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Un Poco Loco
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| "Un Poco Loco" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Bud Powell | ||||
| from the album The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume One | ||||
| B-side | "It Could Happen to You" | |||
| Released | 1951 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 4:42 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Songwriter | Bud Powell | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Bud Powell singles chronology | ||||
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"Un Poco Loco" is an Afro-Cuban jazz standard composed by American jazz pianist Bud Powell.[1][2] It was first recorded for Blue Note Records by Powell, Curly Russell, and Max Roach on May 1, 1951.[3][4]
Musical characteristics
[edit]"Un Poco Loco" is in thirty-two bar form.[4] It uses the lydian scale, incorporating chords overlapping chords to imply a polytonality (D major 7 over C major 7: CEGBDF#AC#) with the improvisation based on an alternating polytonality and an altered dominant chord. Particularly remarkable to jazz musicians is the placement of C# against a C major 7 chord; James Weidman attributed this to bitonality, while Tardo Hammer attributed it to an extension of the circle of fifths.[5]
Legacy
[edit]In the late 1980s, literary and cultural critic Harold Bloom included "Un Poco Loco" in his list of the most "sublime" works of twentieth-century American art (from his introduction to Modern Critical Interpretations: Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Yanow, Scott (2000). Afro-Cuban Jazz. San Francisco, C.A.: Miller Freeman Books. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-87930-619-9. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Priestley, Brian (1991). Jazz On Record: A History. New York: Billboard Books. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-8230-7562-1. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Groves, Alan (2001). The Glass Enclosure: The Life Of Bud Powell (Reprinted. ed.). New York: Continuum. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-8264-4746-3. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ a b McCalla, James (1994). Jazz, A Listener's Guide. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. pp. 116, 123, 125, 194. ISBN 978-0-13-097940-7. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ DeMotta, David J. (2015) The contributions of Earl "Bud" Powell to the modern jazz style. Doctoral dissertation, The City University of New York.
- ^ Kastin, David (2011). Nica's Dream (1st ed.). W. W. Norton. pp. 172, 173. ISBN 978-0-393-06940-2. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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Un Poco Loco
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Un Poco Loco is a lively song from the 2017 Disney•Pixar animated film Coco, performed by the characters Miguel Rivera (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez) and Héctor (voiced by Gael García Bernal) in an energetic, on-the-spot duet at a talent competition in the Land of the Dead.[1][2] The track, which translates to "a little crazy" in Spanish, captures the whimsical chaos of newfound affection through playful, escalating absurdities, blending mariachi influences with upbeat rhythms to highlight the film's themes of music, family, and cultural celebration during Día de los Muertos.[2]
Composed by Germaine Franco with lyrics by Adrian Molina, "Un Poco Loco" serves as a pivotal moment in Coco's narrative, where Miguel— an aspiring musician cursed to the afterlife—teams up with the trickster Héctor to perform and win entry to famed singer Ernesto de la Cruz's exclusive party, advancing Miguel's quest to fulfill his musical dreams.[1][2] Featured on the official Coco soundtrack released by Walt Disney Records, the song exemplifies the film's authentic incorporation of Mexican musical traditions, including son jarocho and mariachi elements, orchestrated by Franco to evoke joy and emotional depth. Its infectious energy contributed to the soundtrack's critical acclaim, helping Coco earn two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for "Remember Me," while underscoring the movie's over $800 million global box office success and cultural impact.[3]