Soul Jazz Records - Latin Fire! tropical dance music from discos fuentes colombia 1956-83"

Soul Jazz debark from Colombia's Discos Fuentes port for Latin Fire!, a double LP's worth of topical tropicals from 1956 to 1983. From late-50s and 60s cumbia, through 70s salsa and Afro-funk, up to early 80s grooves, the label's pivotal role in exploiting and exporting Colombian rhythmalia is tracked with the utmost care and attention here. Tracks include Fruko y Sus Tesos' 'El Vidriero' and 'Salsa Na Ma', Latin Brothers' 'Duelo De Picoteros', Afrosound's 'La Sampuesana' and Wganda Kenya's 'Fiebre De Lepra'; Discos Fuentes, often called the Motown Of Colombia, merged Afro-Colombian roots with New York-style salsa, Caribbean soca, and zouk, sating an enduringly human tendency: to fuse all styles of cool.