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Well worth seeking out are the albums that Jerry & brother Andy made as Conjunto Libre.

[Conjunto] Libre is percussionist Manny Oquendo and bassist Andy Gonzalez's group. I think that their music is generally more traditional (in an Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican way), more intense, and more innovative than most of what has been released by Jerry Gonzalez's Fort Apache Band.

It sounds like I must check out "Ya Yo Me Cure".

My wife and I are the only folks I know in my neck of the woods who enjoy that music. I've dug "Afro-Cuban" music since I heard Ray Barretto at my grandparents' Catskill hotel over 40 years ago. (They always had a "Latin" band alternating with a big Swing dance band in the big room for dancing before the show. The Swing band would then play during the show behind and between the various entertainers. A jazzy trio, quartet, or quintet would then play in their smaller late-night club for dancers and behind the late show.)

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Well worth seeking out are the albums that Jerry & brother Andy made as Conjunto Libre.

[Conjunto] Libre is percussionist Manny Oquendo and bassist Andy Gonzalez's group. I think that their music is generally more traditional (in an Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican way), more intense, and more innovative than most of what has been released by Jerry Gonzalez's Fort Apache Band.

I thought that Jerry was on the first Libre album or two back in the 70s, but I could be wrong.

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