Various Artists

Craft Recordings brings together five Cuban jam sessions first released between 1956-1965 by the country's first independent record label, Panart.  This 5-CD or 5-LP set presents all of the jams in their entirety, featuring pianist Julio Gutierrez, tres player Nino Rivera, flautist Jose Fajardo, and bassist and mambo pioneer Israel Cachao Lopez.  The CD version has a 96-page booklet while the LP iteration, presented on 180-gram vinyl, has a 28-page booklet.  Also available digitally.