First ever reissue of “Rito esclavo”, Pedro Laza’s eighth album as leader of Los Pelayeros, originally released on Discos Fuentes to great success in 1961. . This early Fuentes classic LP is distinguished by high quality engineering that holds up brilliantly more than half a century later, with bright and deceptively intricate interlocking brass featuring a distinctive reed section, rolling tropical percussion and a wide variety of Caribbean rhythms from both Colombia (cumbia, porro, paseaíto, fandango) and Cuba (cha-cha-chá, mambo).