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Cortijo

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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