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José Alberto started his own band in 1983, and became a major Latin star after the release of his 1984 debut Noches Calientes. [1] His 1991 album Dance With Me, [3] which established a new style of salsa called salsa romántica. [1] He has sung hit songs such as "Sueño Contigo" and "Disculpeme Señora". [2]
Orquesta La 33 (commonly La-33) is a Colombian salsa music band. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The collective was founded in Bogotá in 2001 by brothers Sergio and Santiago Mejía. [ 3 ] The name is taken from the city's Calle 33, in Teusaquillo , the 13th locality of Bogotá, where the band first rehearsed.
In the New York salsa scene in the early 1970s, the group began with Johnny "Dandy" Rodriguez Jr. and four of Ray Barretto's original band including Adalberto Santiago (who all left Barretto simultaneously to start Tipica 73 in 1972), and, after combining the conjunto percussive style (congas, timbales, and bongos) with a horn section, the band ...
Dark Latin Groove (DLG) is a salsa band that mixes salsa, reggae and hip-hop.The group was brought together in New York by producer Sergio George (who also signed them to his record company Sir George Records) and included Huey Dunbar, Fragancia, and James "Da Barba" de Jesus.
He appeared on three of their albums before disagreement over musical direction led him, and three other band members, to split during the mid-1970s to form Los Kimbos. [2] Santiago sang lead vocals on charanga albums, Fantasía Africana/African Fantasy and Our Heritage - Nuestra Herencia , by flautist, composer and producer Lou Pérez.
While the term salsa today is a rebranding of various Latin musical styles, the first self-identified salsa band is Cheo Marquetti y su Conjunto - Los Salseros which was formed in 1955. [15] The first album to mention Salsa on its cover was titled “Salsa” which was released by La Sonora Habanera in 1957.
Bio Ritmo ("Salsa Machine") is an American salsa band based in Richmond, Virginia formed in 1991. The name Bio Ritmo is a Spanglish word play on the term Biorhythm, the hypothetical description for the rhythm of life.
Candela (Spanish for candle and/ or fire) is a San Francisco-based nine piece salsa music and Latin jazz band created in 1986 under the direction of Uruguayan born lead singer and conga drummer Edgardo Cambón. [1] It consists of piano, bass, trombones, conga drums, bongo drums, timbales, and vocals. [2] "Candela" is one of the "oldest" Salsa ...