Vol. II

Description

Eliseo Pech was a saxophonist born into a family from Yucatan, Mexico, with deep musical roots. He later settled in Quintana Roo, in southern Mexico, close to the border with Belize. From there came the strong influence of ska and reggae. In the early 1970s, he formed the band Ely Combo, which was soon joined by Belizean singer Anthony Jones. Together they recorded only a couple of albums, packed with covers of reggae and funk hits. This is the second LP (1974) they recorded and is packed with Jamaican originals drawn from the repertoires of Boris Gardiner, Eric Donaldson, and Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, among others. Ely Combo was one of the first Mexican bands to incorporate Jamaican rhythms into its repertoire, a remarkable anomaly within the Latin American music scene of the 1970s.