)
B6 Reprise (0:25)
[Credits]
Ben Tavera King (guitar/flute/accordion/harp/mouth bow/vocals) Mike Allison (bass/percussion) Alex Medina (percussion)
Producer: Ben Tavera, Engineer and co-producer: Dubby Hankins, Liner Notes: Rafael Castillo, Cover Artwork: John Branch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Recorded on January in 1984, at the DHS Studio, San Antonio, Texas, by Ben Tavera King Y Los Jazztecs, and was ahead of its time in mixing traditional music with contemporary concepts. "Border Crossings" is essentially a modern version of the centuries old Hispanic corrido, which is a series of verses that tell a topical story.
While a variety of traditional and even primitive instruments are used on this LP, the music's topic is as current as today's headlines. The album's cuts trace an everyman leaving his home to cross a border into another land. Is he going from Mexico to the United States to better himself economically? Or is he going 'from one Central American country to another to escape war?
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