Joined by hard-grooving cohorts Neal Creque (keys), Bernard Purdie (d), Billy Butler (g), Eddie and Al Pazant (horns), Joe Armstrong (congas), and Billy Bivins (v), Pucho demonstrates on Jungle Fire! why he’s considered the absolute master when it comes to combining Latin, soul, funk, and jazz into a signature, danceable sound. The drum-driven double team of Pucho and Purdie delivers a crackling backbone of groove throughout on this incendiary set.
October 11, 2017
Side A
Friendship
Got Myself A Good Man
The Spokesman
Side B
Cloud 9
Jamilah
Bass [Fender] – Seaborn Westbrook
Bongos – Norberto Appellaniz
Congas – Joe Armstrong
Drums – Bernard Purdie
Electric Piano – Neal Creque
Guitar – Billy Butler
Lacquer Cut By – Kevin Gray
Leader, Timbales – Pucho
Liner Notes – Tom Curry
Producer – Bob Porter
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Pazant
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Seldon Powell
Trumpet – Al Pazant*
Vibraphone, Percussion – Billy Bivens*