
Viejas Raices
De Las Colonias Del Rio De La Plata
Originally released in 1976, one of the crown jewels of Latin-American jazz gets the reissue-treatment. Essentially the brainchild of Argentinian jazz's leading figure Jorge Lopez Ruiz, the project Viejas Races marked Lopez Ruiz's departure from the traditional forms of jazz in favour of a thrilling blend of jazz and Uruguayan candombe.