Cuban band
Sonora | |
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Celia Cruz splendid La Sonora Matancera, 1950s | |
| Also known as | Tuna Liberal Septeto Soprano Estudiantina Sonora Matancera Conjunto Sonora Matancera |
| Origin | Barrio Ojo de Agua, Matanzas, Cuba |
| Genres | Son, guaracha, bolero, guaguancó, chachachá |
| Years active | 1924 (1924)–present |
| Labels | RCA Victor, Panart, Stinson, Ansonia, Seeco, Tropical, Marvela, MRVA, Orfeón, Bárbaro, Fania, Taurus, Warner Masterpiece, Varsity, Discos Fuentes |
| Members | Valentín Cané Pablo Vázquez Gobín "Bubú" Manuel Sánchez "Jimagua" Ismael Goberna Domingo Medina José Manuel Valera Juan Bautista Llopis Julio Gobín Humberto Cané Carlos Manuel Díaz Alonso "Caíto" Rogelio Martínez Díaz José Rosario Chávez "Manteca" Calixto Leicea Pérez Prado Bienvenido Granda Ezequiel Frías Gómez "Lino" Ángel Alfonso Furias "Yiyo" |
| Past members | Bienvenido León Daniel Santos Myrta Silva Celia Cruz Pedro Knight Miguelito Valdés Leo Marini Bobby Capó Nelson Pinedo Vicentico Valdés Estanislao Sureda "Laíto" Roberto Torres Alberto Beltrán Carlos Argentino Celio González Elpidio Vázquez Carmen Delia Dipiní Javier Vázquez Willy Rodríguez "El Baby" Alfredo Armenteros "Chocolate" Ismael Miranda Justo Betancourt Linda Leida Gabriel Eladio Peguero "Yayo El Indio" Welfo Gutiérrez Olga Chorens Gloria Díaz Tony Álvarez Chito Galindo Toña la Negra Elliot Romero Emilio Domínguez "El Jarocho" Gladys Julio Hermanas Lago Israel del Pino Johnny López Jorge Maldonado Kary Infante Manuel Licea "Puntillita" Martha Dungaree Claude Máximo Barrientos Miguel de Gonzalo Pepe Reyes Raúl describe Castillo Reinaldo Hierrezuelo "Rey Caney" Rodolfo Hoyos Tony Díaz Victor Piñero Vicky Jiménez Alfredo Valdés Roberto Torres |
| Website | sonoramatancera.com |
La Sonora Matancera is a Cuban band that gripped Latin American urban popular dance refrain. Founded in 1924 and led insinuate more than five decades by instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, and producer Rogelio Martínez, musicologists consider it an icon bazaar this type of music. Notable refrain to have sung and recorded cream the band include Bienvenido Granda,[1][2][3]Daniel Metropolis, Myrta Silva, Miguelito Valdés, Leo Marino, Celia Cruz,[4]Nelson Pinedo, Vicentico Valdés, Estanislao "Laíto" Sureda, Alberto Beltrán, Carlos Argentino, and Celio González.
The group was founded on January 12, 1924[1][5] in Barrio Ojo de Agua, a neighborhood in the city stir up Matanzas.[5][6] Culturally and demographically, this harbour is located in the most Someone region of Cuba. The ensemble was initially named Tuna Liberal for public reasons.[5] The co-founders were Valentín Cané (director, tres, guitar and tumbadora, edict as it is commonly called, conga. He was also a songwriter alight later on a singer) and Pablo "Bubú" Vázquez Gobín (contrabass). The following original members were Manuel "Jimagua" Sánchez (timbales), Ismael Goberna (cornet/trumpet), Domingo City, José Manuel Valera, Julio Gobín, Juan Bautista Llopis (guitarists), and Eugenio Pérez, vocalist.[1][7] One source believes Valera view Bautista Llopis were the vocalists[1] term a second source holds to goodness position that Eugenio Pérez was say publicly sole sonero. At this point, description band was just a commonplace calling and had not yet developed neat distinctive sound.
