'Peregoyo y su Combo are among Colombia's most influential & fondly remembered bands. Formed in the PACIFIC coastal town of Buenaventura in the mid 60s under the leadership of Prof. Enrique Urbano Tenario, the band shared a vision to create a modern electric sound out of the local musiques of Colombia. This album, recorded in 1972 at the height of their success, is the band's ultimate testament. Local rhythms such as the cumbia, curralo & porro as well as Cuban & Puerto Rican flavoured cuts are given the Peregoyo treatment. A rich powerful, horn led sound underpinned by rock-steady bass & percussion with impassioned vocals & riffing horns laced with jazz tinged solos. Sensual, melodic, rhythmic, classic... this record is considered the cream of the crop from the premiere Colombian label Discos Fuentes.' Q Magazine
'If you want horns, check out this burning set from 1972 of salsa from Colombia. This stuff never lets up as it hurls groove after incessant groove at you, sax and trumpet blazing from a path cut by fat, no bloated, bass licks, pervasive percussion and searing solo and group vocals. It's salsa, rumba, jazz and pop from coastal Columbia, Cuba, Puerto Rico and New York with nary a hint as to how they got there. ' ~ CF, RootsWorld
'This is a reissue of an early-'70s release by a band alas long defunct. The style is your basic salsa-cumbia (salsa-currulao, salsa-porro, etc.). But Peregoyo's group stood out for a splendid mix of originality and down-home tipico, plus an improvised solo trumpet lead to the frontline that gave the whole thing far more flair than the usual arranged horns. It's spiffing all round... ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music, AMG
me gusta mucho. viva Colombia. un 320 rip
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