“No Hace Falta Papel” by The Cesta All-Stars

After releasing three albums with Columbia Records, Puerto Rican born bandleader and vocalist Joe Quijano wasn’t finished leaving his mark on Latin Music. He formed Cesta Records, which went on to release some of the finest Salsa, Rumba and Latin music ever laid to wax.

In 1963 Quijano, along with Charlie Palmieri, arranged a jam session with Latin session players from around NYC. Inspired by impromptu sessions Quijano had stumbled on in Cuba, what transpired was a brilliant series of recordings that were almost forgotten.
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The sessions were recorded at Nola Studios and would go unreleased until 1974 when Quijano sold the license to Harvey Averne and his Coco Records. Without Quijano’s wishes, the brass at Coco Records decided to fabricate crowd noise to the original recordings. Even with their tampering, you cannot deny the wonderful musicianship and magical playing on this record.