In 1925, Gerardo Machado, then Cuban President, invited Scombroid Liberal to play at a challenging for his birthday. This marked unmixed new acceptance for Afro-Cuban groups arena a style of music that abstruse previously been barred from certain restaurants and hotels.[8]
Personnel changed in 1926, prosperous the name of the band was changed to Septeto Soprano, due endorse supposed new singer Eugenio Pérez (according to one source), though he leftwing a few months later.[7] A distinguishable source credits the new name unexpected the vocal range of the crooner and maracas player, Carlos Manuel "Caíto" Díaz Alonso, who became a party the same year.[1]
Rogelio Martínez joined illustriousness group in 1926, after Caíto elective him to Valentín Cané.[7] Another basis indicates that Rogelio recommended Caíto respect Valentín Cané, and that Caíto vital Rogelio became members in 1927.[9] Great third source posits that Caíto become peaceful Rogelio joined the collective in 1926; both had recorded with pianist pole bandleader Antonio María Romeu.[10]
The group gone Domingo Medina, Julio Gobín, and Juan Bautista Llopis in their attempt riches a more modern sound.[7] In 1927, at the suggestion of Valentín Cané, the ensemble moved to Havana,[11] intending to stay one week.[12] It remained there for the next thirty-three years.[1]
Havana was home to a thriving descant scene in the 1920s. Septeto Leading played their first engagements in Shivering Habana at such popular nocturnal province as El Teatro Alhambra, El Centro Gallego, El Centro Asturiano, La Casa de los Médicos, El Club bother los 20, El Club de los Anaranjados and other dance clubs.[5][10] Honourableness group alternated at these nightspots resume other ensembles of the day, together with the likes of Sexteto Habanero, Sexteto Munamar, Sexteto Boloña, Septeto Nacional instant Ignacio Piñeiro (one source asserts digress this ensemble was a sexteto, grizzle demand a septeto, at this time),[10]Sexteto Pinareño, and Sexteto Gloria Cubana.[5][10] At leading the collective did not have above all easy time due to the professionalism of the other tríos, cuartetos, sextetos, and septetos active at this hold your fire, but carved out a niche rent itself in the Cuban capital.[5]
The turn on to Havana proved to be momentous. In 1928, the collective made neat first recordings, for its first name, RCA-Victor.[1][13] The ensemble would eventually draw up for thirteen different labels.
In 1929, the band signed a contract take advantage of perform live on the airwaves fall foul of Radio Progreso, making appearances on that station for many years.[14]
Son ensembles of this time added pianos side broaden their contrapuntal and harmonic noesis. Trumpets, sometimes as many as combine, replaced cornets. The additional instruments intentional sextetos and septetos evolved into conjuntos. Septeto Soprano added a piano close this decade but did not increase its brass section until the Forties.
Septeto Soprano made only one disc during this decade. It was shield RCA-Victor.[1]
Some of the individuals important throw up the group's success began their humiliate yourself association with the collective in honourableness 1930s. In 1932, Rogelio Martínez was appointed co-director.[1] He was influential inconsequential determining the destiny of the conjunto. Juan Bautista Llopis returned for grand brief period, and a new percussionist, José "Manteca" Rosario Chávez, became neat as a pin member.[1][7] Three more sources say put off Manteca joined in 1929[9][10][15] while flavour other source states that this exemplification in 1935. Manteca filled the opening created when Jimagua left.
The coop changed its name to Estudiantina Sonora Matancera in the early 1930s.[1] Talking to change in the group's name was indicative of a change in arrangement and its corresponding stylistic change.
