LOUIE RAMIREZ

 

... was an American boogaloo, salsa and latin jazz percussionist, vibraphonist, composer and band leader. 

His debut as a bandleader was in 1963 with Introducing Louie Ramirez ...

Louie RAMIREZ en el corazón de Harlem Español

In 1972 he released with Tito Rodriguez the LP Tito Rodríguez y Louie Ramírez En Algo Nuevo...

TITO PUENTE

 

TITO PUENTE (1923 - 2000) ...was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer of Puerto Rican descent. During the 1950s Tito Puente helped to bring Afro-Cuban and Caribbean sounds like mambo, son and cha-cha-cha, to mainstream audience.

Oye Como Va

Joe QUIJANO

 

M A M B O with Joe Quijano

... fue un cantautor, músico y director de orquesta. En 1956 fundó su propria agrupación, el Conjunto Cachana.

Joe Quijano y su CONJUNTO CACHANA

In a Little Spanish Town

 

MIGUEL ANGA DIAZ

 

MON RIVERA ( 1924-1978)

 

... Mon Rivera started with his own orchestra in 1961, when he was woeking on the album Que gente averiguá. This album was released in 1963. The lineup included :

Charlie Palmieri - piano

Eddie Palmieri - piano

Barry Rogers - trombone

Mark Weinstein - trombone

Manolin Pazo - trombone

Kako - percussion    .....

Que Gente Averigua

ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ (1911-1970)

 

... was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader. He played the tres, tumbatora, and he specialized in son, rumba and other Afro-Cuban music styles.

 Arsenio RODRIGUEZ ... y su Conjunto Cubano

 Montunos Cubanos

 Arsenio RODRIGUEZ & The Afro-Cuban Sound

TRIBUTO - Ralph Irizarry (1954 - 2021)

 

RALPH IRIZARRY ... Grammy award-winning percussionist, bandleader, and studio musician who has played on jingles, film and televison scores..

In 1996 Irizarry created his own Latin jazz project - TIMBALAYE - a septet with a different instrumental format: Latin percussion intruments instead of the typical drum set. Timbalaye's repertoire combines contemporary jazz sounds with rhythmic elements from all over Latin America and Africa, as well as Cuba and Puerto Rico.

Two years after the group's inception came their first release:

Ralph Irizarry and Timbalaye,  Shanachie Records 1998

Their second album was

Best Kept Secret, Shanachie Records 2000

It's Time, BKS Records 2003

Ralph Irizarry & Soncafé - Tributo 

Ralph Irizarry & Los Viejos de la Salsa