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Contemporary work from Johnny Ray – aka Johnny Zamot – a set of salsa-heavy tunes that also aims to cross over nicely – thanks to its choice of popular tunes, and its slight use of electric instrumentation! Johnny's group here salsifies a batch of numbers from the 70s and 80s... read more

Joyous grooves from congolero Johnny Ray – a contemporary set of salsa tracks, put together with a mix of keyboards and acoustic instrumentation at the core! Ray's conga's lost none of its edge over the years, and helps direct the group with a nice rootsy vibe – even amidst the more... read more

Johnny Ray's combo is cooking nicely on this set – steeped in Puerto Rican salsa sounds, but carrying off the music with lightly grooving quality! The instrumentation here includes trumpet, trombone, piano, and percussion – plus a bit of more contemporary keyboards on a few tracks, but... read more

Two great slices of work from Johnny Ray – one a salsa set from the 70s, the other a batch of boogaloo tunes from the 60s! The first 5 tracks here are from a studio set directed by Charlie Palmieri, and done in the best New York salsa mode of the time – with vocals from Yayo El Indio... read more

Great 70s work from the legendary Johnny Zamot – a set recorded around the same time as his monstrous album for Salsoul – with a similar salsa-heavy groove! The vibe here is nicely old school – lots of heavy percussion in the rhythms – including conga and guiero from Johnny... read more

A cooker of a boogaloo album from the legendary Johnny Zamot – quite possibly even better than his classic sets recorded for Decca in the 60s! The sound here is totally great – a non-stop Latin Soul party through and through – filled with romping rhythms, jazzy instrumentation,... read more