Once again scouring
the vaults, this time for
rare Latin funk gems,
Chicago’s Numero
Group unearths early-
’70s Puerto Rican
septet Los Nombres,
who successfully
combined War-worthy
funk with mellow,
three-part harmony
pop akin to Gary
Puckett and the Union
Gap or The Rascals.
This potent amalgam,
combined with some
energetic jazz-psyfreak
blowouts, make
this an impossible
oddity too eclectic
to ignore.