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Fania Salsa (2 Hard Songs) – Roberto Roena
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1 – Cancion De Las Canciones 2 – Take 5 Roberto Roena (born January 16, 1940, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico), is a bongo player and dancer of salsa music. Roberto Roena was one of the original members of a Puerto Rican salsa music orchestra called El Gran Combo. The group’s name had been derived from the name of an existing band named “El Combo” in which many of the original band members had been involved. In 1969, he went on to form one of the best Latin salsa bands in Puerto Rico called Roberto Roena y Su Apollo Sound that recorded such hits, as Y Tu Loco Loco, Traicion, Que Se Sepa and Herencia Rumbero. Also, Roena has been a long-time member of the Fania All Stars, a salsa group that has enjoyed worldwide success since the 1970s. He recorded his signature song, “Coro Miyare”, with the group; live performances of the song featured Roena playing the bongos and dancing with his uncle, legendary salsa dancer Aníbal Vázquez, in a choreographed section that almost always received standing ovations from the audience. Mr. Roena took a giant step in the fusion of salsa in the 1970s by joining forces with African superstar Manu Dibango of “Soul Makossa” fame.
Larry Harlow and Latin Legends of Fania
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Join the party in this unforgettable, muy caliente Latin concert event! Find out why pianist and International Latin Music Hall of Famer Larry “El Judio Maravilloso” Harlow is credited with revolutionizing salsa as it’s known today. This incredible 40th Anniversary reunion concert event is full of unforgettable performances with some of the biggest names in the Latin world of music. Featuring GRAMMY Award-winning percussionist Nicky Marrero, acclaimed singer Adalberto Sant… More >>
Fania Salsa (2 Hard Songs) – Hector Lavoe
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1 – Mi Gente (Take 5, 2009 Released) 2 – Las Flores Del Campo Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (September 30, 1946 June 29, 1993)[2] was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Lavoe was born and raised in the Machuelito sector of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Early in his life, he attended a local music school and developed an interest inspired by Jesús Sánchez Erazo. [3] He moved to New York City when he was 17 years old. [3] On his first week living in the city, he worked as the vocalist of a s**tet formed by Roberto García. [3] During this period, he performed with several other groups, including Orquesta New York, Kako All-Stars, and the Johnny Pacheco band. In 1967, Lavoe joined Willie Colón’s band and performed as the band vocalist. [4] With the Willie Colón band, Lavoe recorded several hit songs, including “El malo” and “Canto a Borinquen”. While working with the Willie Colón band, Lavoe became addicted to drugs and began to habitually be late when scheduled to perform with the band. Colón eventually decided to not work with Hector on stage but they still remained good friends and made music in the studio together. Lavoe moved on to become a soloist and formed his own band, where he performed as lead vocalist. [4] As a soloist Lavoe recorded several hits including “El cantante”, “Bandolera” and “El periódico de ayer” (“El Cantante” was composed by Ruben Blades, “Bandolera” by Colón and “Periódico” by Tite Curet Alonso. ) During this period he was frequently featured as an invited vocalist in the . . .
Fania Salsa (2 Hard Songs) – Angel Canales
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1 – Dos Gardenias 2 – La Humanidad Angel Canales, known as “El Diferente” at a time when mainstream popular culture was embracing all manner of picturesque characters representative of the individual and societal rebellions of the moment. But Angel Canales was an artist in the Latin/salsa industry which had always been resistant to drastic change. As a bandleader and stage personality he did not fit into any of the generally accepted archetypal personae for fronting a Latin/salsa orchestra. Bandleaders and singers were either suave, worldly, patrician, connoisseurs of taste or they were bad boys or lovers. The zany and unpredictable yet self-a**ured Canales was an anomaly; zany and unpredictable was usually expressed in the context of self deprecating foolishness and Angel Canales was nobody’s fool. Nor was he a countercultural revolutionary although a staunchly conservative industry perceived him as such and the result was the same. His music was infrequently played on commercial air and the lack of exposure ultimately affected his ability to secure work for the orchestra and he gradually distanced himself from the industry, concentrating instead on outside business interests. In 1990, a disenchanted and disillusioned Angel Canales tossed the arrangements for his music into the surf at Jones Beach, symbolically ending his musical career, and moved his family to Miami where he established a thriving diamond cutting business. Angel was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and moved . . .
Nery and Giana Salsa Dancing at Yemaya’s Fania Tribute Night in Sacramento
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