Lo ¿¿ltimo en la Avenida

by Ismael Rivera, Kako y su Orquesta, Kako

Overview

During the '50s, Ismael Rivera had been featured in one of the best groups in all of Latin music, Cortijo y Su Combo, but he spent a significant chunk of the '60s behind bars on drug charges. By the dawn of the salsa era, he had refound himself, with a new band that he fronted, Los Cachimbos. Their work is excellent, but 1971's Lo Ultimo en la Avenida is a different type of album, and a superior one at that. Paired with Kako, one of the other best Puerto Rican congueros of the era (beside Cortijo himself), Rivera sounds as energized as he was during the late '50s. The opening "Mi Negrita Me Espera" is equaled only by Rivera's virtuosic vocalizing on "El Cumbanchero," and he's closely followed (at an incredible pace) by Kako and his combo. Lo Ultimo en la Avenida is a one-off that rightly should have been followed up multiple times. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	01/28/2022
Label:	Craft / Craft Records
UPC:	0888072242531

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ismael Rivera   Primary Artist
Kako   Primary Artist
Kako y su Orquesta   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Rafael Hernandez   Composer
Carlos Valdes   Composer
Miguel Estivil   Producer
Miguel Barca Negra   Composer
Isaac Fernandez   Composer
Eugenio F. Arango   Composer
Francisco Cabrera   Arranger,Composer
Aurora Flores   Liner Notes
Eugenio Arango   Composer
Miguel Barcasnegras   Composer
Jose Davila Lopez   Composer
Ely Besabel   Design
Javier Vazquez   Arranger
Carlos Suarez   Composer
Ismael Rivera   Composer
Isaac Fernandez Martinez   Composer