La Sonora Matancera

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Angustia 00:00 Tools
Mala Mujer 03:54 Tools
Cuando sali de cuba 00:00 Tools
Descarga Sonora 00:00 Tools
Tu Precio 00:00 Tools
Eso Se Hincha 00:00 Tools
El Muñeco De La Ciudad 00:00 Tools
Intruso Corazón 00:00 Tools
Piel Canela 00:00 Tools
Cuban Pete 00:00 Tools
Me Voy Pa' La Habana 00:00 Tools
Quémame Los Ojos 00:00 Tools
Mala jujer 00:00 Tools
Ay Cosita Linda Mamá 00:00 Tools
Soñar 00:00 Tools
Vagabundo 00:00 Tools
En El Mar 00:00 Tools
Esperanza Inútil 00:00 Tools
Guantanamera 00:00 Tools
Todo Me Gusta De Ti 00:00 Tools
Los Aretes De La Luna 00:00 Tools
Total 00:00 Tools
Doña Mariquita 00:00 Tools
Virgen De Media Noche 00:00 Tools
Aunque me cueste la vida 00:00 Tools
Yo no soy guapo - Remastered 03:10 Tools
Burundanga 00:00 Tools
Besito De Coco 03:05 Tools
Yo No SoY GuaPo 03:10 Tools
Tu Rica Boca 00:00 Tools
El Mambito 00:00 Tools
Cañonazo 00:00 Tools
Momposina 00:00 Tools
¿Quién será? 00:00 Tools
Yerberito Moderno 00:00 Tools
Cualquiera Resbala y Cae 00:00 Tools
La Sopa En Botella 00:00 Tools
Ay Cosita Linda 00:00 Tools
En la orilla del mar 00:00 Tools
HUMO 00:00 Tools
El negrito del Batey - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Fiesta 00:00 Tools
El Chivo 00:00 Tools
Sujetate La Lengua 00:00 Tools
OYE MIMA 00:00 Tools
El Negrito Del Batey 00:00 Tools
La Esquina Del Movimiento 00:00 Tools
Cien mil cosas 00:00 Tools
Yo Soy El Son Cubano - Original 00:00 Tools
Cuando Salí de Cuba 00:00 Tools
Vive La Vida Hoy 00:00 Tools
Micaela 00:00 Tools
Óyeme Mamá 00:00 Tools
BESAME MORENITA 02:26 Tools
El Alacran 00:00 Tools
Hava naguila 00:00 Tools
La Traidora 00:00 Tools
Quemame los ojos 00:00 Tools
Las Muchachas 00:00 Tools
Mi Cuba Bella 00:00 Tools
La esquina del movimiento - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Vendaval sin Rumbo 02:55 Tools
En El Bajio 00:00 Tools
Por dos caminos 00:00 Tools
Tu Voz 00:00 Tools
Historia De Un Amor 00:00 Tools
Frutas De Espana 00:00 Tools
Bongo 00:00 Tools
Mani tostao 00:00 Tools
Intruso Corazon 00:00 Tools
Noche de Farra 00:00 Tools
LUCES DE NUEVA YORK 00:00 Tools
Ipso Calipso 00:00 Tools
Linstead Market 00:00 Tools
Baila Mi Rumba 00:00 Tools
La Interesada 00:00 Tools
Conoci a tu papa 00:00 Tools
Cañonazos - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Ave María Lola 00:00 Tools
Saoco 00:00 Tools
Mis Noches sin Ti 03:22 Tools
Tuya y mas que tuya 00:00 Tools
El Velorio (Live) 00:00 Tools
Oyeme Mama 03:22 Tools
El Niño Majadero 00:00 Tools
Caribe Soy 00:00 Tools
Bonifacio 00:00 Tools
Rico Guaguanco 00:00 Tools
El corneta 00:00 Tools
Apambichao 00:00 Tools
Yo Soy El Son Cubano 00:00 Tools
EL MAMBO ES UNIVERSAL 00:00 Tools
Ay! Cosita Linda 00:00 Tools
Ven pa mi casa 00:00 Tools
Don Palucha 00:00 Tools
Guaguanco No. 3 00:00 Tools
El Yerbero Moderno 00:00 Tools
La Cinturita 00:00 Tools
El Novio Celoso 00:00 Tools
Oye Este Mambo 00:00 Tools
Cao, Cao, Maní Picao 00:00 Tools
Yo Quisiera Saber 00:00 Tools
Ay Que Rico Amor 00:00 Tools
AVE MARIA LOLA 00:00 Tools
Dos Gardenias 02:54 Tools
En La Casa De Mi Compay 00:00 Tools
Tu Rica Boca (Carlos Argentino) 00:00 Tools
Anacaona 00:00 Tools
Queridos Padres 00:00 Tools
El guajirito 00:00 Tools
Quien sera 00:00 Tools
para que la oigas 00:00 Tools
amor sin esperanza 00:00 Tools
En el juego de la vida - Remastered 00:00 Tools
EN LA NOCHEBUENA 00:00 Tools
Compay Lobo 00:00 Tools
Con La Punta Del Pie 00:00 Tools
A burujon puñao 00:00 Tools
Asombro 00:00 Tools
Melao de Caña 00:00 Tools
Corazón sin puerto 00:00 Tools
El Sofá 00:00 Tools
Bésame morenita 00:00 Tools
En el juego de la vida 00:00 Tools
Sabor a ti 00:00 Tools
Dos Almas 00:00 Tools
Dile Que Por Mi No Tema 00:00 Tools
Pugilato 00:00 Tools
QUE DICHOSO ES 00:00 Tools
El Muerto (Jaleo) 00:00 Tools
sin pensar en ti 00:00 Tools
Ayer Y Hoy 00:00 Tools
Ven bernabe 00:00 Tools
Ritmo de mi cuba 00:00 Tools
Dile Que Por Mí No Tema 00:00 Tools
EL VAQUERO 00:00 Tools
Delirio 00:00 Tools
En la palma de la mano 00:00 Tools
El Disgusto De La Rumba 00:00 Tools
LA MAMA Y LA HIJA 00:00 Tools
A Todos Mis Amigos 00:00 Tools
El Baile Del Sillon 00:00 Tools
Cruel Indiferencia 00:00 Tools
Yo No Soy Guapo (feat. Vicentico Valdés) 00:00 Tools
Quisiera Y No Quisiera 00:00 Tools
Noche de Farra (No Me Aprietes) 00:00 Tools
Señora Bonita 00:00 Tools
Ave María Lola - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Cerca del Río Grande (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Al Fin Llegaste 00:00 Tools
Me Voy Pa La Habana 00:00 Tools
Bailala Con Su Tambó (Live) 00:00 Tools
El preso 00:00 Tools
Que Dichoso Es (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
IPSO CALYPSO 00:00 Tools
Chupando caña 00:00 Tools
Tu Voz / Celia Cruz 00:00 Tools
Quimera Fugaz 00:00 Tools
Guaguanco 00:00 Tools
Cacungaca 00:00 Tools
Una Docena De Besos 00:00 Tools
Guede Zaina 00:00 Tools
Tu hablas de mi 00:00 Tools
Fuiste Mala 00:00 Tools
Consuelame 00:00 Tools
Amor Ciego 00:00 Tools
Quién Será 00:00 Tools
Yo Vivo mi Vida 00:00 Tools
Nadie Quiere Ser Culpable 00:00 Tools
Soñando Contigo 00:00 Tools
La equivocada 00:00 Tools
Negrito Del Batey (Daniel Santos) 00:00 Tools
Ritmo Cubano 00:00 Tools
Ay, Cosita Linda 00:00 Tools
Que Lengua Mas Larga 00:00 Tools
Tuya, Y Más Que Tuya 00:00 Tools
El Juego De La Vida 00:00 Tools
En el Mar (feat. Carlos Argentino) 00:00 Tools
En la Orilla del Mar (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
Lamento Borincano 00:00 Tools
Esa Si Es Cheque 00:00 Tools
Llegaron Las Navidades 00:00 Tools
Bamba Alegre 00:00 Tools
Yerbero moderno 00:00 Tools
El alacrán 00:00 Tools
Despedida 00:00 Tools
Se Formo la Rumbantela 00:00 Tools
Tristeza Marina 00:00 Tools
Una Aventura 00:00 Tools
Angelitos Negros 00:00 Tools
VAMONOS PAL CAMPO 00:00 Tools
Un Poquito De Cariño 00:00 Tools
Y No Me Engañes Mas 00:00 Tools
Conocí a Tu Papá 00:00 Tools
Con Mana Si 00:00 Tools
Te Solte la Rienda 00:00 Tools
Carta para ti 00:00 Tools
