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La Sonora Matancera in 1937
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La Sonora Matancera in 1937

Sonora Matancera is a long-time band. Led by 90-year-old guitarist and vocalist Don Regelio Martinez, La Sonora Matancera has been called, by the Guinness Book of World Records, "the group with the longest duration." This is a photograph taken of La Sonora Matancera in 1937, from left to right, Calixto Leicea, Humberto Cané, Bubú Vázquez, Valentín Cané, Manteca, Caíto and Rogelio. ... This is a photograph taken of La Sonora Matancera in 1937, from left to right, Calixto Leicea, Humberto Cané, Bubú Vázquez, Valentín Cané, Manteca, Caíto and Rogelio. ... The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...


Formed by Valentin Cane, bassist Pablo "Babu" Vasquez, vocalist Eugene Perez, timbale player Manuel "Jimagua" Sanchez, trumpet player Ismael Goberna, and guitarists Domingo Medina, Jose Manuel Valera, Julio Gobin, and Juan Llopiz Baptist, the band has gone through many personnel changes in more than seven decades. Vocalists in the group have included Daniel Santos, Bienvenido Granda, Nelson Pinedo, Alberto Beltran, Bobby Capo, Carlos Argentino , and its greatest alumna, Celia Cruz. Celia Cruz autobiography. ...


Original director, Valentin Cane, led the band until poor health forced him to retire at the end of the 1930s. Initially known as Septeto Soprano, the group adapted its name to La Sonora Matancera in 1932. Leaving Cuba, at the advent of the revolution of the 1950s and 1960s, the group settled in New York, where they continued to share their love of salsa with enthusiastic audiences. // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ... Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Caribbean and Latin genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad; the style is the primary music played at Latin danceclubs and is the essential pulse of Latin music, according to author Ed Morales . ...


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Matancera again, fronted by 60s Cuban singer Gonzalez whose son, Celio Jr, has played congas for most of big salsa bands still around today.
Lively workout from the quintessential Sonora Matancera line-up with the grande dame of Salsa in the lead vocal hot seat.
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