Libre, aka Manny Oquendo’s Libre, was co-founded in Oct 1974 simply by Manny Oquendo (b. 1931, Brooklyn, NY, USA, of Puerto Rican parentage; head, timbales, bongo, güiro, various other percussion, chorus, plans) and Andy González (b. 1951, Manhattan, NY, USA; bass, claves, additional percussion, chorus, plans). They fulfilled while dealing …

Because the 1970s, percussionist/bandleader/arranger/maker John Santos continues to be among the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Bay Area’s strongest proponents of salsa/Afro-Cuban music and Latin jazz (mainly Afro-Cuban jazz). The Bay Region, like the majority of of California, includes a huge Hispanic population; thousands of people of Mexican descent reside in …

Even though Estrada Brothers experienced their group for many years, it was not really until 1997 that that they had a chance to record for a significant jazz label. The music group were only available in the middle-’50s and was founded by Ruben, Henry and Angel Estrada. The brothers was …

Multi-talented singer/songwriter, actor, autoharpist, and comedian Greyish DeLisle was created August 24, 1973, beyond Monterey in Fort Ord, CA. Her mom was a vocalist and musician while her dad was a vehicle driver who treasured country music, offering the youthful DeLisle the pedigree that could form her professional profession (she …

The flagship act for Fania Information, the Fania All-Stars popularized NY salsa through the 1970s by organizing concerts at much larger and much larger venues (from your Red Garter in Greenwich Town completely to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx) that spotlighted not merely the label’s however the salsa world’s biggest …

Carlos “Patato” Valdes was the most influential conguero of his era. Furthermore to his unrivaled rhythmic and melodic sensibilities, he also developed the tunable conga, practically reinventing the device along the way. Valdes was created November 4, 1926 in Havana, where his dad played electric guitar with regional group Los …

Ed Palermo continues to be leading his personal big music group for a lot more than 25 years, an achievement simply by itself. Ahead of that he previously performed or documented with Aretha Franklin, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Lou Rawls, Melba Moore, …

Cuban-influenced dance band leader Eddie Gomez hailed from Puerto Rico and was mixed up in United States through the ’50s. He’s one of the performers with this name in Latin music, most of whom are overshadowed from the mighty existence of bassist Eddie Gomez — today’s jazzman who, with an …

Puerto Rican Cultura Profética produced its debut using the launch of Canción de Alerta. It had been stated in 1998 by Eroll Dark brown in Kingston, Jamaica, where in fact the band came back in 1999 to create Ideas Nuevas, an assortment of traditional reggae, Latin rock and roll, bossa …

Vocalist La Lupe (given birth to Guadalupe Victoria Yoli Raymond) became involved with music while finishing instructor training, performing reside in different open public areas. In 1962, the musician, also called La Yiyiyi, resolved in NY, obtaining along with percussionist Mongo Santamaría and producing a record known as Mongo Introduces …