One of his rarest and best Verve recordings with Herbie Hancock, Ray Barretto, Mel Lewis and other top personel involved. Holds the frequently sampled Django and top jazz dancers in Moanin and Sweet Honeybee. Note tha...

Seriously slept on Cal Tjader recording with Clare Fisher involved. Where Is Love is a nice clubby tune, wonderful oriental vibes on Reza but check the tittle track, one of the best midtempo latin jazz funk pieces I h...

Compilation from 1987 with many of Cal Tjader's best compositions. Mambo Macumba, Ritmo Africano and much much more. Mongo Santamaria & Willie Bobo who both started their respective careers with Cal Tjader are joining...

Slept on 80s latin killer from Cal Tjader. Cover indicated fire and trust me there is plenty of heat on this one. Poncho Con Dos Amigos is 6 min of pure percussion and bongo battle plus there is a solid cover fo Coltr...

Laurindo Almeida arrangement and Bud Shank on fine form, this is strongly jazz infused latin experiment. Nice version of Round About Midnight and the lovely Harlem Samba are my favorites but overall a good listen. Ear...

European only salsa / bon release exlcusively out on Dutch Dureco. Plenty of synth for the cosmic heads on here as well as loud conga driven salsa vibes for the floor. Check Yo Soy Sonero for a feel. Stunning NM- copy...

Essential Vaya latin jazz release that in many ways represent NYC by the mid seventies in and around the Fania family. All killer no filler record with After Midnight, Recuerdos De Mi Infancia just a few of the highli...

Not as hard hitting as one has come to expect from the Egyptian band leader but still a good few Cha Cha Cha and Samba groovers on here. Nice copy with strong EX cover and weak EX disc (plays perfect).

Minty fresh copy of the ruthless album by the Venezuelan star setting under Kuroky Sanchez leadership. Killer stuff with Sabrosito, Papa Boco and Los Algodones my faves. Spoltess near mint vinyl and cover in shrink. W...

The sound of Caracas by Billo Frometa and crew ripping things up in usual upbeat style. Check a snippet of Juana Asuncion for a feel. Copy with wear but nice playback, somewhere betwen VG and VG+

Seldom seen debut album by French born Flamenco singer, writer and guitarist Bernardo Sandoval residing and recording in Spain. Very broad scope of styles from upbeat dancable pieces to dark almost ambient stuff. Ger...

Hannes Beckmann and his own world fusion group Sinto tackles great Brazilian, Latin and Afro Cuban anthems in a wonderful unique style. Funky, soulful and authentic. Record is straight EX, cover with light edge wear.

Wonderful scat jazz on Melodia De Betty hidden on this rare Areito release produced by Armando Gola. Definately one of the finest Cuban modern jazz tunes we have crossed paths with the last few months.

Wayne Henderson production with Side Effect on backing vocals this is a fantastic album that will appeal to rare groove as well as latin funk DJs. The track Vida is the bomb and makes for a perfect summer spin. Mega r...

Nice unexplored treat. Album released on the Bulgarian Balkanton label by a Germano-Latino disco unit holding 9 self penned tracks. Half the stuff on here is decent Euro disco but the other half is quality uptempo Lat...

Essential album by Spanish funk rockers Barrabas. Two great spins on here with Wild Safari and notably Woman who just always sounds good. US original with cut out but cover intact and in overall nice condition, scuffs...

Always in demand debut by this fine latin jazz-rock grouping spearheaded by Coke and Pete Escovedo. Plenty of high profile personel on board like James Vincent, Sheila E, Flip Nunez and Paul Jackson. Scuffs and the od...

Two track album to me unless you are into traditional Cuban cancion. Poblina De Las Serenatas and Son De Ida Y Vuelta are both good melodic floor friendly son dancers. Seldom seen Cuban original on Siboney with record...

If you thought Tango could not be funky, check this masterpiece by Astor Piazzolla & Gerry Mulligan. Summit is the deal maker but pretty much all good tracks. Price sticker tear to silver cover.

World renowned accordionist Astor Piazzolla with a great jazzed up live set from Vienna. Obviousy influenced by Tango but again he was never shy of exploring different directions which comes to show on this quintet re...