Like most of the collaborations between trombonist, composer and musical director Willie Colón and mercurial Puerto Rican singer Héctor Lavoé, the album that you hold in your hands transcends the boundaries of salsa.... MORE INFO>
“Ray Barretto once said to me when I had him on my radio show,” recounts bandleader Chico Mendoza when asked about his short-lived band, Ocho. “He said, ‘Chico, I loved your band, man.... MORE INFO>
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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Known sarcastically as “the King of Punctuality,” for his innate inability to arrive to his shows on time, the Puerto Rican’s affable nature earned him the adoration of music lovers, who crammed into performance halls throughout the Spanish-speaking ... MORE INFO>
To enjoy an artist's music recorded in a studio is one thing, but to hear (or actually see) a singer's live performance on stage is another thing altogether. Especially when that artist is Héctor Lavoé.
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Anybody who is at least marginally familiar with the breathtaking catalogue of Puerto Rico's La Sonora Ponceña will tell you that one disc is simply not enough to include all of the orchestra's greatest hits.... MORE INFO>
