Phew. Is it hot in here? Is it gas or electric heat I'm feeling? Oh, throw open all the windows! Let the cool ocean breeze wrap around us we dance. Or so you'll be saying while dancing and cha-cha-cha'ing at The Manor's exclusive "Galactic Muffin Lounge," where our own DJ Li'l Scratch is spinning the best of Tino Contreras, the head-trippy, vanguard Mexican jazz drummer and composer. Ay! Even if you haven't heard of Tino, you've heard him at one point or another in your life. He's long been cherished South of the Border, but it's taken quite a bit longer for us gringos to catch on. Just wait. His jazz is propulsive, joyful, and dripping with sex, with everything from bongos, big bass swings, trumpets, psychedelic jazz riffs and ritual chants tossed into the mix, all of which you can hear in "Santo," his spaced-out classic: Tino lived long enough to find himself all but canonized in his country and in jazz circles worldwi...
