Dakar, Punto Final
Context
Cañonazo (1964) is the first album of Fania Records, founded in 1963 by Johnny Pacheco and lawyer Jerry Masucci. On it Pacheco moves to a conjunto in which trumpets replace violins, and records for the first time with Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez. It is the only original composition on the album.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban. Among the origins and influences of Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban: Afro-diasporic roots, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).