Sonora Matancera

Sonora
Celia Cruz and La Sonora Matancera, 1950s
Background information
Also known asTuna Liberal
Septeto Soprano
Estudiantina Sonora Matancera
Conjunto Sonora Matancera
OriginBarrio Ojo de Agua, Matanzas, Cuba
GenresSon, guaracha, bolero, guaguancó, chachachá
Years active1924 (1924)–present
LabelsRCA Victor, Panart, Stinson, Ansonia, Seeco, Tropical, Marvela, MRVA, Orfeón, Bárbaro, Fania, Taurus, Warner Music, Varsity, Discos Fuentes
MembersValentín 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 membersBienvenido 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 Jean Claude
Máximo Barrientos
Miguel de Gonzalo
Pepe Reyes
Raúl del Castillo
Reinaldo Hierrezuelo "Rey Caney"
Rodolfo Hoyos
Tony Díaz
Victor Piñero
Vicky Jiménez
Alfredo Valdés
Roberto Torres
Websitesonoramatancera.com

La Sonora Matancera is a 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 and recorded with the band include Bienvenido Granda,[1][2][3] Daniel Santos, Myrta Silva, Miguelito Valdés, Leo Marini, Celia Cruz,[4] Nelson Pinedo, Vicentico Valdés, Estanislao "Laíto" Sureda, Alberto Beltrán, Carlos Argentino, and Celio González.

  1. ^ FIU Libraries. Florida International University/The Díaz Ayala Cuban and Latin American Popular Music Encyclopedic Discography of Cuban Music, Sección 04 M. Chronology of personnel changes and recordings based on the two-volume book Historia de la Sonora Matancera by Dr. Héctor Ramírez Bedoya. Discography compiled with the assistance of Ramírez Bedoya, Carlos Deiby Velásquez, Humberto Corredor, and Osvaldo Oganes. Data assembled by Dr. Cristóbal Díaz Ayala.
  2. ^ Ramírez Bedoya, http://sonoramatancera.com/s-m/artistas-grabaron-con-la-sm.html.
  3. ^ Ramírez Bedoya, http://sonoramatancera.com/s-m/historia.html.
  4. ^ Waxer, Lise A. (2010). The City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia. Wesleyan UP. pp. 64ff. ISBN 9780819570567.