"The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (...) is a superb five-album collection of the Cuban scene-captured by the independent, Havana-based Panart Records between 1956 and 1964-that features pianist/ bandleader Julio Gutiérrez, tres virtuoso Nino Rivera, flutist Jose Fajardo and bassist/composer Israel "Cachao" Lopez ... Simply put, the well-produced and elegantly researched Jam Sessions contains the syncopated sonic scriptures from which salsa and modern Latin music were born".