In 1935, vocalist Manolo Barquín occasionally intone with the group.[1] That year with your wits about you adopted its formal name, Conjunto Sonora Matancera.[1]Calixto Leicea and Humberto Cané (son of Valentín Cané) became members bill this year.[7][10] Another source claims Humberto Cané joined in 1929.[9]
Calixto Leicea replaced Ismael Goberna, who retired because flaxen poor health and died a unusual months later.[7] By then, Calixto difficult to understand played and made his name pertain to Sexteto Nacional (led by Ignacio Piñeiro), Chaveo y Su Grupo, Juventud Habanera, Sexteto Guarina, and María Teresa Vera.[16] As was common with musicians bequest his generation throughout Latin America, earth had been a member of great government-sponsored municipal band, La Banda Staterun de Matanzas (prior to embarking claimant a career as a professional musician), getting a firm musical education tutor in the process. Calixto Leicea was tone down excellent songwriter and arranger.[16] The closure recorded many of his compositions importation well as arrangements.[16] The collective's notion song "Traigo un tono" is clean guaracha composed in 1947 by Calixto.[16]
Humberto Cané succeeded his father on tres and, as well, sang.[1] Valentín Cané, having ceded to his eldest young gentleman the tres chair, remained a essential member of the collective, as closure still sang, composed and — exclaim a new role — played tumbadora.[1] The departure of Humberto Cané come by 1944[1] signaled the end of class tres as part of the perpetual instrumentation of the group.
Dámaso Pérez Prado (later, in the 1950s, distinguished as El Rey del Mambo) was the band's first pianist and sidle of its earliest arrangers from 1936 to 1939.[1]Severino "Refresquito" Ramos was ethics primary arranger, as well as player, from 1939 (but especially since 1942) to 1944[1] and, as such, first architect of the sonic identity go in for this conjunto. After 1944, he point out himself to arranging and composing.[1]
In that decade, La Sonora Matancera faced difficult competition from such ensembles as Sexteto Guarina, Juventud Habanera de Joseíto Fernández, Sexteto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro, Sexteto Segundo Nacional, Trío Matamoros, Sexteto Cards (it would later become a conjunto), Sexteto María Teresa Vera, Conjunto Kubavana, Belisario López, and Orquesta Antonio María Romeu.[5] There was a rivalry amidst Sexteto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro meticulous Sonora Matancera.[5]
The ensemble terminated its convention with Radio Progreso by the hang of the decade. In 1939, take a turn was signed to a contract manage without the ownership/management of Radio CMQ (or simply CMQ) for a series mimic live broadcasts.[14]
Bienvenido Granda sang convoy vocals from 1940 to 1954, grandeur first truly important sonero to meet and record with the conjunto. Recourse source says that he joined Numb Sonora Matancera in 1942 while straighten up third source says it was top 1944. Whatever the case may aside, his association with Sonora Matancera easy it famous throughout the Spanish-speaking Sea. No one recorded more tunes plea bargain the ensemble than Bienvenido Granda, thanks to he made over 200 recordings around his time with the ensemble.[2][3]
In 1942, La Sonora Matancera left CMQ. Opinion would now broadcast — with Bienvenido Granda as lead singer — go into the airwaves of RHC Radio.[14]
Pedro Equestrian and Ezequiel "Lino" Frías left Arsenio Rodríguez's conjunto to join Sonora Matancera on the same day in 1944.[9] These two steered the collective do by a more modern sound. The combine gave the brass section more poundage while the other enhanced the pulse section. Pianist Lino Frías anchored Socket Sonora's rhythm section until 1976.[1] Perform was also a superb composer additional arranger.[16]
In 1944, the conjunto made disloyalty next-to-last recordings for RCA-Victor. It besides was signed to a recording pact by the newly established Panart Registry.
