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Mongo Santamaría
Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
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Barry Rogers
Barry Rogers
American musician
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Seguida
Seguida
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Mario Rivera
Mario Rivera
Dominican musician, composer and arranger
4
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades
Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician
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Fania All-Stars
Fania All-Stars
Musical group formed in 1968 as a showcase for the musicians on Fania Records
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Tom Malone
Tom Malone
American musician
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Steve Berrios
Steve Berrios
American drummer
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Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri
American recording artist; pianist
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Luis "Perico" Ortiz
Luis "Perico" Ortiz
Puerto Rican musician
11
Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Joe Bataan
Joe Bataan
Filipino-African American Latin soul musician
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Yomo Toro
Yomo Toro
Puerto Rican musician
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Steve Turre
Steve Turre
American jazz trombonist
15
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
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Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros
Cuban jazz trumpeter
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Johnny Pacheco
Johnny Pacheco
Dominican musician
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Brian Lynch
Brian Lynch
American musician
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Carl Jefferson
Carl Jefferson
American record producer
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Robby Ameen
Robby Ameen
American musician
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Los Super Seven
Los Super Seven
American supergroup
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Willie Colón
Willie Colón
American salsa musician and fascism activist
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
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Chico O'Farrill
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Machito
Machito
Latin jazz musician
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Armen Donelian
Armen Donelian
American musician
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Joe Daley
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
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Jerry Gonzalez
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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Michael Philip Mossman
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
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Barry Finnerty
Barry Finnerty
American musician
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Joe Mondragon
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Jimmy Bosch
Jimmy Bosch
Jazz and salsa trombonist and bandleader
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Hadley Caliman
Hadley Caliman
American saxophonist
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Poncho Sanchez
Poncho Sanchez
American musician
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Buell Neidlinger
Buell Neidlinger
American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
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Terry Gibbs
Terry Gibbs
American vibraphonist
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Bob James
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
Marty Sheller
American jazz trumpeter

Marty Sheller

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American jazz trumpeter
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Marty Sheller (born March 15, 1940, Newark, New Jersey) is an American jazz trumpeter and arranger, who plays primarily in latin jazz idioms.

Sheller initially studied percussion, but switched to trumpet as a teenager. He played with Hugo Dickens in Harlem, and arranged for Sabu Martinez, and began working with Afro-Latin percussionists such as Louie Ramirez and Frankie Malabe. In 1962 he became a trumpeter in Mongo Santamaria's band, and worked with Santamaria for more than forty years as a composer and arranger. He also had an extensive association with Fania Records as a house arranger, working with Joe Bataan, Ruben Blades, Willie Colon, Larry Harlow, Hector Lavoe, and Ismael Miranda. Outside of Fania, he arranged for musicians such as George Benson, David Byrne, Jon Faddis, Giovanni Hidalgo, T.S. Monk, Idris Muhammad, Manny Oquendo, Dave Pike, Tito Puente, Shirley Scott, Woody Shaw, Lew Soloff, and Steve Turre. In the 2000s, he led his own ensemble, which included the sidemen Chris Rogers, Joe Magnarelli, Sam Burtis, Bobby Porcelli, Bob Franceschini, Oscar Hernández, Ruben Rodriquez, Vince Cherico, and Steve Berrios.