El Mambito (Live) 00:00 Tools
El Guajirito Contento 00:00 Tools
Río Manzanares 00:00 Tools
Mala pata 00:00 Tools
Recuerdos de Navidad 00:00 Tools
Encarnacion Valdes 00:00 Tools
El Año Viejo 00:00 Tools
te engañaron corazón 00:00 Tools
Cantala Con Su Tambo 00:00 Tools
No aguanto más 00:00 Tools
Fichas negras 00:00 Tools
La Esquina del Movimiento (feat. Nelson Pinedo) 00:00 Tools
Aunque Me Cueste La Vida (feat. Celia Cruz & Alberto Beltran) 00:00 Tools
Ay, Que Rico Amor 00:00 Tools
Pa la paloma 00:00 Tools
Caramelo 00:00 Tools
Historia de un Amor (feat. Leo Marini) 00:00 Tools
La Despedida 00:00 Tools
Cuando Llegue La Navidad 00:00 Tools
De todas formas 00:00 Tools
Ole 00:00 Tools
Manteca 00:00 Tools
Feliz Navidad 00:00 Tools
Tocando madera 00:00 Tools
El Velorio 00:00 Tools
La bikina 00:00 Tools
Yo la Mato 00:00 Tools
Que linda 00:00 Tools
Por algo será 00:00 Tools
Desgracia 00:00 Tools
Ay cosita linda - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Me Voy Pa' La Habana (feat. Nelson Pinedo) 00:00 Tools
guaguanco en la timba 00:00 Tools
AGUINALDO ANTILLANO 00:00 Tools
Machuquillo 00:00 Tools
Qué Linda 00:00 Tools
Que jelengue 00:00 Tools
El sofa 00:00 Tools
Arroz Con Manteca (feat. Miguelito Valdes) 00:00 Tools
Boletera 00:00 Tools
Vive Como Yo 00:00 Tools
Rumba En Navidad 00:00 Tools
Y No Me Enganes Mas 00:00 Tools
Hablame Claro 00:00 Tools
El Congo (feat. Celia Cruz) 00:00 Tools
Dejame Ya Mujer 00:00 Tools
Déjame ya mujer 00:00 Tools
Estas Delirando 00:00 Tools
Burundanga - Remastered 00:00 Tools
El muñeco de la ciudad - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Mi Dulce Amante 00:00 Tools
Besito de Coco (feat. Celio Gonzáles) 00:00 Tools
El cuento del sapo 00:00 Tools
Los Aretes De La Luna (feat. Vicentico Valdes) 00:00 Tools
La Merenguita (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Descripción De La Rumba (Live) 00:00 Tools
Conociendo El Alma 00:00 Tools
El cha cha cha de la Navidad 00:00 Tools
El Yerberito Moderno 00:00 Tools
Morena 00:00 Tools
Arroz con Manteca 00:00 Tools
Caramelos 00:00 Tools
Al Mirarte A Ti 00:00 Tools
Ritmo, Tambo Y Flores 00:00 Tools
Sale A Buscar 00:00 Tools
Mas Fuerte Que Tu Amor 00:00 Tools
Este Cha Cha Cha 00:00 Tools
Mala Mujer - Sonora Matancera 00:00 Tools
Quien será - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Vámonos Pal Campo 00:00 Tools
Bésame morenita - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Jingle Bells 00:00 Tools
Cumbia de Buenaventura 00:00 Tools
Oye Guajira 00:00 Tools
Como me da la gana 00:00 Tools
Cuartito 22 00:00 Tools
Te Comtoneas 00:00 Tools
Por Un Capricho 00:00 Tools
Todo Me Gusta de Ti (feat. Alberto Beltrán) 00:00 Tools
florecilla de amor 00:00 Tools
Linda Caleñita 00:00 Tools
Se formo la bronca 00:00 Tools
El 19 00:00 Tools
Si Quisieras Olvidar 00:00 Tools
Mi Soncito 00:00 Tools
Solo Contigo (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
Navidad De Ayer 00:00 Tools
Zambele 00:00 Tools
Nosotros 00:00 Tools
Desesperación 00:00 Tools
La ola marina 00:00 Tools
Por Tu Puerta No Paso Más (feat. Carlos Argentino) 00:00 Tools
Feliz Viaje 00:00 Tools
Yerbero Moderno (feat. Celia Cruz) 00:00 Tools
Yemayá 00:00 Tools
El sofá - Remastered 00:00 Tools
ESTOY PENSANDO EN TI (Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
Se cansa uno 00:00 Tools
Mi Lindo Bohio 00:00 Tools
La vaca lechera 00:00 Tools
Margarita 00:00 Tools
Laran Laran 00:00 Tools
Vuelve Muñequita 00:00 Tools
Amor De Cobre 00:00 Tools
En Los Años 1600 00:00 Tools
Rio Manzanares 00:00 Tools
Eugemio 00:00 Tools
Hoy Se Que Vuelves (Sonsonete) 00:00 Tools
Y No Me Engañes Más 00:00 Tools
Mi amor buenas noches 00:00 Tools
Ahora Sí Que Vengo Sabroso (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Sabrosito 00:00 Tools
Bola De Qué (Live) 00:00 Tools
Un Poquito De Carino 00:00 Tools
Humo - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Te Tongoneas 00:00 Tools
Atribulado 00:00 Tools
JINGLE BELLS (CAMPANAS DE NAVIDAD) 00:00 Tools
Palabras de Mujer (feat. Celio Gonzáles) 00:00 Tools
Me Siento Enamorado 00:00 Tools
Si alguna vez volviera 00:00 Tools
El Pescador 00:00 Tools
Celia Cruz / Caramelos 00:00 Tools
El Que Canta 00:00 Tools
Traigo Un Tono (Live) 00:00 Tools
Pa' La Paloma 01:51 Tools
Sun Sun 00:00 Tools
Jingle Bells (Cascabeles) 00:00 Tools
Maringa - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Caramelo - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Florecillade Amor 00:00 Tools
Ba Bae 00:00 Tools
Sarasa (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
El Gallo, la Gallina y el Caballo (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Eguemio (Live) 00:00 Tools
TRES PALABRAS 00:00 Tools
El Corneta (feat. Daniel Santos) 00:00 Tools
Guaguancó en la timba - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Bajo la luna 00:00 Tools
Tu Y Yo En Navidad 00:00 Tools
LA MERENGUITA 00:00 Tools
La Guagua 00:00 Tools
Caribe Soy (feat. Leo Marini) 00:00 Tools
Obsesión 00:00 Tools
Ni Novia, Ni Luna (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
No Te Quedes Mirando 00:00 Tools
Descarga Sonora (Descarga) 00:00 Tools
Obsesion 00:00 Tools
El corneta - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Calla 00:00 Tools
Linda 00:00 Tools
Ojos malos 00:00 Tools
Es Mi Suplica 00:00 Tools
Nocturnando 00:00 Tools
Me Voy Pa' La Habana, Porro 00:00 Tools
Rumba para Parejas 00:00 Tools
El Pai y la Mai 00:00 Tools
La Vecina 00:00 Tools
Que Cosas Tiene La Vida 00:00 Tools
Yambú Pá Gozar 00:00 Tools
Junto A Tí (Live) 00:00 Tools
La Malanga 00:00 Tools
Sin Corazón En El Pecho 00:00 Tools
No Vuelvas por Mi Perdón 00:00 Tools
Como Fue (feat. Vicentico Valdéz) 00:00 Tools
Una rosa de francia 00:00 Tools
si no vuelves 00:00 Tools
Mi Navidad 00:00 Tools
Sujétate la lengua - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Ritmo Tambo y Flores 00:00 Tools
El feo 00:00 Tools
Y Mi Negro Esta Cansao 00:00 Tools
Amor Fenecido 00:00 Tools
Cero Codazos, Cero Cabezazos (Live) 00:00 Tools
