Sonero #1Ismael Rivera
Release Date: 07/17/2007
Original Release:
1990
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 987931_CD
UPC # 098195726720
Label: Sony BMG Latin
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Performer: Ismael Rivera
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution ( Notes: /Cortijo Y Su Combo. Of his musical generation -- roughly the '60s and '70s -- Puerto Rico's Rivera was the finest non-Cuban singer of all, and perhaps the finest without restriction. His improvising brilliance was enhanced by a deep, heavy voice of a type rare in Latin singing. He and percussionist/bandleader Cortijo were major influences in NYC proto-salsa through their superb recordings of Puerto Rican bombas and plenas. Unfortunately an extended sabbatical at the federal government's expense interrupted his career at a critical moment, but those who know, know just how good he was. ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music
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