It was in Old San Juan’s Bombonera restaurant in 1977 when I spotted the traditional straw hat and signature daisheke on the man sitting at the counter. C. Curet Alonso was holding a notepad and tape recorder when I sat beside him....
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This collection of classic tracks recorded by Rubén Blades for the Fania label includes some of the most exhilarating anthems in the history of salsa....
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HÉCTOR LAVOE
LA VOZ
(Fania 461), Released 1975;
Héctor Lavoe: "Remember that after I'm gone, that I still love you."
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The hegemony of Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe in the circuit of rising youth bands in New York around the middle of the 1960s was consolidated at the end of 1969 with the launch of the LP “Cosa Nuestra”.
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Together with bandleader Rafael Cortijo, Ismael Rivera (aka Maelo) revolutionized Afro-Caribbean music during the '50s....
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Live At The Red Garter Vol 2
Fania Allstars (LP 364)
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With its home base at New York City’s Palladium Ballroom, the mambo era was the pinnacle of Latin music in the United States....
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With this 1968 album, Tito Puente was proclaimed “The King” of Latin music and with it, he made an important contribution to the era of boogaloo. Boogaloo was a genre of Latin music that was born in New York City in the late 1960’s....
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