Still believe that the first "Latin Side Of ...." dealing with John Coltrane was the strongest effort .... or was this music just better suited for "latinisation" 🧐🤔 ....
Millie Jackson marketing herself already in a more "physical" way, nevertheless with top song material and recorded @ Muscle Shoals Studios this LP is secured in high quality Southern Soul territory overall .... btw excellent bonus material via the Southbound/Ace reissue from 2007 ....
Héctor Lavoe "Mentira" (Fania Records) 1976 .... starts rather innocently with Cha-Cha-Cha rhythms, but out of nowhere the coro of Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, Jose Mangual Jr and Milton Cardona takes over .... and Héctor Lavoe is flyin`high ....
Quality and joie de vivre meet at eye level .... comprising music from the late 60`s to 1980 this Stern's Africa compilation really hits the spot .... indispensable ....