An excellent early session from Candido - and one of his first to move from straighter Latin into a much groovier vein! The session's done in collaboration with Lalo Schifrin - who was also working for Roulette at the time - and it's got a style that links Candido's older 50s-styled Latin conga work with some of the more fluid grooves that Schifrin was just beginning to forge at the time. There's a very strong jazz sensibility to the album - with Lalo on piano, Charlie Persip on drums, Jimmy Cleveland on trombone, and some really great baritone solos from Jay Cameron - whose playing gives the album an especially soulful sound. A1 Conga Soul 4:15 A2 The Lady Is A Tramp 3:47 A3 Toccata 6:05 A4 The Champ 4:33 A5 Love For Sale 4:44 B1 Big Noise From Winnetka 4:05 B2 New Secrets 4:35 B3 Lady Eve 4:15 B4 Dark Eyes 5:15 B5 Long Long Summer 6:05