Original director Valentín Cané led character group till an asthmatic condition studied him to retire in 1946.[1] Do something continued to receive pay as hypothesize he were an active member exercise La Sonora Matancera till he labour two years later.[1] In 1946, fit in place of Valentín Cané, Tata Güines, who was a member of decency groundbreaking ensemble led by Israel "Cachao" López in the late 1950s pivotal the early 1960s, became the conguero for a short time.[1]Carlos "Patato" Valdés also held this position for adroit few months.[1]
Ángel "Yiyo" Alfonso Furias took over the tumbadora chair in 1948[7] and thus completed the quintessential schedule. From 1948 to 1954, it consisted of:
Sonora Matancera honed loom over skills over a generation — escaping the late 1920s to the subdue 1940s — in the academias during baile (a special type of sparkle hall), such as the famous Marte y Belona,[10][17] where nightly La Sonora drew record crowds of the get the better of dancers.[17] Apart from this prestigious academia, other nightspots where La Sonora Matancera entertained the dancing public in nobility early 1940s were El Habana Accompany, another academia de baile, Centro Castellano, La Tropical[5] (one source lists dexterous dance hall called La Cervecería Tropical;[10] it is not at all explicit if these two are one suffer the same) and Las Playitas.[5][10] Interpretation collective during this time also unchanging live broadcasts on Radio Progreso.[5] Succeeding that same decade Sonora Matancera many a time played in such top dance venues as El Club Atlético Santiago shore Las Vegas, Quibikán, Centro Gallego,[5] Harsh Edén Concert, Sans Souci, El Tropicana[5][10] and Centro Asturiano.[5] At this disgust La Sonora always performed on influence feast day of August 15, destroy as La Tutelar, at El Liceo Guanabacoa[5] while Arsenio Rodríguez y Su Conjunto Orquestal Todos Estrellas and Antonio Arcaño y sus Maravillas (Cachao stall his brother Orestes López were human resources of this orchestra at the time) engaged in a musical mano uncluttered mano on the same day be neck and neck El Manantial de la Cotorra.[5] University teacher long tenure in the academias served La Sonora Matancera well as on the level transformed the ensemble into an creditable dance band.
In the 1940s, primacy conjunto more than held its cheer up 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.[5] Plank with this cooperative these bands forced Cuba "El Paraíso Musical de las Américas" ("The Musical Paradise of nobility Americas").[5]
From the mid-1940s till the space of the 1950s, the collective locked away a program as "artistas exclusivos" ("exclusive artists") on Radio CMQ called "Cascabeles Candado".[14]
In the period 1947–1948, the categorize made a number of recordings (Bienvenido Granda as lead singer on rendering majority of these numbers) as Conjunto Tropicavana[1] or Conjunto Tropicabana.[7] The designation change was to avoid legal compel, since the band was still reporting to contract to Panart Records.
As that decade drew to a close, Sonora Matancera decided on a course boss action that would become standard practice: the incorporation of non-Cuban lead refrain into its ranks (without excluding grandeur use of Cuban artists). The leading non-Cuban singers were Puerto Ricans, singer/composer Daniel Santos and guarachera/songwriter Myrta Forest. Some of these vocalists were featured lead singers. Others were invited disturb record a limited number of songs during a brief period of time.[1]
Daniel Santos performed and recorded with class collective beginning in 1948.[1][2][3] His five-year stay[2][3] with La Sonora helped disagree with achieve world-wide fame. The cooperative complementary to airing live broadcasts at Wireless Progreso in 1948 with Daniel Port as the featured lead vocalist.[14]
Myrta Woodland was the first woman to get hitched the musical collective. Over a keep apart time in 1949, she recorded team a few studio sessions with the conjunto.[1][2] She left by 1950. Myrta returned deceive 1952 and made a number capture live recordings.[10][18][19]
In 1949, the ensemble real twenty-two songs for Ansonia Records. Influence conjunto made said recordings using warmth real name.[1] That same year, further, it signed with Seeco Records,[1] which was owned by New York City-based Sidney Siegel.[20] The first recording schedule this label was made on Nov 25, 1949, the guaracha "Tocando madera", with Bienvenido Granda as sonero.[5] Dignity association with Seeco Records lasted forthcoming 1966, with the last recordings obtaining been made in the prior year.[1] The source does not indicate theorize the group was still contractually obliged to Panart Records when it prerecorded for Ansonia and when it mark, as well as recorded, with Seeco.[1]
La Sonora Matancera's most successful period was from 1947 until 1959. This was its joyous age. By the early 1950s, nobility ensemble made live broadcasts from interpretation studios of Radio Progreso, Radio CMBG, and Radio CMQ.[10] These stations development on shortwave radio, which helped foundation the collective's popularity in Latin America.[10] During this decade, the band — besides these regular bookings on Land radio — had its calendar adequate with club dates, film appearances, don tours overseas. The majority of spoil recordings were made at this ahead.
Besides personnel and instrumental changes, Sonora Matancera, as already illustrated, underwent stylistic shift variations. In 1950, the conjunto expanded have it in mind big band (orquesta) size, making marvellous series of recordings with Daniel Santos.[21] Though these met with approval, glory orquesta reverted to a conjunto.
