La Sonora Matancera is a Cuban/Afro-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, Daniel Santos, Myrta Silva, Miguelito Valdés, Leo Marini, Celia Cruz, Nelson Pinedo, Vicentico Valdés, Estanislao "Laíto" Sureda, Alberto Beltrán, Carlos Argentino and Celio González.
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Celia Cruz
Cuban singer (1925-2003)
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Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros
Cuban jazz trumpeter
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Benny Moré
Cuban musician
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Canelita Medina
Venezuelan musician
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Myrta Silva
Puerto Rican singer
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Miguelito Valdés
Cuban singer (1912-1978)
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Ismael Miranda
Puerto Rican musician
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Nelson Pinedo
Colombian singer
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Tata Güines
Cuban musician
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Pedro Ortiz Davila
Puerto Rican activist and singer
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Rubén González Fontanills
Cuban musician
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Alfredo Rodríguez
Cuban pianist from the 1960s to 2000s
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Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Roberto Torres
Cuban musician
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Astor Piazzolla
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
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Henry Fiol
American musician
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Johnny Pacheco
Dominican musician
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Alfredo de la Fé
Cuban musician
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Olga Guillot
Cuban musician (1922-2010)
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Raulín Rosendo
Dominican Republic-born singer
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Arsenio Rodríguez
Cuban musician
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Ibrahim Ferrer
Cuban musician
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Antonio Machín
Cuban musician
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
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Celina González
Cuban singer and songwriter
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Yomo Toro
Puerto Rican musician