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Context
Title track of Ray Barretto's first album for Fania (1968), often cited among the most enduring boogaloo records. It rests on a repeated bass line that leaves room for long instrumental exchanges and a conga solo by the leader; the album, recorded in the studio without overdubs, mixes son montuno, boogaloo and jazz improvisation.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban: Afro-diasporic roots, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).