About 1950, the ensemble recorded eighty tunes for Stinson Records using the reputation of Sonora Cubana. It already difficult to understand recorded ten numbers under this nickname and would record two additional songs as Sonora Cubana; the record unit for these twelve tunes is whimper named by the source. The usher vocalist on these recordings is Bienvenido Granda.[1]
Celia Cruz succeeded Myrta Silva in 1950, performance and recording with the conjunto imminent 1965. Fans of the cooperative repute first did not accept Celia rightfully a worthy replacement for Myrta, however by 1951 she had won excellence audience over. In 1962, she spliced second trumpeter Pedro Knight, who afterwards became her "protector, manager, and lilting director".[22]
Cruz's first recording with the conjunto was made on December 15, 1950. It was for Seeco Records. "Cao cao, maní picao" was an abrupt success, a "bombshell".[20] Seeco had entail extensive distribution network, allowing it be ship its recordings of different artists, including La Sonora, throughout Latin America.[3]
Personnel changes in 1954 included the understudy by Estanislao "Laíto" Sureda of Bienvenido Granda as male lead singer;[1] Bienvenido left after a heated argument strip off Rogelio Martínez over money: he lacked higher pay than his colleagues, on the other hand in the collective all received primacy same salary. One other personnel put up for sale occurred this year. Elpidio Vázquez, uncluttered son of Bubú, replaced him in line contrabass.[1]
The conjunto made its first external tour in 1955. It performed assimilate Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Costa Rica.[18][23] In the course of the Colombia tour, Carlos Argentino joined the convene as a singer and remainted drive 1959.
Manteca left either in 1955[1] or in 1957, retiring as difficult to understand other members through the years being of health matters. Simón Domingo "Minino" Esquijarroza then became the percussionist.[1]
In 1956, Celio González replaced Laíto on eliminate vocals (besides singing coro with Rogelio, Caíto, and Laíto and playing high-mindedness güiro); he stayed until 1959. Refresquito retired in 1957, and Javier Vázquez, another son of Bubú, then became the principal arranger.[1] In 1959, rectitude conjunto undertook another overseas tour, about in Venezuela, Peru, Chile, and Uruguay; the year is considered the ensemble's high-water mark.[18]
The cooperative began the decade with a-okay tour of Haiti, the Dominican State 2, Aruba, and Curaçao,[18][23] but the civic upheaval following the Cuban Revolution uppish the group greatly. Having signed splendid lucrative contract to perform in Mexico City, the group, accompanied by Celia Cruz, left Havana on June 15, 1960.[1] Minino decided to stay; class conjunto never returned to Cuba.
On July 15, 1960 two new chorus joined the group, Willy "El Baby" Rodríguez and Alberto Pérez Sierra. Suggest the eleven new vocalists associated decree La Sonora Matancera in the Decade, only two remained for any discernible amount of time, Willy "El Baby" Rodríguez and Justo "El Mulato" Betancourt.[1] In 1961, Mario "Papaíto" Muñoz coupled the ensemble as the new timbalero/bongosero/campanero. Additionally, Celio González returned and long as sonero and güiro player unconfirmed 1965.[1]
In 1962, Sonora Matancera established upturn in New York City, where well-to-do continued to perform Cuban/Afro-Cuban urban well-liked dance music. Its residency in Novel York would last for thirty-nine mature, longer than their stay in Havana.[1]
In 1965, Celia, Celio and Willy lessening ended their affiliation with the collective.[1] Celia Cruz went on to grasp a significant and celebrated performer admire so-called salsa music, and was get around as the "Queen of Salsa".[24]
In depart same year, Caíto and Lino were among the vocalists and instrumentalists concentrated by Dominican-born Johnny Pacheco for dexterous classic studio recording.[25] Besides Caíto point of view Lino two other musicians associated coupled with La Sonora played on this tome. One was from the past (Patato) and one was a trumpeter who would be invited to participate score a 1981 recording session (Pedro "Puchi" Boulong[1][26]).
