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Bassist and trumpeter Bobby Valentín contributed greatly towards the Fania All-Stars through the ’70s (he was their theory arranger) and recorded several solo albums through the period, moving from boogaloo and Latin spirit into salsa while his profession progressed. Given birth to in Puerto Rico in 1941, Valentín was trained …

Beny Moré is the foremost singer of well-known music Cuba has ever produced. Believe Frank Sinatra or Nat Ruler Cole and you will get a concept of how he’s recognized in Cuba, and exactly how he ought to be deemed elsewhere. Within the almost half hundred years since his loss …

La Sonora Santanera’s innovator, Carlos Colorado, belonged to an area orquesta in his hometown of Barra de Santa Ana, nonetheless it had not been until he moved to Mexico Town that his group, Tropical Santanera, was created. The music group played private celebrations around the town, attracting the eye of …

New York-based Si*Sé was shaped by multi-instrumentalist Cliff Cristafaro, aka DJ U.F. Low, and Dominican Republic-descendant vocalist Carol C. Both unified their understanding and experience within the drum’n’bass and electronica field, accumulated metropolitan and Latin rhythms after getting joined up with by talented music artists, getting an experimental downtempo collective. …

A product from the San Nicolas de las Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico music picture, the group Tropical Panamá, founded in 1979, is led by principal vocalist Francisco Javier Gonzalez. One of the Mexican pioneers from the cumbia and vallenato noises, the group was frequently controversially in comparison to both Renacimiento …

Latin superstar Amalia Mendoza (given birth to Amalia Mendoza García) was created and raised within the bosom of a normal Mexican family associated with folk music. She started her solo profession in 1954 while performing on the radio display. In the past due ’50s, los Tariácuri (name extracted from her …

Among Mexico’s seminal songwriters through the pre-war period, Agustin Lara wrote favorites including “Granada,” “Solamente una Vez,” “Maria Bonita,” “Farolito,” and “Palabras de Mujer.” Lara excelled in a number of song designs — ranchera, bolero, exotic songs, even the casual tango — and brought a cosmopolitan flair towards the Aged …

Blessed in Bogota, Colombia, Fonseca decided music young, creating and offering his initial compositions to relatives and buddies by age 12. Learning music officially at institutions such as for example Javeriana School in Bogota and Berklee University of Music in Boston, he honed his compositional and functionality abilities. Fonseca’s self-titled …

Meren-rap duo Sandy y Papo blend the wealthy rhythms of traditional merengue with hard-hitting beats similar to American club music, both house and hip-hop. Documenting for Parcha Information, the group debuted using the 1996 LP Hora de Bailar. Otra Vez adopted one year later on, and Sandy con Papo’s Remix …

Puerto Rican tropical threesome Zona Roja was formed by talented musician Jossie Esteban in the first ’90s, building its live debut on Apr 14, 1992, at San Juan’s Roberto Clemente coliseum. A 12 months later on, led by Eddie Garcia, Zona Roja began touring the U.S., Central America, and SOUTH …