Señora 00:00 Tools
Falsaria 00:00 Tools
Guaguancó No. 3 00:00 Tools
Piel Canela (feat. Bobby Capó) 00:00 Tools
En La Noche Buena 00:00 Tools
Cómo Fue 00:00 Tools
¡Ay! Cosita Linda 00:00 Tools
tú significas todo para mi 00:00 Tools
No te miento 00:00 Tools
Te Enteraste 00:00 Tools
Pa la paloma - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Vamos Pa' El Campo 00:00 Tools
Me Lo Dijo Adela (feat. Bobby Capó) 00:00 Tools
Quien Será 00:00 Tools
Esperanza Inutil 00:00 Tools
Por un caprichito 00:00 Tools
El solterito 00:00 Tools
DONDE ESTAN LOS RUMBEROS 01:51 Tools
Que Tonta Eres 00:00 Tools
Asombroso 00:00 Tools
Ritmo, Tambó Y Flores 00:00 Tools
Palo Mayimbe 00:00 Tools
La Hija De Lola 00:00 Tools
En el Cachumbambe 00:00 Tools
Yembe Laroco 00:00 Tools
La Chiquibamba 00:00 Tools
Madre Rumba 00:00 Tools
El Beep Boon 00:00 Tools
Contestame 00:00 Tools
Aunque me cueste la vida - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Suenan los tambores 00:00 Tools
PIEL CANELA (Bobby Capo) 00:00 Tools
TROPICO 00:00 Tools
Yo No Soy Guapo (feat. Vicentico Valdéz) 00:00 Tools
Cañonazos 00:00 Tools
Poquita Fe (feat. Julito Deschamps) 00:00 Tools
Que Cosas Tiene El Mambo 00:00 Tools
Chachachá internacional 00:00 Tools
Cuando Tu Seas Mia 00:00 Tools
Me voy a Pinar del Río 00:00 Tools
Ya Te Lo Dije 00:00 Tools
Nosotros (feat. Ñico Membiela) 00:00 Tools
Se rompió el muñeco 00:00 Tools
Nochebuena 00:00 Tools
La Negra Tomasa 00:00 Tools
Sabor A Mi 00:00 Tools
Kun-Kun-Kun 00:00 Tools
El Muñeco de la Ciudad (feat. Nelson Pinedo) 00:00 Tools
Palmeras Tropicales (Bolero Mambo) 00:00 Tools
El Velorio (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
Asi Son Los Quereres 00:00 Tools
Bangán 00:00 Tools
Casa De Vecindad 00:00 Tools
El Negrito del Batey (feat. Alberto Beltrán) 00:00 Tools
AY COSITA LINDA (Carlos Argentino) 00:00 Tools
Me Voy Pa'La Habana 00:00 Tools
Magica luna 00:00 Tools
El Pregon Del Enyucao 00:00 Tools
la jaibera 00:00 Tools
el ermitaño 00:00 Tools
Papa Y Aji 00:00 Tools
Guanaco en la Timba 00:00 Tools
Goza Negra 00:00 Tools
Sé Que Tú (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
NO AGUANTO MAS 00:00 Tools
Ay Que Rico Amor (feat. Carlos Argentino) 00:00 Tools
Bola De Qué 00:00 Tools
Micaela (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
En El Bajío 00:00 Tools
Equemio 00:00 Tools
Lindo Omelenko 00:00 Tools
Sin Reproche (feat. Celio Gonzaléz) 00:00 Tools
El Demonio En El Batey (Live) 00:00 Tools
Sujétate La Tengua 00:00 Tools
Que Corto Es El Amor 00:00 Tools
El Mochilon 00:00 Tools
LA PEOR DE LAS DERROTAS (Alberto Beltran) 00:00 Tools
Cha Cha Guere 00:00 Tools
Compae Miguel (El Ermitaño) 00:00 Tools
Mentira Salome 00:00 Tools
Guíllate 00:00 Tools
Guantanamera (feat. Celia Cruz) 00:00 Tools
maringa 00:00 Tools
Como Fue 00:00 Tools
A Bailar 00:00 Tools
Bangan 00:00 Tools
Pan de Piquito (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Perdón 00:00 Tools
No Encuentro Palabras 00:00 Tools
Eso Se Hincha - Original 00:00 Tools
Porque 00:00 Tools
El Merengue 00:00 Tools
Aqua Pa Mi 00:00 Tools
Bésame Puchunguita (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Yolanda 00:00 Tools
Nuestra Realidad 00:00 Tools
Escuchen mi canto 00:00 Tools
El Bobo De La Yuca 00:00 Tools
Mi Todo 00:00 Tools
Juguetes Del Destino 00:00 Tools
Blancas Azucenas 00:00 Tools
El Que Usted Conoce No Soy Yo 00:00 Tools
Vereda Tropical 00:00 Tools
La Mamá y la Hija (feat. Carlos Argentino) 00:00 Tools
El mambo Universal 00:00 Tools
Porque Finges Asi (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
Yo Me Voy Contigo 00:00 Tools
Cuídate Bien (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Vacilon 00:00 Tools
El Ajiaco 00:00 Tools
Compay José (Son Montuno) 00:00 Tools
De ti enamorado 00:00 Tools
CUMBIA DE LAS CASTAÑUELAS (Carlos Argentino) 00:00 Tools
Los Aretes de la Luna (feat. Vicentico Valdez) 00:00 Tools
Sabrosito Asi 00:00 Tools
María ya se peinó - Remastered 00:00 Tools
PERDONAME VIDA 00:00 Tools
Piel canela - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Dulce Aventura 00:00 Tools
Mi redención - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Tú Significas Todo Para Mí 00:00 Tools
Cosita Linda 00:00 Tools
Estás como mango 00:00 Tools
Cualquiera resbala y cae - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Camino del Puente (feat. Roberto Ledesma) 00:00 Tools
La Sopa En Botella (feat. Celia Cruz) 00:00 Tools
Hoy Se Más 00:00 Tools
Lo Que Es La Rumba 00:00 Tools
Maringá (feat. Leo Marini) 00:00 Tools
y del vedado que 00:00 Tools
Ya Soy Feliz (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
Ten Piedad 00:00 Tools
De Mexico A Puerto Rico 00:00 Tools
Soñando Contigo (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
VIRGEN DE MEDIA NOCHE (Daniel Santos) 00:00 Tools
Vecina 00:00 Tools
Si Tuviera Tu Amor 00:00 Tools
El Amor De Mi Bohio 00:00 Tools
Guaguancó Nº3 00:00 Tools
En El Balcon Aquel 00:00 Tools
No Quiero Nada Con Su Mujer 00:00 Tools
Cero Codazos, Cero Cabezazos 00:00 Tools
Por Algo Sera 00:00 Tools
La Equivocada (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Se Formó la Rumbantela 00:00 Tools
Juancito Trucupey 00:00 Tools
Abre La Puerta Querida 00:00 Tools
No Se Lo Diga A Papa 00:00 Tools
Bachata En Navidad 00:00 Tools
Rumbero Vamos A La Rumba 00:00 Tools
El cheque 00:00 Tools
La Danza del Cocoye 00:00 Tools
Babarana 00:00 Tools
El Marinero 00:00 Tools
Llevaras La Marca 00:00 Tools
Solo Tengo Un Amor 00:00 Tools
Cañonazo (feat. Laito Sureda) 00:00 Tools
Qué cosas tiene el mambo 00:00 Tools
Yo Me Voy Contigo (Live) 00:00 Tools
así es mejor 00:00 Tools
Estás Equivocada (feat. Rolando Laserie) 00:00 Tools
Mil Veces Mentirosa 00:00 Tools
A Todo Mis Amigos 00:00 Tools
Elegua Quiere Tambó 00:00 Tools
Desvelo de Amor 00:00 Tools
Color De Café 00:00 Tools
Brisa 00:00 Tools
Matiagua 00:00 Tools
Quien sera la que me quiera a mi 00:00 Tools
Me Voy a Pinar Del Rio 00:00 Tools
Contentosa 00:00 Tools