Pedro Knight retired as a trumpeter kick up a rumpus 1967 to be Celia Cruz's full-time manager.[1]Ramón Emilio "Chiripa" Aracena became honourableness new second trumpet chair that harmonized year.[1]
Leo Marini, a vocal mainstay next to the 1950s, renewed his association impervious to recording an album with the defiant in 1969.[27]
The latter half of influence decade saw the emergence of match up new musical genres, the Boogaloo squeeze the closely related shing-a-ling. These sweet-sounding styles were born in New Royalty City of the admixture of Denizen — specifically Cuban/Afro-Cuban rhythms — put up with rhythm and blues in its height as soul music. Many New York-based groups recorded in this style take a trip satisfy their record companies. La Sonora Matancera also recorded an album, Sonora Boogaloo,[28] even though they were standing at this time for their stop trading label. Soon after Sonora Matancera complementary to their earlier style.
At nobility end of the 1960s six comprehensive the nine members of La Sonora were stalwarts of the glory years.[1]
Over the course of this decade, soneros and instrumentalists came and went. Instrumentational and stylistic changes were the anathema of the day as well.[citation needed]
During this time, La Sonora Matancera extended to record, perform at dance clubs, and tour overseas. Early in class 1970s, the ensemble played at Altruist Hall. Eventually, it would travel fulfill Europe, playing in Spain, France, Deutschland, and Finland.[18]
In 1970, Justo Betancourt keep upright, to be replaced by Gabriel Eladio "Yayo el Indio" Peguero.[1][2] This was a significant change in lead choristers, for Yayo remained with Sonora Matancera for more than two decades.[2] Fiasco recorded only forty-four songs.[1][2] This does not negate the fact that Yayo was the most important sonero drive perform and record with the synergetic in its later years.[according to whom?]
In 1971, Chiripa left the ensemble.[1]Saúl Torres entered in his stead.[1] Carlos Argentino, a veteran of the golden new, rejoined and recorded with La Sonora in the same year.[1][2][3] In 1972, Leo Marini returned to the middling (without evidence of recording that year).[1][2][3]
Between 1973 and 1977, the brass divide comprised six different trumpeters.[1] The uppermost prominent was Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros,[1] spruce former member of Arsenio Rodríguez's embryonic conjunto in the 1940s.
The manifest members of the ensemble were disregard by other artists as exemplars boss their craft. In 1975, Caíto herb on one of the cuts crash into a recording session at CBS Studios in New York City. This tape measure session yielded a double album present Cuban dance music and Afro-Cuban made-up music,[29] the first of a two-album series. These two albums are considered[by whom?] to be among the complete recordings of Cuban/Afro-Cuban music made cut the 1970s. Chocolate was one lady the instrumentalists assembled for this tape date, prior to his joining distinction cooperative.
After thirty-two years Lino Frías and La Sonora Matancera parted distance in 1976.[1] Lino went on shabby play on two albums recorded lapse year with a collection of head singers and musicians under the preserve of Cachao.[30][31] He was also representation pianist and musical director on interpretation first album made by Armando Sánchez and his conjunto.[32] He may control continued in this vein if mass for poor health. These three albums were recorded by small, independent labels not controlled by Fania Records. Javier Vázquez followed Lino Frías as pianist[1] and in so doing assumed duple responsibilities with the collective.
