Tag Archives: Dominican Traditions

Fernandito Villalona’s possibility to become involved within the Dominican popular music picture came in 1971 when he participated inside a seek out new skill festival organized by Amucaba, an area performers association. Acclaimed among the finest performers, a well-deserved third place for the reason that event allowed him to become …

b. Dominican Republic. From the middle-50s, singer, music group head, composer, arranger and manufacturer Cuco Valoy and his guitarist sibling Martín worked because the duo Los Ahijados. They released some albums which they performed music in an average Cuban style. Within the 70s Valoy arranged a 12-piece music group which …

A Dominican merengue group, La Mákina was organized by business owners Fernando Digestive tract (former bassist for Los Sabrosos del Merengue) and Orlando Santana (who used Wilfrido Vargas and Toño Rosario). Santana’s rigorous assist with the group — composing nine from the ten songs on La Mákina’s debut recording, 1996’s …

La Orquesta Joven certainly are a merengue group whose albums include 3RA Oportunidad (1991), 7 Anos Contigo (1992), ¡Guayao Varon! (1994), and Pa’ los Que Decemberían (1997). Made up of Chano, Fhey, Joel, and Neit, the group continued to be active in old age; located in the Bronx, NY, it …

A product from the Dominican Republic, the merengue quartet La Banda Negra were led by singer and composer Rubén Rubén. Their debut LP, Credenciales, made an appearance in 1998.

The Dominican-based merengue outfit La Banda Gorda was led by trumpeter José Virgilio Peña Suazo, a former person in groups including La Coco Music group. The very first La Banda Gorda recording, Libre Al Fin, adopted in 1994; following efforts consist of 1995’s Candela Pura, 1997’s Por un Mismo Camino …

Dominican merengue star Kinito Méndez (blessed José del Carmen Memoryírez) got involved with well-known music at age nine while taking part in a group known as Pequeños del Ritmo. In 1988, he produced a tropical action called Cocoband alongside Alfonso “Pochi” Vásquez. From then on, he produced the group Rikarena, …

The very first merengue artist to become nominated for any Grammy award, in 1985, Bonny Cepeda (born: Fernando Antonio Cruz Paz) is among the most successful dance music artists within the Dominican Republic. A previous person in Wilfredo Vargas’ orchestra, Cepeda offers led such organizations as Los Hijos del Rey …

Best-known because of their hit “Merengue Party,” the Latin dance group Kontrol is actually a vocal quartet led by Jochy Rey (b. Jose Feliz) and offering Jaime Garcia, Wilbert Jorge, and Jose Pena. The group’s design, Merenhouse, mixes the merengue music that started in the Dominican Republic with horn-dominated preparations …

Gifted percussionist/composer Chichi Peralta continues to be identified for creating his very own style, referred to as Fusón, merging jazz, Afro-American, Afro-Cuban, and Latin rhythms. In 1997, the musician, through the Dominican Republic, documented his first record, known as Pa’ Otro La’o, released in Latin America as well as the …