One of the best things that gave the world the master Poems Cortijo · sound was so distinctive seal which has its orchestra and its music. Although means 28 years between his first and his last recording, to name the ends, I was born, " plus all that this implies in terms of distance in the arrangements, instrumentation, style and intention, only two seconds to know that the melody comes from the direction of this humble Puerto Rican who organized the first black band on the island to play that happy music. Brother of soul and friend of Ismael Rivera -who was the singer for several years, Rafael had a very definite north: Cortijo y su Combo always, always, they would play and sounds full and bombs aimed at the holidays natural groups in Santurce and San Juan, with lyrics and emotive light, naughty and everyday.
had the luxury-it is good to remember, to command a musical front willing to openly disclose the richness of sound
Antilles, which had many ramifications, and symbiosis between the islands and the mainland, at the time that music was not While cities view on racial and social. She put
full and the pump in the best dance halls of San Juan and produced one of the most sold-outs in recent memory at the Palladium Ballroom on 53rd Street New York, when he ran late 50.
always puzzled, yes, Maelo's voice, which was a vital part of the orchestra. When Rivera decided to move to New York in 1967-because in Puerto Rico not hired because of his past prison, "Cortijo tried for several months a move to Manhattan, but could not stand the noise of the city and decided to return to their usual Santurce.
is in San Juan where he performed in 1980 teacher's dream, his penultimate recording and one of the most refined. Supports his orchestra in two vocalists known names: Fe Cortijo, Rafael niece with a flawless soneo and several years of experience with the combo, and Ismael Rivera Jr., son of Maelo, Cortijo godson and, at that time by far that owing to his father. Perhaps
too.
The disc opens with Estanislao , a bomb tasty, very Santurce and daily, that invites to dance. Then a rumba advancing rapidly: With one foot, which seems to increase in tempo on purpose in the recording studio. And further, She spoke of love, a beautiful song, perhaps the best piece of the disc, which begins as a bonus with Fe Cortijo, then goes on to pump Cheche and ends in the middle with Junior.
drops of poison, with a chorus weak for my taste, it seems to follow the game -motion is a tell-of the romantic salsa begin to wreak havoc in the 80's, while Elena Elena may be the fifty re-version of the chocolate of Elena, one of the biggest hits of Cortijo (is perhaps in this area where most noticeable difference between father and son). The sauce itself, taken without complex, occurs in May does not end the bongo, a faith that shines, a fierce leather and a very interesting arrangement. A pity that you can not get the song online. Closed
album Bambolaé Cirilo Sanchez and revisiting both the typical floklore Borinquen but with modern arrangements and well-intentioned.
Two years after he recorded this album, Cortijo died because of pancreatic cancer. The funeral provoked spontaneous shock that paralyzed the island, showing a truth that no one could never hide: his beloved music was tied to the land where he lived, in Puerto Rico, and each of their productions could not help but pass that lair.
Nones, or Spotify or Rhapsody you can listen. The record was digitized on CD in 1989 but has not yet passed the cloud.
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| Fe Cortijo and Ismael Rivera Jr |
No nonsense. Cortijo
have had more or better fortune in all his life and artistic production during the 70-was stalled by the competition that was El Gran Combo and died with economic hardship, "but none of their albums bored. All are very cool, close, with lots of leather and walker. As done in the middle of a cumbiamba and we will put a microphone to it to see how it is obviously with varied results. The chorus, flavored street, for male and female voices, those are long montunos and give a lot of freedom to the singer. Cortijo had the luxury-it is good to remember, to command a musical front willing to openly disclose the richness of sound
Antilles, which had many ramifications, and symbiosis between the islands and the mainland, at the time that music was not While cities view on racial and social. She put
full and the pump in the best dance halls of San Juan and produced one of the most sold-outs in recent memory at the Palladium Ballroom on 53rd Street New York, when he ran late 50.
always puzzled, yes, Maelo's voice, which was a vital part of the orchestra. When Rivera decided to move to New York in 1967-because in Puerto Rico not hired because of his past prison, "Cortijo tried for several months a move to Manhattan, but could not stand the noise of the city and decided to return to their usual Santurce.
is in San Juan where he performed in 1980 teacher's dream, his penultimate recording and one of the most refined. Supports his orchestra in two vocalists known names: Fe Cortijo, Rafael niece with a flawless soneo and several years of experience with the combo, and Ismael Rivera Jr., son of Maelo, Cortijo godson and, at that time by far that owing to his father. Perhaps too.
The disc opens with Estanislao , a bomb tasty, very Santurce and daily, that invites to dance. Then a rumba advancing rapidly: With one foot, which seems to increase in tempo on purpose in the recording studio. And further, She spoke of love, a beautiful song, perhaps the best piece of the disc, which begins as a bonus with Fe Cortijo, then goes on to pump Cheche and ends in the middle with Junior.
drops of poison, with a chorus weak for my taste, it seems to follow the game -motion is a tell-of the romantic salsa begin to wreak havoc in the 80's, while Elena Elena may be the fifty re-version of the chocolate of Elena, one of the biggest hits of Cortijo (is perhaps in this area where most noticeable difference between father and son). The sauce itself, taken without complex, occurs in May does not end the bongo, a faith that shines, a fierce leather and a very interesting arrangement. A pity that you can not get the song online. Closed
album Bambolaé Cirilo Sanchez and revisiting both the typical floklore Borinquen but with modern arrangements and well-intentioned.
Two years after he recorded this album, Cortijo died because of pancreatic cancer. The funeral provoked spontaneous shock that paralyzed the island, showing a truth that no one could never hide: his beloved music was tied to the land where he lived, in Puerto Rico, and each of their productions could not help but pass that lair.
Nones, or Spotify or Rhapsody you can listen. The record was digitized on CD in 1989 but has not yet passed the cloud.
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