vallan vallende 00:00 Tools
Fiesta brava 00:00 Tools
Los Ritmos Cambian (Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Quiero Emborracharme 00:00 Tools
Cantala Con Su Tambò 00:00 Tools
Yambu Pa Gozar 00:00 Tools
Tropico - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Agua Y Nada Más 00:00 Tools
Se Que Tu 00:00 Tools
Maquinolandera - Remastered 00:00 Tools
El Negrito Del Batey (feat. Alberto Beltran) 00:00 Tools
La Numero Cien 00:00 Tools
Mi Barquito Marinero 00:00 Tools
La Sonora y El Niño 00:00 Tools
Ni novia ni luna 00:00 Tools
TOMANDO TE 00:00 Tools
Senora Bonita 00:00 Tools
Yo solo tengo un amor - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Estás Equivocada 00:00 Tools
Poquita Fe 00:00 Tools
Dengue 00:00 Tools
El Mambito (Mambo Son) 00:00 Tools
Estás Como Un Mango 00:00 Tools
Sandungueate 00:00 Tools
Toitico Tuyo 00:00 Tools
Cuando Siento Mi Son 00:00 Tools
Se Formo El Rumbon (feat. Miguelito Valdés) 00:00 Tools
Despego 00:00 Tools
Pancho Calma (Porro Guaracha) 00:00 Tools
Todo Me Gusta De Tí 00:00 Tools
Lo Añoro 00:00 Tools
Melao De Cana 00:00 Tools
sarara 00:00 Tools
Desesperación - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Mala Mujer (feat. Musinova) 00:00 Tools
Asi es mejor 00:00 Tools
mi casita linda 00:00 Tools
PA' LA PALOMA (Celia Cruz) 00:00 Tools
Se Formo El Rumbon 00:00 Tools
Indiferente 00:00 Tools
LINDA CALEÑITA (Olga y Tony) 00:00 Tools
Hilos de Plata - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Mariposina - Remastered 00:00 Tools
El Ano Viejo 00:00 Tools
El cable 00:00 Tools
Es Mi Súplica 00:00 Tools
Vacilón 00:00 Tools
Yo Soy Esa 00:00 Tools
Capullito de Alhelí 00:00 Tools
Luna Sobre Matanzas 00:00 Tools
Yo No Sé Nada 00:00 Tools
Llego El Rumbero 00:00 Tools
Para Que la Oigas (Bolero) 00:00 Tools
Hay Que Dejarse De Cuento 00:00 Tools
Estoy Loco 00:00 Tools
Ya Se Peinó María 00:00 Tools
Tatalibaba 00:00 Tools
Palito De Tendedera 00:00 Tools
Cualquiera Resbala Y Cae - Original 00:00 Tools
Color de Alali (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
Pin Pin 00:00 Tools
Tocando Madera (feat. Bienvenido Granda) 00:00 Tools
Dengue (Con Dengue) (feat. Bobby Capo) 00:00 Tools
Mi bomba sono 00:00 Tools
Cuando tu seas mía 00:00 Tools
En El Balcón Aquel 00:00 Tools
Pepe Antonio 00:00 Tools
Baho Kende 00:00 Tools
TU SIGNIFICAS TODO PARA MI (Willy Rodriguez) 00:00 Tools
Cuban Pete (Ritmo Cubano) 00:00 Tools
Todo me Gusta de Ti - Alberto Beltran 00:00 Tools
ROCK AND ROLL 00:00 Tools
Mambo pide la Gente 00:00 Tools
\ Yerbero Moderno 00:00 Tools
Vamos a Guarachar 00:00 Tools
El Buñuelo de Maria 00:00 Tools
Guillate 00:00 Tools
Consuélame 00:00 Tools
Quiéreme Mucho 00:00 Tools
\Señora 00:00 Tools
QUEDE ZAINA 00:00 Tools
Se Vende Una Casita 00:00 Tools
El Gavilan 00:00 Tools
Guapacha En El Solar 00:00 Tools
Pa'fricase Los Pollos 00:00 Tools
Lo Añoro (feat. Vicentico Valdés) 00:00 Tools
Palmeras 00:00 Tools
Caballo Viejo 00:00 Tools
El preso - Remastered 00:00 Tools
BORRACHO YO 00:00 Tools
La canción del borracho 00:00 Tools
El gallo, la gallina y el caballo - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Soy tu destino 00:00 Tools
Todo Acabó 00:00 Tools
Luces De New York 00:00 Tools
MUJER CELOSA 00:00 Tools
A Media Noche Empieza La Vida 00:00 Tools
Virgen De La Media Noche 00:00 Tools
Gózala bailando 00:00 Tools
Celos Que Matan 00:00 Tools
Este rencor 00:00 Tools
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La Sonora Matancera is a Cuban/Afro-Cuban band that played Latin American urban popular dance music. Founded in 1924 and led for more than five decades by guitarist, vocalist, composer, and producer Rogelio Martínez, musicologists consider it an icon of this type of music. Notable singers to have sung with the band include Bienvenido Granda, Daniel Santos, Myrta Silva, and Celia Cruz. The group was founded on January 12, 1924 in Barrio Ojo de Agua, a neighborhood in the city of Matanzas. Culturally and demographically, this seaport is located in the most African region of Cuba. The ensemble was initially named Tuna Liberal for political reasons. The co-founders were Valentín Cané (director, tres, guitar and tumbadora, or as it is commonly called, conga. He was also a songwriter and later on a singer) and Pablo "Bubú" Vázquez Gobín (contrabass). The other original members were Manuel "Jimagua" Sánchez (timbales), Ismael Goberna (cornet/trumpet), Domingo Medina, José Manuel Valera, Julio Gobín, Juan Bautista Llópis (guitarists), and Eugenio Pérez, vocalist. One source believes Valera and Bautista Llópis were the vocalists while a second source holds to the position that Eugenio Pérez was the sole sonero. At this point, the band was just a commonplace group and had not yet developed its distinctive sound. In 1925, Gerardo Machado, then Cuban President, invited Tuna Liberal to play at a party for his birthday. This marked a new acceptance for Afro-Cuban groups and a style of music that had previously been barred from certain restaurants and hotels. Personnel changed in 1926, and the name of the band was changed to Septeto Soprano, due to supposed new singer Eugenio Pérez (according to one source), though he left a few months later. A different source credits the new name to the vocal range of the singer and maracas player, Carlos Manuel "Caíto" Díaz Alonso, who became a member the same year. Rogelio Martínez joined the group in 1926, after Caíto recommended him to Valentín Cané. Another source indicates that Rogelio recommended Caíto to Valentín Cané, and that Caíto and Rogelio became members in 1927. A third source posits that Caíto and Rogelio joined the collective in 1926; both had recorded with pianist and bandleader Antonio María Romeu. The group lost Domingo Medina, Julio Gobín, and Juan Bautista Llópis in their attempt at a more modern sound. In 1927, at the suggestion of Valentín Cané, the ensemble moved to Havana, intending to stay one week. It remained there