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Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band: Jerry Gonzalez (trumpet, flugelhorn, congas); Milton Cardona (vocals, bata, chekere); John Stubblefield (tenor saxophone); Angel "Papo" Vasquez (trombone); Larry Willis (piano); Edgardo Miranda (guitar); Andy Gonzalez (bass); Steve Berrios (drums, bata, chekere, background vocals); Hector Hernandez (congas, bata, chekere, backgraound vocals); Nicky Marrero (timbales, percussion).

One of the finest recordings by Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band. Mixing together bop and post-bop with Latin jazz, Gonzalez's ten-piece group consists of his trumpet and congas, tenor saxophonist John Stubblefield, trombonist Papo Vasquez, pianist Larry Willis and a six-piece rhythm section including four percussionists. Gonzalez and his band show that it is possible to turn even such numbers as "Nefertiti," Miles Davis' "Eighty-One" and Thelonious Monk's "Jackie-Ing" into heated Afro-Cuban jazz. Highly recommended. Rec:Zurich, Switzerland on November 6, 1988