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The quintessential classic bolero trio, Los Panchos were formed in NY in 1944 by Mexicans Alfredo Bojalil Gil and Chucho Navarro and Puerto Rican Hernando Avilés. The trio’s innovative format, which would turn into a standard from the genre, presented three voices and three guitars, in addition to Gil’s distinctive …
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Perhaps one of the most popular and influential Cuban sets of the ’20s and ’30s, Trio Matamoros was formed in 1925 by Miguel Matamoros, alongside percussionist Siro Rodriguez and guitarist Rafael Cueto. The music group performed from 1925 until it disbanded in 1969, striking several innovative peaks on the way. …
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