"Few sounds capture tropical heat-induced laziness better than a full Latin orchestra in a reverie. Unpick those sounds, and each member of the orchestra is essential to a groove that lasts as long as it takes for ice to melt in a rum cocktail. Horns are sultry, drums are earthy, guitars ebb and swell in slow rhythms and the bass is thumped out in a simple yet weirdly penetrating assault. Forget sweating it out in an afrobeat gig. When the music is this well acclimatised, you either crash sprawled in a chair or, if you and your partner can muster the energy, plug directly into the rhythm by swaying to a slow dance. So in a place as humid and sweat drenched as a Dakar night club, it's no wonder how popular the Cuban ensembles who toured Senegal in the 1940s became. ..."
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YouTube: Senegal 70 (African, Highlife, Afro-Cuban compilation) 41:22
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