A lovely merengue from Ventura's earlier work. From what I recall from Austerlitz, Ventura helped transform merengue by adapting the format of early Salsa bands, incorporating choreography from US soul and popular music, and seeming to absorb some Haitian influences. Alas, the singing on this track is a little too fast for me to understand, but with a name like Jacmel, Haitian references presumably abound (and I think I heard some Kreyol).
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