V/A: Haiti Direct

Various Artists

Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1979

Strut Records

Hugo Mendez of Sofrito has spent years working on this two-disc compilation, the first commercially available summary of a sound that - once you hear it - seems suddenly so vital; you’ll wonder how you didn’t know this music already, and why you never had it. So m…