As great as this April has been on the special guest front (and still more to come with Shuggie Otis this week and LA’s King next week!) there have been a few attempts at bringing in bands that simply didn’t work out. One of them was with Jungle Fire, a recently formed Afro-Latin funk outfit from here in Los Angeles. So far the band has released a couple of 45s on Colemine Records, including this one, released on Record Store Day 2013. At first I thought the band was covering Rusty Bryant’s “Fire-eater” but quickly realized that this is an original track (and a totally different fire-related activity), more of a Afro-Disco tip, that showcases some of the interesting directions the band may move towards in the future. Hopefully we’ll be able to bring them into KPFK a little later this year for what I’m sure will be a smoking live set.