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In 1970, Jose Lebron composed '"Salsa y Control," a song that is credited with helping to give a broad category of Latin music the name "salsa." [3] Up until then the mambo, son montuno, guaracha, guaguancó, cha cha cha, etc. had no genre. "Salsa Y Control" helped give this music the name that is now known and acknowledged worldwide.
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Pacheco also produced music for feature films. The first film he worked on was the 1972 documentary Our Latin Thing; this was also the first film about the influence of salsa on Latino culture in New York City. His second film Salsa released in 1974. In the 1980s, he composed the scores for Mondo New York and Something Wild.
The resulting album, Latin Explosion, was re-released on CD together with Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature under the title From Havana to New York. [ 21 ] During the early 1960s, the descarga genre was revitalized in New York by the Alegre All-Stars, an ensemble featuring the most successful artists in the Alegre Records roster.
4 is the fourth album of the Los Hermanos band, released in 2005. The album was certified gold by the Brazilian Association of Record Producers after 50,000 copies were sold. [ 4 ]
Juan Valdez is a composer and orchestral director of salsa music in the Dominican Republic. Valdez has composed music for Asdrubar and helped jumpstart Michel "El Buenón"'s career, and has prepared arrangements of songs for numerous other vocalists. Valdez, born in 1962, played with merengue bands in his early years, including Sergio Vargas ...
The accolade for Best Salsa Album was first presented to Cuban singer Celia Cruz at the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in 2000 for her album Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa (1999). American singer Marc Anthony and Panamanian singer Rubén Blades hold the record of most wins in the category with four each, followed by Celia Cruz and ...
Los Hermanos is a rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group was formed in 1997 by Marcelo Camelo ( vocals / guitar ), Rodrigo Amarante ( guitar / vocals ), Rodrigo Barba ( drums ), and Bruno Medina ( keyboards / keyboard bass ).