for the next thirty-three years. Havana was home to a thriving music scene in the 1920s. Septeto Soprano played their first engagements in La Habana at such popular nocturnal haunts as El Teatro Alhambra, El Centro Gallego, El Centro Asturiano, La Casa de los Médicos, El Club de los 20, El Club de los Anaranjados and other dance clubs. The group alternated at these nightspots with other ensembles of the day, including the likes of Sexteto Habanero, Sexteto Munamar, Sexteto Boloña, Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro (one source asserts that this ensemble was a sexteto, not a septeto, at this time), Sexteto Pinareño, and Sexteto Gloria Cubana. At first the collective did not have an easy time due to the professionalism of the other tríos, cuartetos, sextetos, and septetos active at this time, but carved out a niche for itself in the Cuban capital. The move to Havana proved to be consequential. In 1928, the collective made its first recordings, for its first label, RCA-Victor. The ensemble would eventually record for thirteen different labels. In 1929, the band signed a contract to perform live on the airwaves of Radio Progreso, making appearances on this station for many years. Son ensembles of this time added pianos to broaden their contrapuntal and harmonic vocabulary. Trumpets, sometimes as many as three, replaced cornets. The additional instruments meant sextetos and septetos evolved into conjuntos. Septeto Soprano added a piano during this decade but did not expand its brass section until the 1940s. Septeto Soprano made only one recording during this decade. It was for RCA-Victor. Some of the individuals important to the group's success began their long association with the collective in the 1930s. In 1932, Rogelio Martínez was appointed co-director. He was influential in determining the destiny of the conjunto. Juan Bautista Llópis returned for a brief period, and a new percussionist, José "Manteca" Rosario Chávez, became a member. Three more sources say that Manteca joined in 1929 while one other source states that this happened in 1935. Manteca filled the vacancy created when Jimagua left. The collective changed its name to Estudiantina Sonora Matancera in the early 1930s. Each change in the group's name was indicative of a change in instrumentation and its corresponding stylistic change. In 1935, vocalist Manolo Barquín occasionally sang with the group. That year it adopted its formal name, Conjunto Sonora Matancera. Calixto Leicea and Humberto Cané (son of Valentín Cané) became members in this year. Another source claims Humberto Cané joined in 1929. Calixto Leicea replaced Ismael Goberna, who retired because of poor health and died a few months later. By then, Calixto had played and made his name with Sexteto Nacional (led by Ignacio Piñeiro), Chaveo y Su Grupo, Juventud Habanera, Sexteto Guarina, and María Teresa Vera. As was common with musicians of his generation throughout Latin America, he had been a member of a government-sponsored municipal band, La Banda Municipal de Matanzas, prior to embarking on a career as a professional musician, getting a firm musical education in the process. Calixto Leicea was an excellent songwriter and arranger. The band recorded many of his compositions as well as arrangements. The collective's theme song "Traigo un tono" is a guaracha composed in 1947 by Calixto. Humberto Cané succeeded his father on tres and, en plus, sang. Valentín Cané, having ceded to his eldest son the tres chair, remained a valuable member of the collective, as he still sang, composed and—in a new role—played tumbadora. The departure of Humberto Cané in 1944 signaled the end of the tres as part of the permanent instrumentation of the group. Pérez Prado (later, in the 1950s, famous as El Rey del Mambo) was the group's first pianist and one of its earliest arrangers from 1936 to 1939. Severino "Refresquito" Ramos was the primary arranger, as well as pianist, from 1939 (but especially since 1942) to 1944 and, as such, principal architect of the sonic identity of this conjunto. After 1944, he limited himself to arranging and composing. In this decade, La Sonora Matancera faced strong competition from such ensembles as Sexteto Guarina, Juventud Habanera de Joseíto Fernández, Sexteto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro, Sexteto Segundo Nacional, Trío Matamoros, Sexteto Casino (it would later become a conjunto), Sexteto María Teresa Vera, Conjunto Kubavana, Belisario López, and Orquesta Antonio María Romeu. There was a rivalry between Sexteto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro and Sonora Matancera. The ensemble terminated its association with Radio Progreso by the end of the decade. In 1939, it was signed to a contract by the ownership/management of Radio CMQ (or simply CMQ) for a series of live broadcasts. Bienvenido Granda sang lead vocals from circa 1940 to 1954, the first truly important sonero to perform and record with the conjunto. His association with La Sonora made it famous throughout the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. No one recorded more tunes with the ensemble than Bienvenido Granda, as he made over 200 recordings between 1944 and 1954. In 1942, La Sonora Matancera left CMQ. It would now broadcast—with Bienvenido Granda as sonero—over the airwaves of RHC Radio. Pedro Knight and Ezequiel "Lino" Frías left Arsenio Rodríguez's conjunto to join Sonora Matancera on the same day in 1944. These two steered the collective towards a more modern sound. The one gave the brass section more heft while the other enhanced the rhythm section. Pianist Lino Frías anchored La Sonora's rhythm section until 1976. He was also a superb composer and arranger. In 1944, the conjunto made its next-to-last recordings for RCA-Victor. It also was signed to a recording contract by the newly established Panart Records. Original director Valentín Cané led the group