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East Side San Jose

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Low Rider / Chicano Music Must Have! Finally, an analog version of this tribute album to Eastside San Jose, a barrio (Mexican-American neighborhood) in San Jose, California, has arrived. The king of Chicano soul, Sunny Osuna, joins on one track. The album features a gorgeous spread of the music loved by Chicanos in the barrio from the 1960s to the 1980s, and is a special tribute to Eastside San Jose, a historic Mexican neighborhood where César Chávez, the leader of the Chicano civil rights movement, once lived. Starting with a Chicano-slang intro by popular Bay Area radio DJ Chuy Gomez, the album is filled with the most enjoyable Chicano music from cumbia, oldies, Latin soul, Latin funk, and traditional Mexican music, including son jarocho. The man behind the music is producer/accordionist Ivan Flores and multi-instrumentalist Sian Vallesteros, who will be joined by Sunny, who is also a popular cumbia player in Japan, and the band's founder, Ivan Flores. In addition to Sunny, guests include Mariposas del Alma, a cumbia female chorus group popular in Japan, and Patricia Hidalgo, a very popular performer of the traditional Mexican music Son Jarocho.