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If you are already familiar with the magic of La Sonora Ponceña, then you know what this compilation has in store for you: over the span of two CDs and 27 tracks, we have distilled the very essence of one of the jazziest, funkiest and most elegant orchestras ever to grace the landscape of Afro-Carib...MORE >

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Ray Barretto's career has been a long and varied journey. Born in Brooklyn on April 29, 1929, he is the quintessential Nuyorican, a Puerto Rican born and raised in New York City. By the age of two, his family had moved to Manhattan's Spanish Harlem and by seven, the South Bronx....MORE >

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When Louie Ramirez signed his first contract with Fania Records in 1971, Fania President Jerry Masucci, who was also a lawyer, decided to release Louie’s first album using the pseudonym Ali Baba to avoid any possible legal repercussions from his previous recording commitment.
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During the heyday of the boogaloo and shing-a-ling era, Fania released an album titled Bad Breath by Bobby Valentín, who at the time was a trumpet player....MORE >

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“Let’s just try it out, Sonny, if it doesn’t work, I’ll buy you a double”. The place: Palm Gardens Ballroom, mid-town Manhattan. The year: 1966....MORE >

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First things first. Let’s not confuse Monguito Santamaria with his world-famous, late father, the great conguero Mongo Santamaria. Still less with ‘Monguito’, the venerable Cuban sonero Ramon Quian who (confusingly) also recorded a couple of albums on Fania and Fania-related labels
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The fusion of Cuban son with pop, Soul, Rhythm & Blues and other African-American formats resulted in the quintessential New York genre known as boogaloo It was the first original offering created by the musicians from the Latin barrio, most of them of Puerto Rican origin....MORE >

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A transitional recording during a time of rapid societal change, “Champagne” marks the morphing of mambo to salsa in New York City with boogaloo as its bridge....MORE >

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In 1954, a Latino musician from the Spanish Harlem named Gilbert Calderón (aka Joe Cuba) decided to form a sextet with no brass and a bilingual singer. This man felt that the power of the English lyrics would allow the Latin sounds to reach an English speaking audience....MORE >

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NYC has always been a hotbed for musical innovation. Every neighborhood had it’s sound & uniqueness but the sounds of Spanish Harlem were something truly special. This box set is the total sum of a massive crate digging focused on the sounds of ‘’El Barrio’’....MORE >

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Jimmy Sabater is one of the more revered voices in Latin music – his role as one of the main vocalists with the Joe Cuba band for over 20 years pretty much ensured that....MORE >

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Willie Colon is today one of the superstars of salsa, a living legend whose career spans almost 40 years. His groundbreaking albums of the 1970s, with vocalists Hector Lavoe and Ruben Blades, still stand as some of the greatest salsa recordings of all time....MORE >