till an asthmatic condition forced him to retire in 1946. He continued to receive pay as if he were an active member of La Sonora Matancera till he died two years later. In 1946, in place of Valentín Cané, Tata Güines, who was a member of the groundbreaking ensemble led by Israel "Cachao" López in the late 1950s and the early 1960s, became the conguero for a short time. Carlos "Patato" Valdés also held this position for a few months. Ángel "Yiyo" Alfonso Furias took over the tumbadora chair in 1948 and thus completed the quintessential lineup. From 1948 to 1954, it consisted of: Calixto Leicea: first trumpet chair; Pedro Knight: second trumpet chair; Pablo "Bubú" Vázquez Gobín: contrabass; Ezequiel "Lino" Frías: piano; José "Manteca" Rosario Chávez: timbalitos, bongó and cencerro (also known as campana); Ángel "Yiyo" Alfonso Furias: tumbadora; Rogelio Martínez: Director, guitar and coro (background vocals); Carlos Manuel "Caíto" Díaz Alonso: maracas and coro; Bienvenido Granda: lead vocals, coro (whether he or some other sonero sang lead with the band) and claves. Sonora Matancera honed its skills over a generation—from the late 1920s to the late 1940s—in the academias de baile (a special type of dance hall), such as the famous Marte y Belona, where nightly La Sonora drew record crowds of the best dancers. Apart from this prestigious academia, other nightspots where La Sonora Matancera entertained the dancing public in the early 1940s were El Habana Sport, another academia de baile, Centro Castellano, La Tropical (one source lists a dance hall called La Cervecería Tropical; it is not at all clear if these two are one and the same) and Las Playitas. The collective during this time also made live broadcasts on Radio Progreso. Later that same decade Sonora Matancera frequently played in such top dance venues as El Club Atlético Santiago de Las Vegas, Quibikán, Centro Gallego, El Edén Concert, Sans Souci, El Tropicana and Centro Asturiano. At this time La Sonora always performed on the feast day of August 15, known as La Tutelar, at El Liceo Guanabacoa while Arsenio Rodríguez y Su Conjunto Orquestal Todos Estrellas and Antonio Arcaño y Sus Maravillas (Cachao and his brother Orestes López were members of this orchestra at the time) engaged in a musical mano a mano on the same day at El Manantial de la Cotorra. Its long tenure in the academias served La Sonora Matancera well as it transformed the ensemble into an excellent dance band. In the 1940s, the conjunto more than held its own against such important groups as Orquesta Casino de La Playa, Arsenio Rodríguez, Orquesta Ideal, Cheo Belén Puig, Antonio Arcaño y Sus Maravillas, Conjunto Jóvenes del Cayo, and Orquesta Almendra. Together with this cooperative these bands made Cuba "El Paraíso Musical de las Américas" ("The Musical Paradise of the Americas"). From the mid-1940s till the end of the 1950s, the collective had a program as "artistas exclusivos" ("exclusive artists") on Radio CMQ called "Cascabeles Candado". In the period 1947–1948, the group made a number of recordings (Bienvenido Granda as lead singer on the majority of these numbers) as Conjunto Tropicavana or Conjunto Tropicabana. The name change was to avoid legal problems, since the band was still under contract to Panart Records. As this decade drew to a close, Sonora Matancera decided on a course of action that would become standard practice: the incorporation of non-Cuban lead singers into its ranks (without excluding the use of Cuban artists). The first non-Cuban singers were Puerto Ricans, singer/composer Daniel Santos and guarachera/songwriter Myrta Silva. Some of these vocalists were featured lead singers. Others were invited to record a limited number of songs during a brief period of time. Daniel Santos performed and recorded with the collective beginning in 1948. His five-year stay with La Sonora helped it achieve world-wide fame. The cooperative returned to airing live broadcasts at Radio Progreso in 1948 with Daniel Santos as the featured lead vocalist. Myrta Silva was the first woman to join the musical collective. Over a short time in 1949, she recorded four studio sessions with the conjunto. She left by 1950. Myrta returned in 1952 and made a number of live recordings. In 1949, the ensemble recorded twenty-two songs for Ansonia Records. Interestingly, the conjunto made said recordings using its real name. That same year, moreover, it signed with Seeco Records, which was owned by New York City-based Sidney Siegel. The first recording for this label was made on November 25, 1949, the guaracha "Tocando madera", with Bienvenido Granda as sonero. The association with Seeco Records lasted until 1966, with the last recordings having been made in the prior year. The source does not indicate if the group was still contractually obligated to Panart Records when it recorded for Ansonia and when it signed, as well as recorded, with Seeco. La Sonora Matancera's most successful period was from 1947 until 1959. By the early 1950s, the ensemble made live broadcasts from the studios of Radio Progreso, Radio CMBG, and Radio CMQ. These stations broadcast on shortwave radio, which helped increase the collective's popularity in Latin America. During this decade, the band—besides these regular bookings on Cuban radio—had its calendar filled with club dates, film appearances, and tours overseas. The majority of its recordings were made at this time. Besides personnel and instrumental changes, Sonora Matancera, as already illustrated, underwent stylistic changes. In 1950, the conjunto expanded to big band (orquesta) size, making a series of recordings with Daniel Santos. Though these met with approval, the orquesta reverted to a conjunto. About 1950, the ensemble recorded eighty tunes for Stinson Records using the name of Sonora Cubana. It already had recorded ten numbers under this name and would record two additional songs as Sonora