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Emulating American doo wop teams like the Platters and Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers while incorporating bossa nova and calypso rhythms demonstrated a distinctive and successful combination for the Cuban quartet los Zafiros. Documenting between 1962 and 1967, los Zafiros (translated as “the Sapphires”) obtained relative popularity in Cuba and …

Assembled in the first ’90s at Havana’s National Superior Institute of Arts by ex-Ena Jazz Sextet pianist René Baños, singer/guitarist Reinaldo Santer, and percussionist/bassist Abel Sanabria, Vocal Sampling became a six-member group after becoming became a member of by singer/guitarist Jorge Chaviano, tropical trombonist Oscar Porro, and percussionist Renato Mora. …