Grupo Caribe: Un Congo me dio la Letra

Grupo Caribe is a swinging Mambo Salsa Dance Band! The band performs traditional Salsa dance music with pulsating percussive riffs, steady piano and bass montuno vamps, adorned by a rhythmic and melodic brass section, and full- bodied vocals, reminiscent of the 60's and 70's. Grupo Caribe's three CDs and performances include a variety of Mambo/Salsa arrangements including the popular rhythms of Guaguanco, Guaracha, Cha Cha Cha, Bomba, Plena, Bolero and Latin Jazz. The compositions are from famous Latin prolific writers such as Pedro Flores, Rafael Hernandez, Ignacio Piniero, and Chano Pozo. The arrangements are by musicians who are very active in the Salsa scene such as Oscar Hernandez, Jose Madera, Louis Bauzo,Pepe Castillo and Sergio Rivera. Grupo Caribe's music is distributed throughout the USA, Asia, Australia, and Africa by G.B. Records based in New York City, and throughout Europe by Walboomers Music based in Holland. Grupo Caribe's third CD "Un Congo Me Dio La Letra" includes 11 tracks of which five are original compositions and six are Salsa classics with a new millennium dressing. It also features, as special guest on this CD, three of the most popular singers in NY City today; Herman Olivera, Frankie Vazquez and Frankie Figueroa. The personnel in the band are all veteran musicians and have performed with the best Latin bands in the business including; Tito Puente, Machito, Larry Harlow, Eddie Palmieri, Mongo Santamaria, and Willie Colon. Sergio Rivera Director, Pianist, composer and arranger has performed with Raphael Cortijo, Kako Y Sus Estrellas, Orestes Vilato Y Los Kimbos and The Orlando Marin Orchestra. Grupo Caribe has appeared on the Food Network Emeril Live Show, the Rosa Diamante Show, the International Salsa Museum Show, and Latin Jazz Alive and Kickin on CableVision's Manhattan Neighborhood Network. Luisito Ayala is Grupo Caribe's steady lead vocalist. Herman Olivera and Frankie Vasquez, and Frankie Figueroa who sang the CD "Un Congo Me Dio La Letra" can also be contracted as an added attraction to the band.
1. Linda Palomar (5:42)
2. A Tite Curet (4:33)
3. Un Congo Me Dio La Letra (5:34)
4. Nague (5:43)
5. Senior Slick (6:11)
6. Cambiare (5:16)
7. Desilucion (3:33)
8. Yo No Se Nada (4:27)
9. Rumba Internacional (4:46)
10. Sobre Una Tumba Una Rumba (4:45)
11. Luisa (4:33)
(januari 2003)

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