Spanish digi pack CD album release from 2014. Jerry Gonzalez’s Fort Apache Band was probably one of the last, most iconic ensembles to come out of New York, via the ether of Puerto Rico. Few bands would boast the fire of a trumpet cast against the ethereal beauty of piano and the ferocious rhythm of bass dancing in and out of the conga and the drums. For that was how it felt to listen to trumpeter and conga player Jerry González almost lay siege to the breathtaking, quintessence of Larry Willis’ piano. This exquisite polyphony was inexorably rooted in the polyrhythms of Andy González’s bass and in Steve Berrios’ drums, and Jerry González’s own congas that daubed a range of wonderful percussion colours to the musical canvas. It was an irreparable loss when the Fort Apache Band was disbanded, presumably because it had simply run its course.
- 1 Aguëybana
- 2 Eighty One
- 3 Earthdance
- 4 Let's Call This
- 5 Ugly Beauty
- 6 Footprints
- 7 Rumba Y Consecuencia
- 8 Sueños Vampiricos