Cubana; the record company for these twelve tunes is not named by the source. The lead vocalist on these recordings is Bienvenido Granda. Celia Cruz succeeded Myrta Silva in 1950, performing and recording with the conjunto until 1965. Fans of the cooperative at first did not accept Celia as a worthy replacement for Myrta, but by 1951 she had won the audience over. In 1962, she married second trumpeter Pedro Knight, who later became her "protector, manager, and musical director". Cruz's first recording with the conjunto was made on December 15, 1950. It was for Seeco Records. "Cao cao, maní picao" was an instant success, a "bombshell". Seeco had an extensive distribution network, allowing it to ship its recordings of different artists, including La Sonora, throughout Latin America. Personnel changes in 1954 included the replacement by Estanislao "Laíto" Sureda of Bienvenido Granda as male lead singer; Bienvenido left after a heated argument with Rogelio Martínez over money: he wanted higher pay than his colleagues, but in the collective all received the same salary. One other personnel change occurred this year. Elpidio Vázquez, a son of Bubú, replaced him on contrabass. The conjunto made its first overseas tour in 1955. It performed in Panama, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Manteca left either in 1955 or in 1957, retiring as had other members through the years because of health matters. Simón Domingo "Minino" Esquijarroza then became the percussionist. In 1956, Celio González replaced Laíto on lead vocals (besides singing coro with Rogelio, Caíto, and Laíto and playing the güiro); he stayed until 1959. Refresquito retired in 1957, and Javier Vázquez, another son of Bubú, then became the principal arranger. In 1959, the conjunto undertook another overseas tour, playing in Peru, Chile, and Uruguay; the year is considered the ensemble's high-water mark. The cooperative began the decade with a tour of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Aruba, and Curacao, but the political upheaval following the Cuban Revolution affected the group greatly. Having signed a lucrative contract to perform in Mexico City, the group, accompanied by Celia Cruz, left Havana on June 15, 1960. Minino decided to stay; the conjunto never returned to Cuba. On July 15, 1960 two new singers joined the group, Willy "El Baby" Rodríguez and Alberto Pérez Sierra. Of the eleven new vocalists associated with La Sonora Matancera in the 1960s, only two remained for any appreciable amount of time, Willy "El Baby" Rodríguez and Justo "El Mulato" Betancourt. In 1961, Mario "Papaíto" Muñoz joined the ensemble as the new timbalero/bongosero/campanero. Additionally, Celio González returned and continued as sonero and güiro player until 1965. In 1962, Sonora Matancera established itself in New York City, where it continued to perform Cuban/Afro-Cuban urban popular dance music. Its residency in New York would last for thirty-nine years, longer than their stay in Havana. In 1965, Celia, Celio and Willy all ended their affiliation with the collective. Celia Cruz went on to become a significant and celebrated performer of so-called salsa music, and was known as the "Queen of Salsa". In that same year, Caíto and Lino were among the vocalists and instrumentalists gathered by Dominican-born Johnny Pacheco for a classic studio recording. Besides Caíto and Lino two other musicians associated with La Sonora played on this album. One was from the past (Patato) and one was a trumpeter who would be invited to participate in a 1981 recording session (Pedro "Puchi" Boulong). Pedro Knight retired as a trumpeter in 1967 to be Celia Cruz's full-time manager. Ramón Emilio "Chiripa" Aracena became the new second trumpet chair that same year. Leo Marini, a vocal mainstay during the 1950s, renewed his association by recording an album with the cooperative in 1969. The latter half of the decade saw the emergence of two new musical genres, the Boogaloo and the closely related shing-a-ling. These musical styles were born in New York City of the admixture of Latin—specifically Cuban/Afro-Cuban rhythms—and rhythm and blues in its incarnation as soul music. Many New York-based groups recorded in this style to satisfy their record companies. La Sonora Matancera also recorded an album, Sonora Boogaloo, even though they were recording at this time for their own label. Soon after Sonora Matancera returned to their earlier style. At the end of the 1960s six of the nine members of La Sonora were stalwarts of the glory years. Over the course of the 1970s, soneros and instrumentalists came and went. Instrumentational and stylistic changes were the order of the day as well. During this time, La Sonora Matancera continued to record, perform at dance clubs, and tour overseas. Early in the 1970s, the ensemble played at Carnegie Hall. Eventually, it would travel to Europe, playing in Spain, France, Germany, and Finland. In 1970, Justo Betancourt left, to be replaced by Gabriel Eladio "Yayo el Indio" Peguero. This was a significant change in lead singers, for Yayo remained with Sonora Matancera for more than two decades. He recorded only forty-four songs. This does not negate the fact that Yayo was the most important sonero to perform and record with the cooperative in its later years. In 1971, Chiripa left the ensemble. Saúl Torres entered in his stead. Carlos Argentino, a veteran of the golden age, rejoined and recorded with La Sonora in the same year. In 1972, Leo Marini returned to the collective (without evidence of recording that year). Between 1973 and 1977, the brass section comprised six different trumpeters. The most prominent was Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, a former member of Arsenio Rodríguez's seminal conjunto in the 1940s. The individual members of the ensemble were seen by other artists as exemplars of their craft. In 1975, Caíto sang on one of the