Down Beat called Gollehon's latest record, "A Molotov cocktail of electronic clave Bitches Brew funk and flat out brass playing is intelligent disco.
[5] It was around this time that he started to impress New York producers like Nile Rodgers, Arif Mardin, and Mike Chapman.
[3][7] Mac Gollehon also found himself as a longtime member of his musical hero Lester Bowie's group Brass Fantasy.
[4] This culminated in stints with Latin legends like Héctor Lavoe, Mighty Sparrow, Arrow, Larry Harlow, Frankie Ruiz.
[9][10][11] This has culminated with his most recent release, Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics, All About Jazz said the record, "focuses on the grooves and rhythms that are at the forefront of both Latin musics like salsa and EDM.