Salsoul Latin disco take on Nigerian percussionist Babetunde Olatunji's "Jin-go-lo-ba," meaning in Yoruba, "do not worry." All bongo fury and boogie fever. Keep on dancing and dancing, in a rush, a frenzy, stretching out to the hot groove until the dancefloor lifts off, the disco ball unspools, and dancers spin in circles shooting off sparks of light. Rodriguez was on a short list of top NYC DJs during the classic disco era.
Here's Olatunji's original from 1959:
And also a more guitar heavy, classic rock, version appears on Santana's first album, 1970:
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