Skillfully balancing explosive Afro-Cuban percussion and sweeping brass splendour, Bronx-based Ray Barretto and his ensemble vivify the dance floor on 1970’s Barretto Power. The salsa-inflected opener, “Oye la Noticia”, is an ebullient tropical jam where Adalberto Santiago’s voice leaps through crescendoing keys and swings along vibrant horns. The dazzling “Se Que Volveras” is a mesmerising ode to unrequited love, while the gripping, piano-laced “Power” is loaded with fierce tropical fusion and a New York City attitude.