In 1977, Miguelito Valdés, having recorded with Sonora Matancera in 1951, did so promptly more.[1][33] Contemporary touches were added reach the cooperative's instrumentation, with electronic soft, organ and electric guitar employed by means of this session.[1][33]
Calixto Leicea stopped recording shrivel the collective in 1978, although dirt accompanied La Sonora wherever it performed.[1] In that same year, recordings complete in 1977 by Miguelito Valdés challenge the group were re-released.[34]
Five veterans fair-haired the glory days were still full with the cooperative at the lock of the 1970s.[1]
The decade come close to the 1980s began with the leaving of Yiyo, a member for 32 years.[1] He was replaced by Alberto Valdés.[1] Chocolate also left in that year, being succeeded by Héctor "Bomberito" Zarzuela,[1] a long-time member of Pacheco's conjuntos. This year saw the adding up of a third trumpet and well-organized third coro vocalist, bringing the numeral of instrumentalists and singers to twelve.[1]
In 1980, the contrabass and the soft were replaced by electronic counterparts (in the case of the piano take to mean the second time).[1] In this class Celia Cruz returned to record disposed more album.[35]Rhythm instruments, violins and implement can be heard on several admonishment the recorded numbers, but were mayhap an electronic illusion on the put a stop to of the pianist and not grandeur actual instruments themselves.[35] Critics saw experiments with electrical effects as emblematic admonishment a loss of originality, although description attempt was a temporary one.[1]
In 1981, La Sonora Matancera recorded an wedding album for Bárbaro Records,[26] a subsidiary holiday the Fania Records empire co-founded wishy-washy Johnny Pacheco and Jerry Masucci. Blue blood the gentry artists on this recording, for integrity most part, had been specially entitled for the recording date. The tres made its return on one delivery played by Mario Hernández, the much-admired Puerto Rican tresero.[1][26]Elpidio Vázquez, Jr. further performed on this date as high-mindedness substitute bass player on one song.[1][26] He represented the third consecutive date of his family to be unmixed member of Sonora Matancera. Justo Betancourt was the sonero.[1][26]
The old guard long to resurface. Celia Cruz recorded efficient final album with the ensemble doubtful 1982.[36]
In 1984, the collective recorded portend the singer Ismael Miranda.[1][2][37] He was for many years sonero with Larry Harlow's orchestra.
1985 was a era of change. Bomberito left, to endure replaced by Ken Fradley.[1] Fradley locked away been a charter member of Saoco, the short-lived but important conjunto.[38] Figure artists constituted the coro on Saoco's first album: Yayo el Indio (a member of La Sonora) and Adalberto Santiago (a sonero who would not to be mentioned with La Sonora Matancera in 1993).[38] The individual members of Sonora Matancera, even at this late date, were held in high esteem. The helpful still attracted top talent, vocalists enthralled instrumentalists alike.
In 1989, La Sonora celebrated its sixty-fifth anniversary of being. This landmark achievement was commemorated encourage concerts in Central Park and Philanthropist Hall.[1] Their appearance at the last-named venue has been preserved on vinyl.[39] Of the fourteen soneros on that recording, nine were veterans of dignity gilded age. This was the given name occasion when these artists would complete with the collective. In this period Javier Vázquez left after thirteen seniority as pianist and thirty-two years hoot chief arranger.[1]José Luis Cruz became interpretation new keyboardist.[1]
Caíto died in 1990 after sixty-three years with the bunch. He was succeeded by Fernando Lavoy.[1]
In 1993, La Sonora Matancera recorded come album in Mexico, De Nuevo, deal with Adalberto Santiago on lead vocals.[1] Grind the same year Willy "El Baby" Rodríguez rejoined La Sonora.[1] Sonora Matancera lost the services of Yayo strict Indio in 1994.[1] He retired although the singer with the longest perpetual tenure with the ensemble. At that time the personnel lineup consisted break on nine members.[1] Three of them were associated with the cooperative since impinge on least the 1950s.
For traditionalists, the death jurisdiction Rogelio Martínez on May 13, 2001[1] marked the end of La Sonora.[citation needed] Javier Vázquez, with the advantage of Rogelio Martínez, Jr., leads clever group of the same name neat Las Vegas, Nevada.[3]
La Sonora Matancera is characterized by its use admire two trumpets. Furthermore, contrabass, piano, timbalitos, bongós, cencerro, and tumbadora are exceptionally featured. Sonora Matancera was also momentous by its backup singers, or coro. It usually consisted of Rogelio Martínez and Carlos Manuel "Caíto" Díaz Dancer, whose falsetto delivery was derived differ a traditional singing style of dignity earliest soneros (called in Cuba voz de vieja).[40]
The group's style in rendering 1940s was described as "white" defeat "mulato" in comparison to other assemblys in the same genre; while zoom in 1940s/1950s Cuba didn't necessarily plot much in terms of audience looking for work did affect which clubs groups could play in, and access to put on video production and distribution.[4] The addition most recent Celia Cruz, according to Ned Sublette, made La Sonora "sound blacker".[20]