CORTIJO Y SU COMBO CON ISMAEL RIVERA “Quitate De La Via, Perico” CD

★Remaster
★First edition limited edition paper jacket

This is the fourth Gema/Rumba album, released in 1961 by Cortijo Orchestra and Ismael Rivera at the height of their power. The black rhythms of bomba and plena, played by the whole band together, are simply overwhelming. The wild, rushing beat is just amazing.

Cortijo Orchestra
The Rumba Collection

The band led by percussionist Rafael Cortijo and his partner, the famous singer Ismael Rivera. The unique Puerto Rican music, such as bomba and plena, played with a wild and rushing beat and Ismael Rivera's lively singing voice, is the funkiest in the history of Latin/Caribbean music. Truly unrivaled. The pinnacle of Puerto Rican black music. This album presents remastered masterpieces from the heyday of Cortijo Orchestra and Ismael Rivera's Gema/Rumba Records era in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A must-listen for Latin music fans with an ear for club music.

■Track list