Pianist Roberto de la Barrera was arguably the first musician from Cartagena, Colombia, to record music that would later be labeled "tropical" and "salsa" with his own group in the early to mid-1960s. He also took the piano seat in the Discos Fuentes house orchestra and was an arranger on several releases. In 1970 he recorded his third album for the label, Se Formó la Salsa, featuring an irre-sistible mix of Colombian and Cuban flavors and often with that wonderful raw, loose, improvisa-tional quality associated with the descarga jam sessions of Cachao and others a decade before.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Macondo
• A2. Mi Sonora
• A3. Vamos Al Bohío
• A4. Oye Mi Ritmo

• SIDE B
• B1. Historia Fugaz
• B2. Juanita Morel
• B3. Se Formo La Salsa
• B4. Mi Son Montuno