cuts at a recording session at CBS Studios in New York City. This recording session yielded a double album of Cuban dance music and Afro-Cuban folkloric music, the first of a two-album series. These two albums are considered to be among the best recordings of Cuban/Afro-Cuban music made in the 1970s. Chocolate was one of the instrumentalists assembled for this recording date, prior to his joining the cooperative. After thirty-two years Lino Frías and La Sonora Matancera parted ways in 1976. Lino went on to play on two albums recorded that year with a collection of top singers and musicians under the aegis of Cachao. He was also the pianist and musical director on the first album made by Armando Sánchez and his conjunto. He may have continued in this vein if not for poor health. These three albums were recorded by small, independent labels not controlled by Fania Records. Javier Vázquez followed Lino Frías as pianist and in so doing assumed dual responsibilities with the collective. In 1977, Miguelito Valdés, having recorded with Sonora Matancera in 1951, did so once more. Contemporary touches were added to the cooperative's instrumentation, with electronic piano, organ and electric guitar employed during this session. Calixto Leicea stopped recording with the collective in 1978, although he accompanied La Sonora wherever it performed. In that same year, recordings made in 1977 by Miguelito Valdés with the group were re-released. Five veterans of the glory days were still active with the cooperative at the close of the 1970s. The decade of the 1980s began with the departure of Yiyo, a member for thirty-two years. He was replaced by Alberto Valdés. Chocolate also left in this year, being succeeded by Héctor "Bomberito" Zarzuela, a long-time member of Pacheco's conjuntos. This year saw the addition of a third trumpet and a third coro vocalist, bringing the number of instrumentalists and singers to twelve. In 1980, the contrabass and the piano were replaced by electronic counterparts (in the case of the piano for the second time). In this year Celia Cruz returned to record one more album. Rhythm instruments, violins and organ can be heard on several of the recorded numbers, but were possibly an electronic illusion on the part of the pianist and not the actual instruments themselves. Critics saw experiments with electrical effects as emblematic of a loss of originality, although the attempt was a temporary one. In 1981, La Sonora Matancera recorded an album for Bárbaro Records, a subsidiary of the Fania Records empire co-founded by Johnny Pacheco and Jerry Masucci. The artists on this recording, for the most part, had been specially invited for the recording date. The tres made its return on one number played by Mario Hernández, the much-admired Puerto Rican tresero. Elpidio Vázquez, Jr. also performed on this date as the substitute bass player on one song. He represented the third consecutive generation of his family to be a member of Sonora Matancera. Justo Betancourt was the sonero. The old guard continued to resurface. Celia Cruz recorded a final album with the ensemble in 1982. In 1984, the collective recorded with the singer Ismael Miranda. He was for many years sonero with Larry Harlow's orchestra. 1985 was a year of change. Bomberito left, to be replaced by Ken Fradley. Fradley had been a charter member of Saoco, the short-lived but important conjunto. Two artists constituted the coro on Saoco's first album: Yayo el Indio (a member of La Sonora) and Adalberto Santiago (a sonero who would record with La Sonora Matancera in 1993). The individual members of Sonora Matancera, even at this late date, were held in high esteem. The cooperative still attracted top talent, vocalists and instrumentalists alike. In 1989, La Sonora celebrated its sixty-fifth anniversary of existence. This landmark achievement was commemorated by concerts in Central Park and Carnegie Hall. Their appearance at the last-named venue has been preserved on vinyl. Of the fourteen soneros on this recording, nine were veterans of the gilded age. This was the last occasion when these artists would perform with the collective. In this year Javier Vázquez left after thirteen years as pianist and thirty-two years as chief arranger. José Luis Cruz became the new keyboardist. Caíto died in 1990 after sixty-three years with the group. He was succeeded by Fernando Lavoy. In 1993, La Sonora Matancera recorded an album in Mexico, De Nuevo, with Adalberto Santiago on lead vocals. In the same year Willy "El Baby" Rodríguez rejoined La Sonora. Sonora Matancera lost the services of Yayo el Indio in 1994. He retired as the singer with the longest continuous tenure with the ensemble. At this time the personnel lineup consisted of nine members. Three of them were associated with the cooperative since at least the 1950s. For traditionalists, the death of Rogelio Martínez on May 13, 2001 marked the end of La Sonora. Javier Vázquez, with the blessing of Rogelio Martínez, Jr., leads a group of the same name in Las Vegas, Nevada. La Sonora Matancera is characterized by its use of two trumpets. Furthermore, contrabass, piano, timbalitos, bongós, cencerro, and tumbadora are prominently featured. Sonora Matancera was also distinguished by its backup singers, or coro. It usually consisted of Rogelio Martínez and Carlos Manuel "Caíto" Díaz Alonso, whose falsetto delivery was derived from a traditional singing style of the earliest soneros (called in Cuba voz de vieja). The group's style in the 1940s was described as "white" or "mulato" in comparison to other groups in the same genre; while race in 1940s/1950s Cuba didn't necessarily mean much in terms of audience it did affect which clubs groups could play in, and access to record production and distribution. The addition of Celia Cruz, according to Ned Sublette, made La Sonora "sound blacker". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.