The Fania All Stars got a huge boost from airplay on Dawson’s Sunday Salsa Show. Here they accompany Celia Cruz during a 1974 classic live performance in Zaire.
I don’t know much about Latin Jazz, except that I like it. I guess I can differentiate between Afro-Cuban, Mambo or Salsa, and also recall descriptions of Cruz’s singing style as being masculine, probably focusing on her relatively deeper pitch and rapid-fire vocal attack. Think Tina Turner with a little less shimmy, although Celia moves around plenty in her own right. Visually she might remind you of Patti Labelle, when she fronted the group featuring her name.
Baila!
Four Square Miles of Noise 
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