Consisting of Brian Stark/ts, Ben Weisger/tb, Eric Devey/tp, Stephen Busath/cong, Sebastian Nassar/timb, Brian Shank/perc, Ian Stewart/b and Jose Guzman/g, the Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective reminds the musical world that “salsa” actually means “sauce”, as this album simmers with a wide variety of tasty flavors. With a three member percussion team, there is a lot of percolating undercurrents throughout, with horns gliding over the simmering sounds on “ “El Canveral” and Deve powerhousing his way around “Descarga 2”. Stark is bold and bright on “Baile Bailekita” with the front line soft and seductive on the romantic “Carino”, simmering over on the aptly titled “El Volcano”. Picante power.