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The bomba and plena traditions of Puerto Rico’s slums received respectability with the music of Rafael Cortijo (born Rafel Cortijo Verdejo). Inheriting his music group, which he renamed Cortijo con su Combo, when bandleader Mario Roman retired in 1954, Cortijo continued to be among the Caribbean’s many successful artists from …
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Ismael Rivera (Un Sonero Mayor “Maelo”) was created in Santurce, Puerto Rico, about Oct 5, 1931. Everything started on the same road Rivera was created and elevated on: Calle Calma. There he was instilled using the noises and rhythms of Puerto Rico: the bomba and plena. At a age group, …
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