Nicomedes Santa Cruz is brilliant, and this is a landó from his 1970 album Cumanana.
A cumanana is a certain kind of verse composition and rhythm whose investigation will lead to an eye-widening realization of the fascinating complexity of Afro-Peruvian music. A glance at the Wikipedia entry on the tondero gives an idea.
Axé.
Beautiful.
Just what I needed.
thanks – as usual.
🙂 I’m glad, RG! I think though that the most truly amazing Nicomedes track is this one: https://profacero.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/520/